The Unprecedented Evolutionary Transformation
“The Human Species has entered a period of profound, fundamental, and unprecedented change. Its perceptual capability is expanding beyond the senses. It is acquiring the ability to see itself as part of a larger fabric of life. The Universe is becoming visible to it as a spiritual enterprise, rather than a material one.
Until recently Humankind has been limited in its perception to the five senses and has evolved through the exploration of the physical world. The new, emerging humanity is not limited to the perception of the five senses. It is highly intuitive, and its means of evolution is entirely different. The emerging humanity evolves through responsible choice. A responsible choice is a choice that produces consequences for which the chooser is willing to assume responsibility.
Social Activism, apart from from the creation of authentic power, is the pursuit of external power - the attempt to impose one will upon another. The pursuit of external power produces only Violence and Destruction. What once served the evolution of Humankind is now counterproductive and dangerous. Old ways of responding to the challenges of a life on Earth no longer work. The challenges have never been greater or more numerous: deteriorating control of nuclear weapons, massive pollution, rapid extinction of species and cultures, increasing violence, a longer human life span, and an exponentially increasing human population, with a finite resource base to support it.
The Old Ways are Manipulation and Control with the assistance of the intellect. The New Ways - and the only ones that now offer Humankind a future - are responsible choices of Harmony, Cooperation, Sharing, and Reverence for Life, with the assistance of the Heart.
This is the unprecedented Evolutionary Transformation that is under way: the expansion of human consideration beyond its own needs into the limitless universe of Wisdom and Compassion, of which it is a part. It is our emerging ability to collaborate, for the first time as a species, with nonphysical, yet real, forms of life that are in advance of our own. It is a partnering with the Universe in the most conscious and responsible ways, and the joy and fulfillment that result. It is radical personal responsibility for the Whole, through self-cultivation of Compassion and Kindness, through the pursuit of Authentic Power. At the heart of this endeavor is cultivation of the consciousness that is required. This is for each individual to undertake and complete. It is the greatest challenge and joy that now fills our lives.”
…Excerpted from Gary Zukov’s Comments by Members and Partners of the Club of Budapest, in The Chaos Point: The World at the Crossroads: Seven Years to Avoid Global Collapse and Promote Worldwide Renewal, by Ervin Laszlo, 2006.