I'm unsure if everyone sees the connection, but I do, so here it goes. I realised the best way for me to stay centered and in faith was to be in service to a cause and I choose my cause to make human inner world a richer place. Having worked in the consumption entrepreneurship ecosystem for the last two decades, I have made the shift toward consciousness-centered entrepreneurship through a project called Sacred Startups.
The hope is to study ancient philosophies & some of the rituals & practices from cultures & religions worldwide and turn them into ventures for humanity. Like culture, art, healing, music, living, working, etc.… (Inspired by karma yoga philosophies) The project is now mapping the ecosystem and sharing stories for inspiration & I hope to gather a few people to launch a small conscious capital network to fund these ideas in the near future. (please reach out if you want to be a part of it) So, it may be called a religion for atheists; it has ancient wisdom, scientific rigor, and entrepreneurship drive, which is driving the modern world anyway & to help the human species get back to its center. PS: Sorry if that sounded like a plug, but the subject was juicy for me to let it pass :-P Cheers, Shashi Gopinath On 17. Jan 2024, 22:05 +0530, Bob Frankston via Silklist <silklist@lists.digeratus.in>, wrote: > First, beware of taking social evolution theories too seriously. The > “research” is a good example of the problem. It is a vague statement that is > so soft we can find confirmation but not contradiction. > > This does make me think of the issue of paradigms or how we frame questions > rather than just how we answer them. > > > From: Silklist > <silklist-bounces+silklist=bobf.frankston....@lists.digeratus.in> On Behalf > Of Thaths via Silklist > Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2024 10:09 > To: Intelligent conversation <silklist@lists.digeratus.in> > Cc: Thaths <tha...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Silk] A religion for atheists > > On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 8:15 PM Kiran K Karthikeyan via Silklist > <silklist@lists.digeratus.in> wrote: > > quote_type > > I remember reading about research that suggests we evolved to be > > religious which essentially means natural selection favored those who > > were or it is a byproduct of other evolutions. Replacing it with > > something atheist/secular/humanist is perhaps difficult because that > > isn't what we want or feel the lack of i.e. shared belief in something > > bigger, rituals, insularity etc. are critical. > > If a predilection for religious thought is a result of evolution, wouldn't > there be analogues of it in our primate cousins? > > Thaths > -- > Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? > Carl: Nuthin'. > Homer: D'oh! > Carl: Unless you're crooked. > Homer: Woo-hoo! > -- > Silklist mailing list > Silklist@lists.digeratus.in > https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist
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