Mentioning the word Christ in the same breath as evolution is not without challenges. If you visit an evangelical church in the United States and get the chance to speak with the pastor, ask him whether Christ and evolution go hand in hand.
One of the truly great minds of the last century was Tielhard de Chardin, the French philosopher and Jesuit Priest. He suggested that God inserted himself into the evolutionary process. De Chardin famously concluded that God unified the universe…
When I began to search for truth that would set me free, it didn’t take long before I became more interested in science. If I could trust science’s inventions to get me on a gigantic Boeing 777 for a 15-hour flight across the ocean, and fork over a considerable amount of money for the latest Apple device, I could not turn a deaf ear to other aspects of science that were not as friendly to my religious traditions.
Science was not exactly my favorite class in high school. Maybe it was the difficulty of a subject that didn’t lend itself to my impatient youthful temperament, the challenge of understanding textbooks that used words beyond my comprehension level at the time, or the fervent opposition to the subject that I had inherited from my religious upbringing.
When you wake up to who you are – your true self, you become conscious of oneness with God. You become aware of indescribable selfless love within. You begin to experience peace and stillness. And you start to become aware of the presence of God in everything.
