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Heart of Matter: A Discovery

Quote from (Writings in the Time of War) Teilhard recounts his inner journey into All: “I allowed my consciousness to sweep back to the farthest limit of my body, to…

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Heart of Matter: “Everything is Enfolded Into Everything”

“The implicate order means everything is enfolded into everything, and the question of distinguishing what is hidden and what is apparent is a challenging one.” Ilia Delio, The Not-Yet God:…

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Heart of Matter: Relationality

“Because reality is marked by relationality and movement, it has endless depth.” Ilia Delio, The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the Relational Whole + “La realidad…

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Heart of Matter: The Language of Mathematics

“The new insights of quantum physics bear a resemblance to early Greek science. What the Greeks realized is what physicists now realize, that the language of mathematical relationship is perhaps…

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Heart of Matter: Energy Moving Slowly

“Matter is energy moving slowly enough to be seen.” Ilia Delio, The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the Relational Whole + “La materia es la energía…

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Heart of Matter: Quantum Physics

“Quantum physics is a branch of science that focuses on quantum mechanics, where the term “mechanics” refers to the set of principles used to describe the behaviour of matter and…

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Heart of Matter: Nature is Not Merely the Stuff

“The weirdness of nature is that nature is not merely the stuff of material things but also the elusiveness of energy.” Ilia Delio, The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Pierre Teilhard…

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The Heart of Matter: The Map Is Not The Territory

“Physics is an abstract description of nature, although there are no abstractions in nature. What you see is not necessarily what is there. The map is not the territory.”  Ilia…

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Prayer, from Hymn of the Universe, by Teilhard de Chardin

Glorious Lord Christ: The divine influence secretly diffused and active in the depths of matter, And the dazzling center where all the innumerable fibres of the manifold meet; Power as…