Beatrice Bruteau -- contemporary Christian contemplative, passionate scientist, and philosopher -- speaks about the creative impulse behind the evolutionary design of the universe. She has the unusual distinction of having deeply studied the work of both Teilhard de Chardin and Sri Aurobindo -- the 20th century's great spiritual evolutionary pioneers -- and has published several books exploring their visionary work. An NCR podcast interview by Tom Fox. http://ncrcafe.org 2006 National Catholic Reporter en-us Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:23:13 -0500 dcoday@ncronline.org Tue, 27 Mar 2007 09:15:51 -0600 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.0.4) http://www.feedforall.com The spiritual and scientific seek the mystical, from National Catholic Reporter Beatrice Bruteau -- contemporary Christian contemplative, passionate scientist, and philosopher -- speaks about the creative impulse behind the evolutionary design of the universe. She has the unusual distinction of having deeply studied the work of both Teilhard de Chardin and Sri Aurobindo -- the 20th century's great spiritual evolutionary pioneers -- and has published several books exploring their visionary work. An NCR podcast interview by Tom Fox. Dennis Coday National Catholic Reporter dcoday@ncronline.org Beatrice Bruteau, Teilhard de Chardin, Sri Aurobindo no no http://warwickcorner2006.org/NCRpodcasts/graphics/bruteau.jpg http://ncrcafe.org Beatrice Bruteau 80 93 As an undergraduate, studying mathematics and physics, Bruteau was "feeling for something that you'd have to call mystical, and I wasn't finding anything that suited me," she tells Tom Fox. Then one day in a drug store waiting for a friend to buy a toothbrush, Bruteau discovered a paperback book that would change her life. "All the important things in my life have been the sheerest accidents. You would hardly believe that this would be the thing. ... I see the whole cosmic adventure as a creative activity on the part of the Divine." http://warwickcorner2006.org/NCRpodcasts/bruteau1.mp3 dcoday@ncronline.org religion http://ncrcafe.org 126D0C96-A464-4554-8D46-A8E652429577 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 09:13:29 -0600 NCR Cafe Beatrice Bruteau Episode 1: Bruteau's spiritual journey As an undergraduate, studying mathematics and physics, Bruteau was "feeling for something that you'd have to call mystical, and I wasn't finding anything that suited me," she tells Tom Fox. Then one day in a drug store waiting for a friend to buy a toothbrush, Bruteau discovered a paperback book that would change her life. "All the important things in my life have been the sheerest accidents. You would hardly believe that this would be the thing. ... I see the whole cosmic adventure as a creative activity on the part of the Divine." 26 Tom Fox interview Beatrice Bruteau, Teilhard de Chardin, Sri Aurobindo no no "The more that we have consciousness, the more we participate in the exegesis of the Infininte One. ... Our role, as human beings, is to continue the creative action," Bruteau tells interviewer Fox. "How are we not God?" she says in response to a question. "There is no way we are 'not God' because there cannot be any 'not God.' That is because God is infinite." http://warwickcorner2006.org/NCRpodcasts/bruteau2.mp3 dcoday@ncronline.org religion http://ncrcafe.org 8DEFD755-AF95-4577-9CF8-A7AA8C199C66 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 09:10:41 -0600 NCR Cafe Beatrice Bruteau Episode 2: The role of the human being is creativity "The more that we have consciousness, the more we participate in the exegesis of the Infininte One. ... Our role, as human beings, is to continue the creative action," Bruteau tells interviewer Fox. "How are we not God?" she says in response to a question. "There is no way we are 'not God' because there cannot be any 'not God.' That is because God is infinite." 23 Tom Fox interview Beatrice Bruteau, Teilhard de Chardin, Sri Aurobindo no no Bruteau tells Tom Fox: "All our challenges can be reduced to efforts by one party to dominate other parties. This shows in persons, corporations, nations, religions, and warfare. ... This comes out of a psychology of fear. The basis of this fear is that we don't have a basic hold on existence. We see others precisely as others, not as equals, as children of God. ... The deeper truth is the truth of mutual affirmation and not mutual negation." http://warwickcorner2006.org/NCRpodcasts/bruteau3.mp3 dcoday@ncronline.org religion http://ncrcafe.org C2786607-039D-4668-B9F8-599E8E4494FC Tue, 27 Mar 2007 09:03:11 -0600 NCR Cafe Beatrice Bruteau Episode 3 Episode 3: Fear: Today's spiritual challenge (16 min.) Bruteau tells Tom Fox: "All our challenges can be reduced to efforts by one party to dominate other parties. This shows in persons, corporations, nations, religions, and warfare. ... This comes out of a psychology of fear. The basis of this fear is that we don't have a basic hold on existence. We see others precisely as others, not as equals, as children of God. ... The deeper truth is the truth of mutual affirmation and not mutual negation." 16 Tom Fox interview Beatrice Bruteau, Teilhard de Chardin, Sri Aurobindo no no