Thomas Berry

and the Great Work

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The Gravitation

By Thomas Berry

The gravitation
that pervades the universe,
holds it together, and causes
each tiniest particle to attract
and be attracted to every other particle,
involves an awareness,
an inner communication,
an intercommunion. This is why
the attraction of gravitation that
brings about the concentration
of atoms which causes such
enormous heat within the
various celestial bodies
is a remarkable symbol of love
in the human order.
Only such love
can sustain the human effort
and call forth those vast
energies needed to create
the world
of the future.

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The mission of the THOMAS BERRY FOUNDATION is to carry out the Great Work of Thomas in enhancing the flourishing of the Earth community. Created in 1998 by Thomas Berry, Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim, Martin Kaplan, and Thomas’ sister, Margaret Berry, the Foundation has promoted Thomas’ ideas. Learn more »

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