Something Old, Something New

If you have been following RogueValleyVoice.com you will have noticed that on April 10, 2026, the name changed to IntegralWorldview.com. This happened to coincide with NASA's Artemis II successful flight around the moon. Their view from space is similar to the "Blue Marble" photo of December 1972 that changed our perspective on Spaceship Earth, our home. But a lot has changed in our world in the last 54 years, and we now have a better cosmic perspective due to the James Webb Space Telescope. The complexity of our interdependence was evident in the COVID-19 world crisis and now in the war in Iran and the choke point of the Strait of Hormuz.

Study of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin led me to a deep time, evolutionary worldview where there has been a movement toward both greater complexity and unity over the past 13.8 billion years; that consciousness is intrinsic to matter; that there is a direction toward Omega; and that because of technology, we have entered a new phase of a global mind - the noosphere.

Science has advanced due to specialization and analysis of the parts, but quantum physics has revealed the interrelationship of everything, and an interdisciplinary approach will help bring our understanding together. I believe a new, integral, holistic worldview is necessary if we are to survive and thrive as a human species.

The integral framework and spiral dynamics help us understand how we have advanced from tribal, warrior, traditional, modern, post-modern consciousness and beyond. We are transforming from boundary-defined forms to second-tier formlessness. We are transitioning from first axial to second axial spirituality. Indeed, artificial intelligence is pushing the boundary of what it means to be human.

I had WordPress blogs previously, as ReddingVoice and SaratogaVoice, when we lived in California. In February 2022, I started writing the blog RogueValleyVoice.com with the purpose to "focus on education about the climate emergency, positive actions that are being taken now toward sustainability, and building supportive relationships." As I write this blog largely for myself, with many underlined hyperlinks as my research expands, I am now exploring an integral worldview, which I believe is necessary to achieve those original goals.