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I Reading:
Bar 5:1-9
II Reading: Phil 1:4-6, 8-11
Gospel: Lk.: 3:1-6
You
have heard of Darwin’s theory of evolution. Besides
Darwin’s theory of evolution there is a theory of
evolution by Jesuit priest and scientist philosopher
Thelhard de Chardin. According to him there are four
stages of evolution-first one is lithosphere–that is the
stage of inanimate objects like stone etc. Then second
sphere is biosphere – a sphere where life appears. The
third one is the noose sphere- the sphere of mind, where
consciousness appears. And the final stage is the goal
of evolution-which is Christosphere- where everything
will be like Christ, everything will be filled with the
presence of Christ. Where one will be enveloped by the
divine milieu.
In my
opinion this Christosphere is the Christmas season- a
season in which Christ is present among us. This is what
the name Emanuel means. It is season of heavenly joy
and peace, a season of celebration. This is the season
we all are waiting for.
Advent
is a sphere between noose sphere and Christo sphere. In
this period we do not wait passively but actively. We
prepare ourselves and make fit for Christo sphere. Here
I would apply the Darwin’s principle of survival of the
fittest. Only those who have well prepared and made
themselves fit will enter the Christo sphere. How do you
make yourself fit to enter the Christo-sphere. For
Darwin it is a fight between different species and
different creatures. It is a constant struggle with the
environment and other hostile forces in the nature.
Well, to make ourselves fit we need to struggle with the
forces within us and forces around us. The things of the
world, the attractions of the world keep on pulling us
away from the Lord and our desires and wishes will
forces us to go out to this things of the world. We need
to develop an attitude of detachment to the things of
the world. There is a story about Socrates. One day he
was standing at a stall, which sold all kinds of wares.
Socrates stood gazing at the stall and finally said,
“What a lot of things I don’t need.”
Darwin’s evolution progressed from without-outside.
Darwin’s stress was on the physical evolution. And that
type of evolution is no more on except in the beauty
parlors. Some of us need more time to make up our faces
than to make up our minds. For Thelhard the evolution
progressed from within. It is the development of the
within that will lead to Christo sphere. And within man
there is a universe. There are three planets, which
govern our life, these are planets heart, brain and the
mind and they control us. We should know what is
happening on the inner planets. We have to explore our
mind, heart, and brain and find out exactly what is
happening there. What sort of weather rules on these
planets. We have to dig and find what sort minerals, the
feelings, thoughts, ideas are hidden. There can be an
eclipse of one planet by the other. We have to control
the planet, which runs around the universe faster than
any other planet-that is our mind. Then the brain which
is like a gold mine and yet the same time a nuclear
bomb. You can take out of it precious, thoughts and
change the face of the world or you can drop it like a
bomb on the earth and destroy the world. After all an
evil thought of war can destroy the world. Then, the
heart, seat of all emotions and feelings. We need to see
what kinds of feelings rule this planet. We need to find
out in which stage of evolution we are in? Are we still
in the sphere of stone-hard, opaque, insensitive to the
needs and feelings of others? Or we are in the
bio-sphere of vegetative life just depending on others
to survive or still in noose sphere where we have
restless mind like butterfly? What we need this day is
the evolution of ourselves from within to receive Jesus. |
