Thank you Marianne. I could not agree with you more, and like you do not think this is naive, but a necessity we must engage with and embrace. Dr. David R. Hawkins called the next stage of evolution 'Homo Spiritus'...but of course the by whatever name our choice is clear...devolve further on the path we are on and become extinct, or boldly join together the transcendent non-linear qualities that are the link between mind and heart and prosper. Thank you for your beautiful and courageous efforts. Bless you. Ian
Marianne, yours is such a necessary voice in our world right now. I know you’ve been here, doing your “thing” for decades, but boy, has your time come to teach, God willing, MILLIONS of people. We need the medicine you bring.
And, speaking of the head/heart connection, I remember having an “ah hah!” jolt when I realized that, when a Jew “lays tefillin”, binding, literally, God’s words on his (or her) arms and head, s/he is binding together, weaving together, if you will, the wisdom of the head and the heart. And when God talks about the Israelites as a “stiff-necked” people, it is to say that the pathway between head and heart has indeed been severed. What is the neck, if not the transitional space between head and heart.
I hope humanity - we - will find our way to wholeness.
Thank you, Marianne. Well stated is our need to evolve, or risk perishing as a species.
As for Homo Divinicus, homo means same or similar. An alternative term, for our evolving species may be Humri - Hu Myn beings of one eaRth, and Spirit. In many languages, an 'I' at the end of a word means 'of' or 'from', as well as an Individual. Many languages have terms for earth, with a letter 'R', earth, terra, eretz, ar'ha. R as a consonant in neaR the middle of our alphabet. As such it's a fully expressed, constant, form of meaning, and matter, of our planet, earth. May add Divinicus, or Spiritus or Universalis, to Humri. Humri Universalis, etc.
That said,... I highly recommend, and practice the yoga kriya, as taught by Sadhguru, and the Isha Foundation. Such practices powerfully change minds, evolve consciousness, and create healthy community. The Isha Foundation has done AMAZING actions and accomplished MUCH, to make we, people, more sane, and in harmony with nature, and our earth. Save Soil, is one program/effort.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, and the Art of Living, with Sky Breath, offers similar practices, based in ancient, yet evolved yoga, that emphasizes breathing techniques, to purify hearts and minds.
The Sufi path, of purification of the heart, is another. I highly recommend the book: 'Physicians of the Heart', on how to practice self healing and heart purification by chanting, or praying, combinations of the ninety nine names of Allah.
Returning to the original language, and meaning of the teachings of the Torah, and the gospels of Yeshua, in Hebrew and Aramaic, is a powerful method for clearing the cultural clutter and bias of centuries of church theology, dogma and doctrine, especially for Christianity.
The practices of Buddhism, of Taoism, of many other spiritual paths, help individuals begin to heal, and evolve.
One vision has been Shambhala activists, who arise with compassion and wisdom, to lead our species. I intentionally shift the language away from 'warriors'. We need to be peacemakers.
As Yeshua, preached in the beatitudes: 'Blessed are the peace makers..." In Aramaic, to be 'blessed' - tubwayhun is to be aligned, or in harmony with divine will. Divinicus in truth, and in deed.
As you write, we, the people of this planet, need to evolve to survive, and thrive as a species.
Your article is very thought provoking in a good way. It’s prime time for exploring adaptations to the current environment. Staying flexible by going to the acceptance stage asap via processing the difficulties without distracting myself sure burned a lot of energy but it was helpful. Also, staying curious maintains the forward motion. I try to interact with and listen to realistically hopeful people such as yourself. Sadly, some people can’t think for themselves and require authority figures to tell them what opinion to have because of the tendency to reverse fact and opinion as well as objective and subjective. When people have no anchoring in objective information to orient themselves, anything goes. I appreciate what you said recently about limits to expanding one’s tolerance for uncertainty. Eventually the paradox of tolerance becomes apparent.
Not sure who said it but it’s something like “the longest journey you can make is the one from the head to the heart”. I have been saying for decades that it will have to get worse before it gets better, and maybe that’s still true, but it’s important to understand that the problems we are experiencing on this side of that transformation will likely be understood as necessary for that transformation, and as part of that play of evolution where we begin to see collectively what really matters and why! Sending Love and Blessings to you and all humanity. https://metamindharmonics.substack.com/p/seeing-the-light?r=1rwolo
Thank you so much for sharing with us!! My yoga instructors quoted you years ago, 2014.
I’ve recently learned that The Bible is an amazing guidebook for human behavior- the way Jesus uses nature to teach us- (James 1, gossips! Not a good quality ahem)
Also, like you mentioned, AA is inspired. Bill and Bob must’ve been prophets.
Everyone should take AA classes.
Teaches self honesty and self awareness.
Couldn’t you talk to JD, and get in there as a religious advisor? I feel like if we don’t choose Christianity, we’ll get the other. They’re innately religious; they won’t stop believing.
I think the Bible allows one thing for us to fight for- land.
Land is our inheritance from our (heavenly) father.
There are green tiny small shoots of change everywhere, if we are willing to look and believe that they are here.
There is a new, gentle, economy of the mind waiting, quietly, to be unlocked. The new compassion economy is locked away by the current global jokers of tyranny and deceit (Trump, Putin, et al). But, what they don’t know is that the Ego only wins in their own mind and that hate, toxicity and fear is only short term. Eventually, the key being turned by the ‘jokers’ (they can’t see themselves being the ones that are unlocking the door to let compassion out - so the joke is on them) will release the new shoots of change, with all the roots connected together by the power of love.
Thank you Marianne. I could not agree with you more, and like you do not think this is naive, but a necessity we must engage with and embrace. Dr. David R. Hawkins called the next stage of evolution 'Homo Spiritus'...but of course the by whatever name our choice is clear...devolve further on the path we are on and become extinct, or boldly join together the transcendent non-linear qualities that are the link between mind and heart and prosper. Thank you for your beautiful and courageous efforts. Bless you. Ian
Marianne, yours is such a necessary voice in our world right now. I know you’ve been here, doing your “thing” for decades, but boy, has your time come to teach, God willing, MILLIONS of people. We need the medicine you bring.
And, speaking of the head/heart connection, I remember having an “ah hah!” jolt when I realized that, when a Jew “lays tefillin”, binding, literally, God’s words on his (or her) arms and head, s/he is binding together, weaving together, if you will, the wisdom of the head and the heart. And when God talks about the Israelites as a “stiff-necked” people, it is to say that the pathway between head and heart has indeed been severed. What is the neck, if not the transitional space between head and heart.
I hope humanity - we - will find our way to wholeness.
Thank you, Marianne. Well stated is our need to evolve, or risk perishing as a species.
As for Homo Divinicus, homo means same or similar. An alternative term, for our evolving species may be Humri - Hu Myn beings of one eaRth, and Spirit. In many languages, an 'I' at the end of a word means 'of' or 'from', as well as an Individual. Many languages have terms for earth, with a letter 'R', earth, terra, eretz, ar'ha. R as a consonant in neaR the middle of our alphabet. As such it's a fully expressed, constant, form of meaning, and matter, of our planet, earth. May add Divinicus, or Spiritus or Universalis, to Humri. Humri Universalis, etc.
That said,... I highly recommend, and practice the yoga kriya, as taught by Sadhguru, and the Isha Foundation. Such practices powerfully change minds, evolve consciousness, and create healthy community. The Isha Foundation has done AMAZING actions and accomplished MUCH, to make we, people, more sane, and in harmony with nature, and our earth. Save Soil, is one program/effort.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, and the Art of Living, with Sky Breath, offers similar practices, based in ancient, yet evolved yoga, that emphasizes breathing techniques, to purify hearts and minds.
The Sufi path, of purification of the heart, is another. I highly recommend the book: 'Physicians of the Heart', on how to practice self healing and heart purification by chanting, or praying, combinations of the ninety nine names of Allah.
Returning to the original language, and meaning of the teachings of the Torah, and the gospels of Yeshua, in Hebrew and Aramaic, is a powerful method for clearing the cultural clutter and bias of centuries of church theology, dogma and doctrine, especially for Christianity.
The practices of Buddhism, of Taoism, of many other spiritual paths, help individuals begin to heal, and evolve.
One vision has been Shambhala activists, who arise with compassion and wisdom, to lead our species. I intentionally shift the language away from 'warriors'. We need to be peacemakers.
As Yeshua, preached in the beatitudes: 'Blessed are the peace makers..." In Aramaic, to be 'blessed' - tubwayhun is to be aligned, or in harmony with divine will. Divinicus in truth, and in deed.
As you write, we, the people of this planet, need to evolve to survive, and thrive as a species.
What a beautiful “must read” piece. Thank you 🙏
Your article is very thought provoking in a good way. It’s prime time for exploring adaptations to the current environment. Staying flexible by going to the acceptance stage asap via processing the difficulties without distracting myself sure burned a lot of energy but it was helpful. Also, staying curious maintains the forward motion. I try to interact with and listen to realistically hopeful people such as yourself. Sadly, some people can’t think for themselves and require authority figures to tell them what opinion to have because of the tendency to reverse fact and opinion as well as objective and subjective. When people have no anchoring in objective information to orient themselves, anything goes. I appreciate what you said recently about limits to expanding one’s tolerance for uncertainty. Eventually the paradox of tolerance becomes apparent.
Not sure who said it but it’s something like “the longest journey you can make is the one from the head to the heart”. I have been saying for decades that it will have to get worse before it gets better, and maybe that’s still true, but it’s important to understand that the problems we are experiencing on this side of that transformation will likely be understood as necessary for that transformation, and as part of that play of evolution where we begin to see collectively what really matters and why! Sending Love and Blessings to you and all humanity. https://metamindharmonics.substack.com/p/seeing-the-light?r=1rwolo
In ACIM it says Enlightenment begins as abstraction, then takes "a journey without distance from the head to the heart." So true!
Thank you so much for sharing with us!! My yoga instructors quoted you years ago, 2014.
I’ve recently learned that The Bible is an amazing guidebook for human behavior- the way Jesus uses nature to teach us- (James 1, gossips! Not a good quality ahem)
Also, like you mentioned, AA is inspired. Bill and Bob must’ve been prophets.
Everyone should take AA classes.
Teaches self honesty and self awareness.
Couldn’t you talk to JD, and get in there as a religious advisor? I feel like if we don’t choose Christianity, we’ll get the other. They’re innately religious; they won’t stop believing.
I think the Bible allows one thing for us to fight for- land.
Land is our inheritance from our (heavenly) father.
As always, spot on 😀.
There are green tiny small shoots of change everywhere, if we are willing to look and believe that they are here.
There is a new, gentle, economy of the mind waiting, quietly, to be unlocked. The new compassion economy is locked away by the current global jokers of tyranny and deceit (Trump, Putin, et al). But, what they don’t know is that the Ego only wins in their own mind and that hate, toxicity and fear is only short term. Eventually, the key being turned by the ‘jokers’ (they can’t see themselves being the ones that are unlocking the door to let compassion out - so the joke is on them) will release the new shoots of change, with all the roots connected together by the power of love.
We must believe and have faith in this.