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This is an exciting moment for us as human beings. Today, we are in a time that calls for a jump, for a rapid change, not just because we can but because we must.
This is not the time to sit on the sidelines, to be a passive traveler of life. Life on the planet is on the hot seat, beckoning us to get in, get on and get engaged. What comes to us, what life shows us, is defined by the questions we ask, and most often, the best way to boost our learning is to ask better questions; life indeed talks to us back by what kinds of things we ask. My teacher, Carlos Castaneda, called this intending. An evolutionary question has been with me over this past month:
Where are we going? What is happening to our human species? What are our options moving forward?
Over the past thirty days, I immersed myself in two almost back to back conferences that, coming from completely different contexts and styles, gave me each the information and the experience of what this can be. This question brought me back an incredible landscape of what is coming to us, a Wow! moment that I am so excited to share with you.
I have just returned from a one of a kind conference in Brienz, Switzerland, called ‘Universal Spirituality’. Hosted by The Center for Unity, one of the longest successfully active spiritual communities in the world, and put together piece by piece over the past two years, it brought together twelve elders from different traditions around the world, such as a Maya Priestess from Mexico, a Qi Going master from China, a decades long Peace Envoy from the U.N, a 92 year old human rights leader from Ghana and a Sufi sacred musician from Iran, together with over one hundred leaders with decades of personal practice in peace and spirituality, for a sharing, discussion and inner silence practice experiment on the question of: What can be fundamental common elements of an Universal Spirituality?
What deeply committed individuals are in this world! What profound strength of spirit and heart do exist in people, regardless of culture and race! What a joy it is to feel safe, encouraged, and honored as a human being! I brought back from the conference hope, optimism and resolve. We can make it, we really CAN!
Here are 7 distinct shared elements that I found all spiritualties uphold universally:
- An open heart, having our hearts as a reference point. Being open in our heart center to receive affection and to give love.
- Optimism as a choice. Choosing to be shiny and engaging and positive because that is the state of our psychology where doors open and the best outcomes come from.
- A practice of being in the present, fully; not partially but fully. This is not a given but something that is cultivated purposely.
- Non-judgment towards differences in others, be it religion, race, capacities, predilections and all what is not like me or what I want.
- Actively allowing mystery in our life. The state of not knowing is intrinsic to the spiritual experience. Some things we will never know and that is not a threat, that is actually an awe-some, exciting feeling.
- Lightness, creativity and joy. Creativity feeds our non-linear self; it is a state of mind. The more detachment from our story we get, the more kid-like we become.
- An impulse to give, to help, to support others, to care for the planet. Feeling part of a bigger whole, feeling connected totally enhances our spirit and gives us meaning.
Here is a powerful pair of questions you can ask yourself, to guide your awareness towards answers within you that can give new meaning and new direction to your spiritual life:
How do you connect to the divine? What are the particular ways, personal to you, in which you feel connected to spirit, to a higher order? Consider this and bring it more clearly into your daily life?
What is important to you, right now, for your spiritual journey? What are the lessons that life is presenting to you in this moment that you need to be aware of, open your eyes to, and embrace? Consider this and let this larger context completely change how you are relating to what is happening now in your life.
During the second day, during a deep meditation practice with all the participants, I could actually feel the silence pressing on my body. Silence had physicality, I could touch it and it enveloped me and everyone around me. In this state, there was no doubt in my body-mind that we all shared these seven traits, and the possibility of really living them. Barbara Marx Hubbard, one of the twelve elders and a leading voice in conscious evolution, stood up and said:
“Evolution is not only gradual, sometimes it also makes a jump. Today, I am convinced that what is happening here is a jump into the emergence of a new type of consciousness for our time, a homo universalis.”
My awareness shoot up high into the sky, into orbit, and as I looked down into the Earth I could see a bubble of light shining in the middle of Europe, a message of true peace expanding onto the rest of the people in the planet.
I flashed back to my first first conference, two weeks before. It could not have been more different: Business Mastery, a mega event on steroids in Las Vegas, taught by life strategist Tony Robbins. Five days of complete 15-hours a day immersion into pragmatic tools, information and the necessary psychology to implement them and be on the cutting edge of our competitive world.
One of the guest speakers was Scott Klososky, head of one of the leading consulting companies on technology. He gave a ‘state of the union’ account of what is already here in tech and a projection curve to what new realities technology and gene manipulation is taking us. The most eye popping is this: we are right now at the statistical inflection point of a huge acceleration in the speed of change in the implementation of technology into human biology.
Data analytics and robotics are going to very soon completely change everything about how we live and what we can do. The projection is that, within 25 years, bio-enhancements to our body will be such that a new species of humans will be born: transhumans; that is, given the desire and financial means, we will be able to augment human function and integrate it with technology to the point that a person will no longer be comparable to a regular human as we have known it until now.
Throughout the weekend, as events unfolded and collective consciousness grew, an artist captured what was taking place into a gigantic art piece. We could all see how it was shaping, bit by bit, until but the last session it became a map, the map of the journey and a blueprint statement to the world of what an Universal Spirituality could be.
My teacher told me that having mastery of awareness mandated that we be in alignment with the mood and realities of the world we live in, what he called the tonal of our time. Being in alignment means we don’t resist it because we get tight and our functionality goes down; rather, we adapt to its presence and we take the best out of it, so we can dance with the world. Transhuman is coming, one hundred percent. It is a reality around the corner, for many of us within our lifetime.
Sitting in meditation at the Center of Unity, I could see the landscape of transhuman and homo universalis playing out in front of my field of consciousness. One is inevitable, the other one is a potential we can become. As early humans, we did a jump in evolution and began developing our brain until we could think. We became sapiens and, as engineers, we have gone far and will continue to soar, through transhuman all the way to other solar systems and space civilizations. But we also need to become universalis to reach our real potential, and save ourselves from ourselves. It is so scary in its implications, but, as homo universalis, it is also exciting galore, and I can’t wait. I am all in.
What will happen to the planet and to mankind is one of my biggest concerns today. I confess that until now I had a rather pessimistic view, but reading your report made me extremely enthusiastic and confident. Thanks for sharing, Miles
Thank you and your new enthusiasm boosts us all back!
I love this, Miles. And the most exciting part for me is that all of us are part of this, here on earth to go as far as we can, not just in our private experience, but in reaching out and connecting, in offering encouragement and new possibility to those whose lives touch ours. How far and by exactly what road I can go in this endeavor is a mystery, but giving this effort my best is the only thing that has ever made sense to me for the past 40 years of my life, ever since I was awakened to the possibility of living by these principles.
That is the way to go Tom!
Thanks for sharing your experience and insights! We are definitely in a turning point! Dancing with the world and not resisting, rather being in the tonal of our time, is where, through presencing, being fully present, we can make the jump! From the Ego-system to an eco-system. How does it look? We sense it although a mystery …but we don’t have a choice… lets go fo it!!!
Save ourselves from ourselves! Loved it! Adelante!!! Arriba lá mirada, vibrante el corazon!
Siento que la situación es aterradora pero no tanto, y menos sorprendente.
Se parece tanto a lo propio, ser emocional que va hacia el anzuelo.
El mundo morirá?
Moriré?
Estar muerto es el mar, estar en el mundo es ir hacia el anzuelo.
Ni siquiera tengo clara mi totalidad, no sé qué es el mundo
Parece que el arduo trabajo es el único hilo.
Apasionante.
Thank you Miles, such an inspirational vision, a real power is connecting us all. Being fully present – YES, a matter of a purposeful personal development, immersing in a world of new possibilities, shining and giving, dancing and knowing, complete and loving being. Namaste!
Dear Miles, thanks for your message!
1. The ‘universal human’ seems to be an useful/suitable term!
2. Yes! Transhumanism (and Posthumanism) is coming. We should consider that Transhumanism is the dream of a materialistic belief system/weltanschaung, especially of their elite ( 10% own about 86% of the global ressources)! Transhumanism is more controversial in continental europe (ethical, philosophical, …) than in the English-speaking world (technology/science as a new God).
3. In my opinion we shouldn’t forget another species: aliens. They will be an important factor concerning the evolution of consciousness (nevertheless it’s an external factor) and technology.
An interesting source is Dr. Steven Greer.
Of course I hope for a world created by the universal humans!
Best wishes
Markus
You are right there, I firmly believe that it is only a matter of time until we come in contact with civilizations outside our solar system. We are certainly not the only sentient beings with the trillions of planets that exist out there, to think that we are the only ones would be a case of utter self importance!
Thank you for sharing this with us. It’s fascinating, overwhelming and comforting to read your enthusiasm and perspective. As always your focus on the positive and healing aspects of all things helps me to expand my awareness.
Thank you Dr. Reid. This beautifully laid out the practices we can adopt to reaching deeper state of collective consciousness, and the increasing important of doing this in a time of unprecedented technical advances. We live in a fascinating time where technology can solve all the existential threats to humankind – war, famine, and plague. But in order to take advantage of this and create the amazing world that is possible we need to develop the consciousness to distribute these solutions to all people. You laid out this tension beautifully – thank you for your gift.
Thank you for sharing your experience and the inspiration flowing from this important gathering, Miles. Love the 7 distinct elements! They match the inquiry in which I’ve been involved throughout my life. May we continue Awakening into the deepening Awareness of that which is!
Miles, I felt and continue to feel more energy flowing through me as I read your article. Fantastic! What a powerful and empowering time. This seems like a time of profound connection and possibility. Thank you for sharing this with me. What a great spiritual meeting with so many different spiritual people. I would like to hear more about your experience. And I, of course, love Tony Robbins. I’ve been on a spiritual quest for many years and I also grew up watching sci-fi. This is exciting.
Yes! This is why I started a Global Peace and Love Meditation group so that people of like mind could come together from every culture and create Peace together. It is in response to the world as it is.
If you’d like to join us, we’d love to have you.
https://m.facebook.com/groups/1149606568479736
Sharing the “7 distinct shared elements” is itself a gift, a shared goal and focus, for those of us who choose a path of spirituality, or a path with heart. I suppose for some of us, being in alignment so we do not resist the tonal of our times is a goal to step up to, as we learn of the potential inevitability of “transhumans,” a goal to aim to achieve. Transhuman doesn’t feel like fresh organic produce from the farm market! Yet, for this writer, the notion of willfully, purposefully making an evolutionary leap toward a greater universal human consciousness, because it’s time has come, ends up bringing on a smile, since it’s too late to consider. As I’ve checked in with those areas of connectivity I’ve had the fortune to have contact with, they reflect back with a giggle, that you and those around you are already aboard! So get on with it! Thank you for sharing these mysteries Miles. With you.
Este es un mensaje que rebalsa frescura y que trasmite optimismo a raudales. Desde la octava década de la vida en que tu madre y yo lo miramos, lo vivimos con otra perspectiva, pero nos encanta para la gente en general. De todas formas nos unimos AL HOMO UNIVERSALES!!
Wholehearted thank you, Miles. This amazing view is such a gift; every-time I read it, my bubble of optimism brightens indescribably. Such a powerful and enriching reflection of our present step in evolution and of our boundless destiny. This vision clears my mind, opens my heart and stirs a divine vibration within – its frequency and tone seem as undeniable invitations from the spirit to take the leap.
Thank you for your own powerful words Tim!
Dear dr Miles,
I am all in!