modes of thought be able to break through the philosophical doctrine of materialism now being promoted worldwide? The four great challenges of the future that are now arriving are: the aging population who are completely neglected except for those who can afford their own spirit-crushing ‘warehousing’; technology, while being of enormous help to humanity, is also the main form of job elimination and soul-deadening; the financial crisis; and the degradation of Earth.  All of these challenges are being met with modes of thought incapable of adequate response.

Seen from a spiritual orientation, these difficulties and challenges signal an opening into a new, as yet unknown mode of consciousness and being and are at the very same time a huge fear-producing distraction that is trying to make sure we miss the opening.  The contracting forces of

The World’s Need for Sophia

Robert Sardello and Cheryl Sanders-Sardello

We need only lightly survey our present world to see that none of the problems we face can truly be resolved by the kind of world thinking now prevalent. Will current modes of thought and action be able to eliminate the most dangerous threats hanging over the heads of humanity - wars and global tyranny? Will current modes of thought be able to achieve the greatest degree of harmony between individual freedom and the spiritual longings of humanity as a whole? Will current modes of thought be able to promote the balanced development of the creative impulses that every person is gifted with? Will current