The Enlightenment Challenge

                                                                           Ecce Homo by Caravaggio (1605)

The shortcomings of New Ageism, and its infiltration of traditional practices, have us reacquainting ourselves with what it means to go inward and "find the light".

‘‘Videmus nunc per speculum et in aenigmate, tunc autem facie ad faciem’’

“We now see through a mirror darkly, but then [we will see] face-to-face”

— St. Paul, 1 Corinthians 13:12

True, evidence-based science, to include focused explorations of the quantum fields, is now bringing our imperfect vision of God or Nature much, much closer.

We are seeing both the beauty of, and the apocalyptic effect upon the world, caused by humanity in its insatiable demand for more and more knowledge, with less and less wisdom attached to it.

As sci-fi writer Marc Barham explains, the mirror now made of precision and calibration is no longer distorting the global image of the world for the greedy and the avaricious, but is revealing in clear unambiguous images, the Truth we now all face; face to face.

One cannot see the Truth in the darkness of distorted lies and vested interests. ‘Fiat Lux’, as it were.

Compounding this, is the now considered "hard problem" of consciousness. And yet, is it really a hard problem requiring an external rationalization of existence, or is consciousness just a substrate of "what is"... that what is being existence, which is truth, which is perhaps God in full observational form?

That is, an ever unfolding set of mysteries about the mysteries of the Universe, of which we, inside of our own selves, are the pentultimate points of observation?

                                                            [The Pribram-Bohm Holoflux Theory of Consciousness}

And here we are, or at least seem to be.

Perhaps our greatest understanding, or innerstanding, of "God in man" or "God beyond man" or "Man cooperating with God" is simply a dedication to knowing our truest selves.

That which is also understood to be wisdom, as St. Paul suggests in his quote to Corinthians.

Not so iconic is the Divine, evolutionary relationship between man's wisdom and God.

The question now is if we can humble ourselves enough to actually see the difference between them.

Meanwhile, we can consider this provocation from a prominent 19th century Buddhist monk.

One thing we do know for certain: There is no illumination of the mind which does not challenge the Soul.

And such is the moment we experience, right now.