Edgar John Burns

Foundations of a Global Spiritual Awakening Edgar John Burns

Weare engaged in perhaps our histories most important event...a spiritual awakeningof global proportions transforming every dimension of our lives. This work examines the fundamental ideasemerging in the latter half of the 20th Century which shape thisworld-wide spiritual evolution. Theseseminal ideas concern the nature of evolution itself, God, human beings, therelationship between God and us, our destiny, and the means by which we come toknow God, our Selves, and attain that destiny. Theseideas, and others, are considered in the light of both certain recent workspurported to be revelations including the WithGod books of Neale Walsch, A CourseIn Miracles, and The Urantia Book,and through several older spiritual traditions. Emphasis is given to the teachings of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi withtheir impact on the scientific basis of spirituality. Also explored are the ramifications of these ideas on ourunderstanding of reality, knowledge, health, social progress, and worldpeace. The evolution and nature ofscientific knowledge is reviewed demonstrating the growing convergence betweenscientific and spiritual truth. Thebook closes with a vision of the new world evolving as this awakening growsamong us.