Recovering the Heart of Humanity

I am convinced that the scourge of our scientific and technological age is depersonalization. There is a heartbeat pulsating at the center of the universe, giving life and meaning to everything, but our need for control reduces everything to automation.

When the life of the world loses its face and voice and ears, our worldviews become dependent on abstract cause and effect, set in motion by arbitrary, uncaring forces, and we seek to contain life in mechanical principles. We exploit the environment for our own ends…