Collective Transformation of human Consciousness

About fifty years ago Julian Huxley (Born: June 22, 1887 Julian Sorell Huxley was a British evolutionary biologist, eugenicist, and internationalist. He was a proponent of natural selection, and a leading figure in the mid-twentieth century modern evolutionary synthesis) pointed out that the determinants of future human evolution may not be physical, as in the case of animals, but psycho-social. In the case of animals ‘struggle for existence’ provides the evolutionary motivational force, whereas in the case of humans ‘struggle for consciousnesses seems to power evolutionary progression.

By ‘struggle for consciousness’ it is meant the struggle to transcend the limitations of body and mind and attain higher levels of consciousness. Although humanity has been engaged in this struggle for more than three millennia, it seems to be entering a definitive phase in recent years.

Humanity is now entering a new phase of transformation of consciousness. Like the groundswell of an ocean, a collective awakening of humanity is now spreading in many parts of the free world. The signs of awakening can be seen

a   a)     In the coming into existence of hundreds of spiritual movements and communities all over the free world and

     b)    In the outlook on life of the present generation of young men and women. The electronic revolution, the internet and globalization are creating a new, media-savvy generation all over the world. These young people have the courage to go beyond barriers and do not want to be imprisoned by institutional religions. They are creating a new culture, the cyber culture.

The ‘Counter-culture’ of the 60^th was the creation of hippies, dropouts and disillusioned intellectuals who rejected science, technology and values. By contrast the present ‘Cyber culture’ is created by promising young men and women who want to celebrate life. They want to make use of science and technology to attain higher levels of knowledge, joy and fulfillment. They take ideas and principles from all religions, all cultures, and all teachers all over the world. The new cyber culture knows no frontiers, no barriers, and no division. It is universal and global. It is bringing about the collective transformation of human consciousness.

What he present generation of awakening minds needs is an experientially validated practical philosophy which is based on the eternal truth and laws of the spiritual world interpreted in the context of modern thought, which harmonizes all spiritual traditions, which inspires young people to tread the path of virtue and service, which makes every act the manifestation of the Divinity of the Soul and which unifies all human beings in a bond of universal love.

The emerging generation may well embrace a spiritual path which leans toward the transcendence of higher levels of consciousness. By doing so, they will learn to know more of the universe and their connection to it.