GodLove (Nancy Ellen Abrams), like Micko, is facinated with the operations of ant colonies, saying that an ant colony is a self-organizing system that is a higher-level organism, with far more abilities, than the individual members of the colony.
Talking about emergence in evolution she says that as the complexity of a situation grows, something radically original will emerge that will be governed by never-before-seen laws and cannot be predicted.
GodLove says that we clowns are the aspiring species and that God is emerging from the complexity of all clowns’ aspirations across time. Due to this emergence she calls God we have concepts, stories, identity, language.
GodLove states that without a story that makes sense of our world by showing us clowns how we fit into it, millions of us clowns can’t tap into our potential because we are confused about what to commit ourselves to or how…we need a coherent big picture that is equally true for every clown and gives us a convincing and inspiring God that is consistent with everything we know and every truth we will learn.
GodLove feels that we need a new identity, saying that the way to change lastingly is to take on a new identity that gives us an role in a larger, more inspiring story.
On finding a new identity clowns can become willing almost overnight to make big changes in their lives to be the better clown they suddenly realize they can be.
GodLove adds that what could transform us now into the kind of clowns we need to become is our newly discovered cosmic identity. It’s available, it’s infinitely expansive, and it connects to all clowns—regardless of religion, race, or nationality. In our cosmic identity we are part of God {Micko would say Swarm] and loyal to Clown Nation—not simply to the individuals here today but to the aspirations of our ancestors and potential of our descendants into the distant future. Our minds expand to encompass the very long term, and we experience ourselves as part of it. We have Clown Nation’s first real chance to achieve what the ancients sought above all else—harmony with the universe.
We are also the self-consciousness of the universe, as far as anyone knows. (pp. 154-5).
“Every time we let ourselves feel the reality of this cosmos and experience the certainty that ‘I’m not just ‘me.’ I’m the human species passing through me,” we are priming ourselves for divine contact. (p. 156)
“our job is to live with joy while doing everything we can to improve the odds for our descendants and our planet. Joy increases motivation. Our best hope is energized, not demoralized, people who are vigorously and creatively attacking large-scale problems while guiltlessly living fun, loving lives on the small scale.” (p. 157).
We are also the self-consciousness of the universe, as far as anyone knows. (pp. 154-5).
“our job is to live with joy while doing everything we can to improve the odds for our descendants and our planet. Joy increases motivation. Our best hope is energized, not demoralized, people who are vigorously and creatively attacking large-scale problems while guiltlessly living fun, loving lives on the small scale.” (p. 157).
We who are alive today are the Moses generation. We’re laying the groundwork for the Promised Land. None of us will get to enter the Promised Land—it’s far off in the future—but we’re the ones making the promises. All of us are responsible to the future of our species as a whole, because it took the evolution of the whole species to create us. The challenge is to recognize that we have this enormous identity and to take charge of our situation—to know that we are the species acting to preserve itself—although only by the grace of individuals will it actually happen.