Today’s episode features the power of Interrelatedness – the universal presence of relationship and care found between all beings throughout the many epochs of the cosmos. 

In this podcast, Brian explores how care is at work in the universe, including, but not limited to, human relationships.  Brian touches on the thrilling nature of relationships and how through care, we gain the capacity to identify worth and to be sensitive to what others need.  

Brian examines how the universe has shown itself to value the dynamic of “care” from the very beginning of the universe and through the development of life.  In doing so, Brian shows how the universe is, in some sense, seeking to deepen and extend its power of care.  

Just as a primordial power of care was evoked out of the elementary particles of the early universe, a deeper and more expansive power of care is currently being evoked out of the human species.  This is happening as we activate a sensitivity that can feel the need to care for the planet as a whole.  Through empathy and imagination, humans provide the perfect vessel for a comprehensive care to come forth in the universe, adding both meaning and purpose to our role in the cosmos. 

We hope you enjoy the Journey. 

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To hear the complete Powers of the Universe series:

Download the video lecture series here: https://storyoftheuniverse.org/store-2/dvd/the-powers-of-the-universe/

Or the audiobook series here: https://www.betterlisten.com/collections/brian-swimme

To learn more about the epic story of our cosmos, visit our website journeyoftheuniverse.org.

There you will find ways to access the Journey of the Universe film, book, and conversation series, as well as direct access to our online courses, curriculum, social community, and other relevant materials.

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Today’s episode features the power of Transformation --  the process through which change is worked into the whole context by the individual. 

In this podcast, Brian discusses how the universe engages in space-time binding to create increasingly complex structures that transform that universe as a whole.  Each new and more complex structure is understood to be a transformative event where space and time fold back on itself and more of the universe is present in one place.

Brian traces the evolution of transformation throughout the history of the universe, beginning with the emergence of physical structures such as atoms, stars, galaxies, and planets.  These structures transform the universe such that life and memory can come forth.  As life grows and evolves, Earth itself is transformed, enabling the planet to support increasingly complex forms of life.  With the arrival of humans, the power of transformation is brought to new levels through our capacity to engage in symbolic consciousness.  

The history and evolution of the power of transformation gives us insight into what the universe is all about.  The universe is aiming to transform itself over and over again so that the universe as a whole can participate directly in the evocation of community.  Earth, our vibrant, intense, and complex home can thus be understood as a place where community has the potential to thrive and as a robust expression of the power of transformation. 

We hope you enjoy the Journey. 

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Welcome to the Journey of the Universe podcast, where we explore humans’ place in the 14-billion-year history of the universe, the role we play here on Earth, and how we may connect to the intricate web of life to create a flourishing future.

This season we are featuring segments from Brian Thomas Swimme’s Powers of the Universe series, a captivating exploration of the powers coursing through the Universe and each of us. This immersive series contains amazing insights that will forever change how you think about being human.

We hope you enjoy the Journey.

To hear the complete Powers of the Universe series:

Download the video lecture series here: https://storyoftheuniverse.org/store-2/dvd/the-powers-of-the-universe/

Or the audiobook series here: https://www.betterlisten.com/collections/brian-swimme

To learn more about the epic story of our cosmos, visit our website journeyoftheuniverse.org.

There you will find ways to access the Journey of the Universe film, book, and conversation series, as well as direct access to our online courses, curriculum, social community, and other relevant materials.

Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and you will automatically receive updates on our new offerings.

We deeply appreciate your questions, feedback, and reviews on this podcast.  If this topic inspired you, or reminded you of a potentially interested friend or family member, we encourage you to share this episode with them today.

Today’s episode features the power of Transmutation --  the process through which the universe is compelled to move from one mode of being into another. 

In this podcast, Brian discusses how the universe utilizes the dynamics of constraint, discernment, opposition, and even rejection to move into ever deepening expressions of intimacy and beauty.  To bring this power to life, Brian explores transmutations like the cooling of Earth's crust to make mountains, the dynamics of the predator / prey relationship, and how laws and customs form human culture.

The present change we are sensing is happening at the deepest levels of being within the human species.  Learn more about how the universe changes at its deepest levels and you will likely find the context and insight needed to support your journey during these challenging and exciting times. 

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Welcome to the Journey of the Universe podcast, where we explore humans’ place in the 14-billion-year history of the universe, the role we play here on Earth, and how we may connect to the intricate web of life to create a flourishing future.

This season we are featuring segments from Brian Thomas Swimme’s Powers of the Universe series, a captivating exploration of the powers coursing through the Universe and each of us. This immersive series contains amazing insights that will forever change how you think about being human.

We hope you enjoy the Journey.

To hear the complete lecture on Synergy:

Download the video lecture series here: https://storyoftheuniverse.org/store-2/dvd/the-powers-of-the-universe/

Or the audiobook series here: https://www.betterlisten.com/collections/brian-swimme

To learn more about the epic story of our cosmos, visit our website journeyoftheuniverse.org.

There you will find ways to access the Journey of the Universe film, book, and conversation series, as well as direct access to our online courses, curriculum, social community, and other relevant materials.

Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and you will automatically receive updates on our new offerings.

We deeply appreciate your questions, feedback, and reviews on this podcast.  If this topic inspired you, or reminded you of a potentially interested friend or family member, we encourage you to share this episode with them today.

Today’s episode features Cataclysm -- a  power of the universe that gives rise to catastrophe, destruction, and death. 

In this episode, Brian discusses our increased awareness of cataclysm both in the cycles of life on Earth and the Universe.  Then, he explores how a star spends ten million years creating its structure only to be eliminated in two seconds and how this cataclysms enable further creativity to emerge throughout the cosmos.  

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Welcome to the Journey of the Universe podcast, where we explore humans’ place in the 14-billion-year history of the universe, the role we play here on Earth, and how we may connect to the intricate web of life to create a flourishing future.

This season we are featuring segments from Brian Thomas Swimme’s Powers of the Universe series, a captivating exploration of the powers coursing through the Universe and each of us. This immersive series contains amazing insights that will forever change how you think about being human.

We hope you enjoy the Journey.

To hear the complete lecture on Homeostasis:

Download the video lecture series here: https://storyoftheuniverse.org/store-2/dvd/the-powers-of-the-universe/

Or the audiobook series here: https://www.betterlisten.com/collections/brian-swimme

To learn more about the epic story of our cosmos, visit our website journeyoftheuniverse.org.

There you will find ways to access the Journey of the Universe film, book, and conversation series, as well as direct access to our online courses, curriculum, social community, and other relevant materials.

Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and you will automatically receive updates on our new offerings.

We deeply appreciate your questions, feedback, and reviews on this podcast.  If this topic inspired you, or reminded you of a potentially interested friend or family member, we encourage you to share this episode with them today.

Today’s episode features Homeostasis -- a  power of the universe centered around the discovery and maintenance of balance, integrity, and resonance with the community.  

Brian discusses how the balance of protons in our blood, the dynamics of underwater kelp forest, the idea that Earth as a whole maintains itself, and Milky Way’s rate of supernovae explosions are connected through the power of homeostasis.

Then, Brian turns his attention to how homeostasis shows up in the form of a human, identifying the positive and negative manifestations of this power that are possible in ourselves and others.

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Welcome to the Journey of the Universe podcast, where we explore humans’ place in the 14-billion-year history of the universe, the role we play here on Earth, and how we may connect to the intricate web of life to create a flourishing future.

This season we are featuring segments from Brian Thomas Swimme’s Powers of the Universe series, a captivating exploration of the powers coursing through the Universe and each of us. This immersive series contains amazing insights that will forever change how you think about being human.

We hope you enjoy the Journey.

To hear the complete lecture on Homeostasis:

Download the video lecture series here: https://storyoftheuniverse.org/store-2/dvd/the-powers-of-the-universe/

Or the audiobook series here: https://www.betterlisten.com/collections/brian-swimme

To learn more about the epic story of our cosmos, visit our website journeyoftheuniverse.org.

There you will find ways to access the Journey of the Universe film, book, and conversation series, as well as direct access to our online courses, curriculum, social community, and other relevant materials.

Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and you will automatically receive updates on our new offerings.

We deeply appreciate your questions, feedback, and reviews on this podcast.  If this topic inspired you, or reminded you of a potentially interested friend or family member, we encourage you to share this episode with them today.

This episode features Emergence -- a  creative, epochal, and self-assembling power of the universe.  In this episode, Brian discusses the radical dimension of our universe, described as emergence, that creates new forms of being as it evolves through time.  

Our moment is presented as a time where humanity has developed so much power that it has evolved into a new form, a self conscious planetary presence.  

To guide and inspire our development, Brian highlights two examples of emergence in the universe: the creation of carbon, and the birth of planet Earth.  With these examples in mind, we can come to understand that the universe is committed to seeking new domains of existence.  We can move forward with confidence that to reimagine the human, is in line with and supported by the story of the universe. 

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Welcome to the Journey of the Universe podcast, where we explore humans’ place in the 14-billion-year history of the universe, the role we play here on Earth, and how we may connect to the intricate web of life to create a flourishing future.

This season we are featuring segments from Brian Thomas Swimme’s Powers of the Universe series, a captivating exploration of the powers coursing through the Universe and each of us. This immersive series contains amazing insights that will forever change how you think about being human.

To hear the complete lecture on Emergence:

Download the video lecture series here: https://storyoftheuniverse.org/store-2/dvd/the-powers-of-the-universe/
Or the audiobook series here: https://www.betterlisten.com/collections/brian-swimme

To learn more about the epic story of our cosmos, visit our website journeyoftheuniverse.org.

There you will find ways to access the Journey of the Universe film, book, and conversation series, as well as direct access to our online courses, curriculum, social community, and other relevant materials.

Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and you will automatically receive updates on our new offerings.

We deeply appreciate your questions, feedback, and reviews on this podcast.  If this topic inspired you, or reminded you of a potentially interested friend or family member, we encourage you to share this episode with them today.

Today’s episode features Allurement -- a power of the universe that gives rise to attraction, intimacy, healing and growth.

 In this episode Brian discusses how responding to allurement transformed hydrogen atoms into stars and deepened the intimacy between the Earth and the Sun through the development of chlorophyll.   

Also explored is the invention of vertebrate sexuality and how excitement for existence is encoded into our genetic makeup.  

Finally, Brian shares two ways we might enable the power of allurement to become activated in our own lives, by connecting with the wild nature of our beloved and through deep adoration toward that which draws us in. 

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Welcome to the Journey of the Universe podcast, where we explore humans’ place in the 14-billion-year history of the universe, the role we play here on Earth, and how we may connect to the intricate web of life to create a flourishing future.

This season we are featuring segments from Brian Thomas Swimme’s Powers of the Universe series, a captivating exploration of the powers coursing through the Universe and each of us. This immersive series contains amazing insights that will forever change how you think about being human.

To hear the complete lecture on Allurement:

Download the video lecture series here: https://storyoftheuniverse.org/store-2/dvd/the-powers-of-the-universe/
Or the audiobook series here: https://www.betterlisten.com/collections/brian-swimme

To learn more about the epic story of our cosmos, visit our website journeyoftheuniverse.org.

There you will find ways to access the Journey of the Universe film, book, and conversation series, as well as direct access to our online courses, curriculum, social community, and other relevant materials.

Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and you will automatically receive updates on our new offerings.

We deeply appreciate your questions, feedback, and reviews on this podcast.  If this topic inspired you, or reminded you of a potentially interested friend or family member, we encourage you to share this episode with them today.

Today’s episode features Centration -- a power of the universe that leads to differentiation and complexification throughout the universe.  

In this episode Brian discusses how Centration helped give birth to galaxies, stars, cells, and consciousness.  Also explored are the ways in which we can participate in the power of Centration through the development and maintenance of our “psychic membranes” and by connecting to the catalytic energy found in the direct experience of nature. 

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Welcome to the Journey of the Universe podcast, where we explore humans’ place in the 14-billion-year history of the universe, the role we play here on Earth, and how we may connect to the intricate web of life to create a flourishing future.

This season we are featuring segments from Brian Thomas Swimme’s Powers of the Universe series, a captivating exploration of the powers coursing through the Universe and each of us. This immersive series contains amazing insights that will forever change how you think about being human.

To hear the complete lecture on Centration:

Download the video lecture series here: https://storyoftheuniverse.org/store-2/dvd/the-powers-of-the-universe/
Or the audiobook series here: https://www.betterlisten.com/collections/brian-swimme

To learn more about the epic story of our cosmos, visit our website journeyoftheuniverse.org.

There you will find ways to access the Journey of the Universe film, book, and conversation series, as well as direct access to our online courses, curriculum, social community, and other relevant materials.

Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and you will automatically receive updates on our new offerings.

We deeply appreciate your questions, feedback, and reviews on this podcast.  If this topic inspired you, or reminded you of a potentially interested friend or family member, we encourage you to share this episode with them today.

Today’s episode features the fundamental power of the universe -- seamlessness.  In this episode Brian discusses a shocking discovery on the nature of the quantum vacuum, ways to understand ourselves as pure generativity, and a viewpoint that sees that all seemingly separate objects as part of a widely dispersed unitary event. 

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Welcome to the Journey of the Universe podcast, where we explore humans’ place in the 14-billion-year history of the universe, the role we play here on Earth, and how we may connect to the intricate web of life to create a flourishing future.

This season we are featuring segments from Brian Thomas Swimme’s Powers of the Universe series, a captivating exploration of the powers coursing through the Universe and each of us. This immersive series contains amazing insights that will forever change how you think about being human.

To hear the complete lecture on seamlessness:

Download the video lecture series here: https://storyoftheuniverse.org/store-2/dvd/the-powers-of-the-universe/
Or the audiobook series here: https://www.betterlisten.com/collections/brian-swimme

To learn more about the epic story of our cosmos, visit our website journeyoftheuniverse.org. 

There you will find ways to access the Journey of the Universe film, book, and conversation series, as well as direct access to our online courses, curriculum, social community, and other relevant materials.

Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and you will automatically receive updates on our new offerings.

We deeply appreciate your questions, feedback, and reviews on this podcast.  If this topic inspired you, or reminded you of a potentially interested friend or family member, we encourage you to share this episode with them today.

This episode features a conversation on Teaching Journey of the Universe with Tom Collins and Bindhu Mohanty.

Tom has taught secondary students in independent schools for over 20 years.  He developed a yearlong interdisciplinary Universe Story course that was taught to seniors at the Palmer Trinity School in Miami, Florida.  Tom currently teaches in the Religion and Philosophy department at the Lawrenceville School. 

Bindu Mohanty is a writer and teacher and has lived in Auroville, an international community in southern India since 1994.  Recognized by the United Nations as an experiment in human unity, Auroville founded in 1968 is based on the evolutionary vision of Sri Aurobindo. Her current research interests include interpersonal dynamics and social evolution. 

Our host is Mary Evelyn Tucker, co-author of Journey of the Universe and professor at Yale University.

In this conversation, Tom and Bindu describe how learning the universe story has allowed high school and college students to experience an expanded sense of self and to transform despair into a sense of hope and empowerment. 

We hope you enjoy the Journey!

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What is our place in the 14-billion-year history of the universe?

What roles do we play in Earth's history?

How do we connect with the intricate web of life?

This podcast series is part of a larger project called Journey of the Universe that invites us to reflect on these questions. It consists of a film, a book, a series of conversations, and online classes.

The creators of the Journey project imagine that by knowing more about the universe and Earth we will also know more about ourselves. This may give us grounds for navigating our own journey in challenging times.  

How did we come to be part of this universe story?  

How do we belong and how can we participate in its future flourishing?  

This series is a gateway into exploring these questions. 

In these podcasts of the Journey of the Universe Conversations we will meet scientists and historians, environmentalists and teachers, gardeners and urban planners. All of them are reflecting on how we can be more fully alive in this context of participating in a universe story.

Connect deeply with these materials and more via the Journey of the Universe: A Story for Our Times Specialization, a series of Massive Online Open Courses hosted by Coursera and created by Yale.

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