Paradigm Shifts in Progress

Compiled by Ruth Trimble for Discussions October 24, 1997

MEANING, SIGNIFICANCE, and RELATIONSHIP vs. FACTS,
INNER VALUES vs. outer values,
RESPONSIBILITY to PLANET not just nation,
INDIVIDUAL RELATIONSHIP to the WHOLE not just self,
AWARENESS of the COMMON GOOD or a new CONSCIENCE re SELF and SOCIETY,
ETHICAL BEHAVIOR and PHILANTHROPY,
VALUES of COOPERATION and SOCIAL HARMONY vs. competition and greed,
SYNTHESIS and WHOLE vs. separation and division
CONNECTION to the UNIVERSAL,
INTEGRATION/CONNECTION/UNITY of academic DISCIPLINES,
FLEXIBILITY and ADAPTIVITY from learned principles vs. memorized data
AWARENESS of the multi-dimensional aspects of reality

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