How might this happen?
A potent reality seems to be at the heart of the evolutionary process. We often seem to grow only through the push of dire necessity. This process can be termed "emergence through emergency;" it has a long and honored place in history and can be a potent stimulant, capable of inducing labor and a new birth.
If we are to save some part of this world for our children, grandchildren, and other life, the answers will not rest in the application of technology, economy, government, messianic figures and religions. True and lasting solutions will require that a critical mass of people be able to embrace a world-view embedded in what might be called a spiritually-focused "modern indigenous perspective" - right in the center of our technological world.
If the proportion of people reaching higher states of consciousness increases exponentially, our inertia will decrease, and at the same time a supportive momentum for the new direction will begin building up. As we intensify and deepen our awareness, we will have the potential be able to evolve skillful means for transmuting our own personal reality and that of society. Out of a new perspective we will find solutions that today we can barely imagine.
Possibilities for the Future
The bottom line involves human maturity:
With good fortune - and humanity's openness, yearning, perseverance, and endurance - the challenges ahead will act as a fierce catalyst, motivating our world to move into deeper and deeper forms of maturity. And into the "farther reaches of human nature."
The alternative is ongoing conflict - whether orchestrated or not. We will be faced with the choice to pull together (and thereby preserve our own and other species) or push apart, thereby creating conditions for the Earth to become a wasteland.
Again, looking toward the future, what might this level of maturity look like in everyday life?
1.Humanity will have learned that we must live in a sustainable fashion in balance and harmony with nature and our environment.
2. We will decide that we are no longer willing to live in a violent society, characterized by extremes of wealth and power.
3. We will have agreed that power must be locally held and locally exercised. Power is to be shared, and used to empower others, rather than used to dominate other beings.
4. Compassion and wisdom would become the norm.
Our focus on day-to-day living might take two practical forms:
Sustainable Living:
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