In den äußersten Zuständen des Schwankens bin ich niemals ein Atheist in dem Sinne gewesen, dass ich die Existenz eines Gottes geleugnet hätte. Charles Darwin, britischer Evolutionstheretiker BW 450

Die Evolution der Menschheit wird durch Gewalt charakterisiert, etwas das Erich Fromm "bösartige Aggression" nannte. Es ist grundsätzlich anders als die Art von Aggression, die man in der Natur sieht: Überleben, Beschaffung von Nahrung oder sexueller Wettbewerb. […] Diese bösartige Aggression bedeutet nach Fromms Verständnis auch eine Art unstillbare Gier, die Tendenz, immer mehr haben zu wollen, mehr Macht, mehr Geld, mehr Besitz, mehr Territorium. Das ist charakteristisch für die menschliche Geschichte. Stanislav Grof, Die Welt ist perfekt, Interview mit Kareem van Gennip, Transpersonale Perspektiven, Vol. 4/98, Logos-Verlag-Berlin, Juli 1998

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2.2 Zitate (engl.) allgemein

Anytime there's a shift of consciousness from one level to another, there's a disruption. Interview with, David R. Hawkins, MD, PhD, presented by magazine Holistic Networker, Gina Mazza, 17. June 2009

Sow a thought and you reap an action;
sow an act and you reap a habit;
sow a habit and you reap a character;
sow a character and you reap a destiny.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

You can blow out a candle
but you can't blow out a fire
once the flame begin to catch
the wind will blow it higher.
Peter Gabriel

Important as the struggle for existence has been and even still is, yet as far as the highest part of our nature is concerned there are other agencies more important. For the moral qualities are advanced either directly or indirectly much more through the efforts of habit, by our reasoning powers, by instruction, by religion, etc., than through natural selection. Charles Darwin

Nature does not do our human either "this" or "that". [...] Nature is very conservative with things that work well and very radical when things don't work. When there is crisis it's an opportunity for change. Dr. Elisabet Sahtouris, post-Darwinian creationist evolutionary biologist, pastist/futurist, former UN consultant, Creating a Global Family with the Help of Biology, World Wisdom Council, sponsored by Goi Peace Foundation, Theme Creating a New Civilization, Tokyo, November 2005, Google video, minutes 9:43-10:11, 24:48 minutes duration, posted 17. February 2008

Newton and Descartes offered the first scientific mechanical creation story.
Thomas Malthus, a chief economist, coined the the idea 'We are doomed to an endless struggle in scarcity', a rationale for the East India Company to steal from the world.
The original theory of evolution goes back to Darwin's grandfather. Darwin who had adopted the Malthusian model of scarcity had observed competition and cooperation in nature. In his evolutionary theory he had to subvert the cooperation part as it didn't fit the scarcity theory.

The universal struggle for life must be thoroughly ingrained in the mind or the whole economy of nature with every fact in it will be dimly seen or misunderstood. It is the doctrine of Malthus applied with manifold force to the whole animal and vegetable kingdom. George Darwin, The Origin of Species, quoted by Dr. Elisabet Sahtouris, post-Darwinian creationist evolutionary biologist, pastist/futurist, former UN consultant, Creating a Global Family with the Help of Biology, World Wisdom Council, sponsored by Goi Peace Foundation, Theme Creating a New Civilization, Tokyo, November 2005, Google video, minute 6:52, beginning minute 5:08, 24:48 minutes duration, posted 17. February 2008

The paradigm-shifting work of microbiologist Carl Woese and physicist Nigel Goldenfeld at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign suggest that the evolutionary history may owe its development to the more creative dynamics of self-organizing systems.

Just suppose that Darwin's ideas were only a part of the story of evolution. Suppose that a process he never wrote about, and never even imagined, has been controlling the evolution of life throughout most of the Earth's history. It may sound preposterous, but this is exactly what microbiologist Carl Woese and physicist Nigel Goldenfeld, both at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, believe. Darwin's explanation of evolution, they argue, even in its sophisticated modern form, applies only to a recent phase of life on Earth. Horizontal and vertical: The Evolution of evolution, New Scientist, magazine issue 2744, Mark Buchanan, 26. January 2010

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3.1 The Rediscovery of Charles Darwin's distorted Evolutionary Theory

Dr. David Loye authored Darwin’s Lost Theory. Who We Really Are and Where We're Going, Benjamin Franklin Press, 2007.
Loye has researched four major works of Charles Darwin in a scrutinous manner:

Origen of the Species
Descent of Man
The emotional life
Notebooks (unpublished for 136 years)

Via the Word search function he did a simple screening of several terms in the e-version of Descent of Man (475 fine print pages). Following highlights were found:

The term Mind / brain was mentioned 200 times.
The term Love was mentioned 95 times (are still in the book today).
Love is only mentioned once in the official book index.
The term Moral sensitivity was mentioned 92 times.
Moral sensitivity is only mentioned 6 times in the official book index.
The term Mutuality or Mutual aid i.e. Cooperation was mentioned 27 times.
The term Competition was mentioned 12 times.
The term Selfishness was mentioned 12 times.
Darwin: Selfishness a is base principle, which accounts for the low morality of savages.
The over exposed and ill applied term Survival of the fittest was only mentioned twice.

Loye concludes:

Darwin's evolutionary postulate:
The prime motivator for human evolution is neither competition, nor natural selection, nor "survival of the fittest," as popularized but the human capacity for moral sense, ethical sensitivity, and education.
Darwin was pre-anticipating Abraham Maslow's humanistic psychology.
Darwin gave scientific grounding for Jesus' teaching and for modern brain research.
Darwin puts the evolutionary emphasis on sex and the flowering of love.
Prior to Sigmund Freud Darwin listed following evolutionary drives (see his Notebooks writings at age 28)
1. Sexual instincts – Myotic sex = Two different sex organs in two beings - 1st billion years ago.
2. Parental instinct – Family unit
3. Social instinct – Group / community unit; development of reason and emotion.
In modern times brain scientists Paul D. MacLean † and Karl Pribram † as well as cell biologist Lynne Margoulis have arrived at the same findings.

Loye commenting the ongoing Darwin wars since the break of the new millenium:

Darwin was in favor of "progressive religion" and hated "regressive religion".
The arrogance of "science" and the stupidity of "regressive religion" are a hindrance to evolution.
Neodarwinists stand both for "wrong" religion and "wrong" science.
Sociobiologists Richard Dawkins, Daniel Bennett and Stephen Jay Gould did not study carefully what Darwin really wrote.

[Richard] Dawkins has totally misled us, apart from being uselessly infuriatingly insulting to those he disagrees with. Paul Ekman, US American anthropologist, psychologist, Does Darwin Illuminate Emotion and Spirituality?, sponsored by Wonderfest, filmed by Fora.TV, 16. "Compassionate outliers and evolution", 1:26:05 minutes duration, aired 8. November 2009

In a wide range of studies, social scientists are amassing a growing body of evidence to show we are evolving to become more compassionate and collaborative in our quest to survive and thrive. In contrast with "every man for himself" interpretations of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection, Dacher Keltner, UC Berkeley psychologist and author of Born to Be Good. The Science of a Meaningful Life, and his fellow social scientists are building the case that humans are successful as a species precisely because of our nurturing, altruistic and compassionate traits. Social scientists build case for 'survival of the kindest', presented by Media Relations UniversityofCalifornia.edu, Yasmin Anwar, 8. December 2009

In the Descent of Man Charles Darwin wrote only twice of "survival of the fittest" — but 95 times about love! 92 times about moral sensitivity. And 200 times about brain and mind. Suppression over 100 years of the real Darwin has led to the social, political, economic, scientific, educational, moral and spiritual mess we are in today. Dr. David Loye, The Darwin Project

What’s now at stake in the battle for 21st century mind [...] On one hand are gathered those of us who, out of 100,000 years of yearning, generation after generation have worked to advance evolution – that is, to build the better world through the revolution of higher expectation.
On the other hand are those of us who – blind captives of an antihuman paradigm and a counter-revolution of lower expectation – automatically, and tragically, have worked to check us in place or drive us backward. Dr. David Loye, trilogy Darwin and the Battle for 21st Century Mind, Prologue, Revolution and Counter Revolution Book I of the trilogy

Sources: - David Loye, List of writings and Current books
- Audio interview David Loye, Delving Into Evolution, presented by web radio station Women's Radio,
'Conversations with Riane Eisler' with leading edge thinkers, hosts Dr. Riane Eisler and Pat Lynch, 2008

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3.2 Two versions of Darwin's Evolutionary Theory

Two types of Interpretations of Darwin's Evolutionary Theory
Low Ground ⇔ High Ground
Reduced Darwinism (1859) ⇔ Darwinism rediscovered (2007)
Adolescent Self-interest ⇔ Mature Mutuality

Darwin's theory of evolution outlined that the driving power of evolution is
NOT competition but moral sense, ethical sensitivity, and education.
This recognition remained hidden for nearly 150 years.

Domain Social Aspect	Low ground Survival of the fittest Darwinism Selfish genes Syndrome Domination model – Adolescence COMPETITION Theory and story	High ground Rediscovery of Loving Evolutionary Theory Mutual caring Partnership model – Maturity COOPERATION Theory and story
Social Life	Subhuman, inhuman, and inhumane evolution	Evolved human evolution
Politics	Adaptation and accommodation	Assertion and aspiration
Economics	Selfishness and greed as the key to wealth for the privileged including a noble trickle down to the many	Caring and sharing to spread the wealth of Earth to the many
Science	Reductionist theory and story oriented to the very deep past	Expansionist theory and story oriented to today and the future
Ethics	Survival of the fittest and Selfishness über alles as the driver for human evolution	Love and moral sensitivity as the driver of human evolution
Spirituality	Ferocious God of my people versus your people a God that must be obeyed	Merciful God of all people or Good Will from on high and below favoring an abundant life for all

Note: Darwinian Paleontologist Stephen J. Gould † repeatedly noted that the mindset of fascism (nazisism) correlates with the survival of the fittest Darwinism.

The most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or a hostile universe. Albert Einstein

Important as the struggle for existence has been and even still is, yet as far as the highest part of our nature is concerned there are other agencies more important. For the moral qualities are advanced either directly or indirectly much more through the efforts of habit, by our reasoning powers, by instruction, by religion, etc., than through natural selection. Charles Darwin

At present the most usual argument for the existence of an intelligent God is drawn from deep inward conviction and feelings which are experienced by most persons. [...]
Formerly I was led by feelings such as those just referred to, (although I do not think that the religious sentiment was ever strongly developed in me), to the firm conviction of the existence of God, and of the immortality of the soul. [...] This argument would be a valid one, if all men of all races had the same inward conviction of the existence of one God; but we know this is very far from being the case. Therefore I cannot see that such inward convictions and feelings are of any weight as evidence of what really exists. Charles Darwin, Autobiography
- Even though he was an agnostic, Darwin spoke of “an ennobling belief in God” as an important criterion in evolution. Interview with Dr. David Loye, Darwin’s lost theory of love, presented by Hologrambooks.com, 'Stray Thoughts', interviewer Frank DeMarco, 20. April 2009

The Darwinian story only goes to the adolescent part.
Self-interest is good as long as it is contained by the self-interest of a community.
Sustainability happens when species learn to feed each other instead of to fight each other.
What we need now is glocalization.
Together we can make it happen.
Video presentation with Dr. Elisabet Sahtouris, post-Darwinian creationist evolutionary biologist, pastist/futurist, former UN consultant, After Darwin, 3 Parts, YouTube film, posted 24. April 2007
- See more

Inspired and deducted by Dr. David Loye, trilogy Darwin and the Battle for 21st Century Mind,
Prologue, Revolution and Counter Revolution, book I of the trilogy

At issue in the battle for 21st century mind is whether we are to be guided:
- socially, by a theory and story of subhuman, inhuman, and inhumane evolution – or a theory and story of a fully human evolution.
- politically, by a theory and story of adaptation and accommodation – or a theory and story of assertion and aspiration.
- economically, by a theory and story of selfishness and greed as the key to wealth for the privileged – with, of course, a noble trickle down to the many. Or a theory and story of caring and sharing to spread the wealth of Earth to the many.
- scientifically, by a truncated theory and story oriented to the deep past, applied spuriously to the present — or a fully human, action-animating theory and story oriented to today and the future.
- morally, by a theory and story of survival of the fittest and selfishness über alles as the driver for human evolution, or a theory and story of love and moral sensitivity as the driver of human evolution.
- spiritually, by a theory and story of original sin and a ferocious God of my people versus your people, a God that must without question be obeyed. Or a theory and story of original blessing and a merciful God of all people. Or no God at all, good will from on high and below, just favoring an abundant life for all.
  Dr. David Loye, trilogy Darwin and the Battle for 21st Century Mind, Revolution and Counter Revolution (forthcoming), book I of the trilogy, Epilogue, last quote

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3.3 Changeover

Big scary fish – Emergent-culture.com

The old
adolescent
self-serving
profit maximizing
exclusive
dominating
corrupted system
is declining.

Big self-organizing fish – Emergent-culture.com

The new
holistic, regenerative
mature interlinked
caring, social
communitarian/digniitarian
inclusive system
is rising.

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4. Links zum Thema Wachstum und Evolution / Growth and evolution

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4.1 Literatur

Jared Diamond, Professor der Geographie und Physiologie, UCLA, Kollaps. Warum Gesellschaften überleben oder untergehen, Fischer TB, Frankfurt; 3. Auflage, 14. September 2006

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4.2 Literatur (engl.)

Robert E. Ornstein and Paul Ehrlich, New World New Mind. Moving Toward Conscious Evolution, Malor Books, September 2000
Leonard Shlain, Sex, Time, and Power: How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution, Penguin, Juli 2004
Jared Diamond, professor of geography and physiology, UCLA, Collapse. How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, Viking, New York, 29. December 2004
David Stove and Roger Kimball, Darwinian Fairytales: Selfish Genes, Errors of Heredity and Other Fables of Evolution, Encounter Books, 1. February 2006
Kenneth R. Miller, Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution, Reviewed by Wikipedia, Harper Perennial, 3. April 2007
Carl Johan Calleman Ph.D., The Purposeful Universe. How Quantum Theory and Mayan Cosmology Explain the Origin and Evolution of Life, Bear & Company, 13. October 2009
Adam Frank, The Constant Fire: Beyond the Science vs. Religion Debate, University of California Press, 1st edition, 6. January 2009
Barbara Herrnstein Smith, Natural Reflections. Human Cognition at the Nexus of Science and Religion (The Terry Lectures Series), Yale University Press, 19. January 2010

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4.3 Externe Weblinks

Wikipedia-Einträge Survival of the Fittest (Überleben der bestangepassten Individuen)

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4.4 Externe Weblinks (engl.)

Wikipedia entries Survival of the Fittest

Sol Luckman, 2012. Exopolitics, Global Transformation & Personal Empowerment, Regenetics.gaia.com, 8. July 2008
Included is Timetable of Evolution of Consciousness according to the Mayan Calendar.
Article by Dr. David Loye, Darwin and Wilber Integral World, 2008
Interview with Dr. David Loye, Darwin’s lost theory of love, presented by Hologrambooks.com, 'Stray Thoughts', interviewer Frank DeMarco, 20. April 2009

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4.5 Audio- und Videolinks

TV Dokumentation Die Wahrheit über die Evolutionstheorie – Zusammenbruch der Evolutionstheorie im Licht der modernen Wissenschaft, Teil 1/3, YouTube Film, 9:33 Minuten Dauer, eingestellt 28. November 2007
- Die Wahrheit über die Evolutionstheorie, Teil 2/3, 9:26 Minuten Dauer
- Die Wahrheit über die Evolutionstheorie, Teil 3/3, 8:16 Minuten Dauer

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4.6 Audio- und Videolinks (engl.)

Videos by Blogspots.com Evolution Facts
Video presentation by Jared Diamond, professor of geography and physiology, UCLA, New York Times' best selling author of Collapse. How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed on Collapse. How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, presented by UCtelevision, Campbell Hall, UC Santa Barbara, 17. Feb 2005, 59:11 minutes duration, posted 7. February 2008
Video presentation by Spencer Wells, genetecist, author of book and film The Journey of Man, Building a family tree for all humanity, presented by TED Talks, 20:53 minutes duration, filmed June 2007, posted August 2008
DNA ties us all together.
Video presentation by Jane Goodall, primatologist, environmentalist, Helping humans and animals live together in Africa, presented by TED Talks, 23:46 minutes duration, filmed June 2007, posted September 2008
Videotaped Conference presentation by David Wilcock, Outtake 2 of conference lecture, sponsored by the A New World, Conference, Zurich, 11. Juli 2009, YouTube film, 3:45 minutes duration, posted 19. Juli 2009
Social Darwinian Evolution, the roles of genes and DNA, are questioned in light of recent observations of how living creatures adapt to their immediate environment.