Cosmosophia is a symbolic framework to that could form the basis
for a new worldview. I. The cosmos is our womb. This is the core
metaphor of cosmosophia. For the human, the experience of the
womb is a fundamental symbol of compassion and connection. Just
as the embryo is embedded in the womb, everything in the
Universe is, from the very beginning, embedded in the cosmic
womb. This means that from the moment of its conception, the
cosmos itself, as a whole, has interiority, a wisdom that allows
it to operate is a single whole. As participants in this womb,
none of us is separate from one another. When we recognize our
true, cosmic identity, we are naturally compassionate to all the
cosmos. The felt sense of the womb is that of non-
differentiation and seamlessness. It is particularly important
to note that this metaphor is organic. What is important is that
our metaphors convey what we value. Cosmosophia holds that the
Universe as an organic whole is fundamentally sacred. II. The
cosmos is a birth-giving proce