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
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.
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.
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
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.
Humanity = human + Divinity. This is the evolution that we're being called to enter. We, as humans are merging with our Soul Selves to live as our Soulful Selves in our human experience. I think that was the plan all along but because of the density on the planet - we forgot. Now we are being called to step into our Authenticity and BE the change we want to see in the world. We've been taught that somebody else is supposed to fix it but it turns out - WE are who we have been waiting for. I say an intention everyday - "I am living as my Soulful Self in alignment, abundance and love - listening to and trusting the Universe as I flow freely in the unfolding of life". This is the evolution of the new species that Barbara Marx Hubbard spoke about.
This Christmas week offered me a taste of the Divine, as well as an experiential opportunity to take at least one small step 'for mankind' as Neil Armstrong said ,stepping out on the surface of the moon. Here's the taste: I spent one evening at a 'gala' performance of four and five years olds put on at St. David's Episcopal Church by the preschool our grandson attends. It was predictably uneven, but we had a lot of fun watching the little kids do their best with a handful of Christmas carols lovingly choreographed by their teachers. But in a way that was the cherry on top. Looking around at the audience of parents, grandparents and assorted other supporters I was struck by something. Despite their diversity of age, 'class' and ethnicity (this IS Pittsburgh, PA) all were united in love, well-wishes and all good hope for the children of the future. Our eyes glistened, our faces were wreathed in smiles. What could have been more evident of the depth and power of love? On Boxing Day (the 26th for you non UK or Canadian folk) my husband's daughter and her husband and their son (lately of Christmas pageant fame) came over to our wee house for a gift exchange. As my husband and I, now in our 70's and married for 22 years, hosted this annual event over the years, it has proved a bit challenging for me to decipher just how much intimacy and warmth to expect, what with two other 'grandmothers' in the picture. But this year all those concerns were blessedly absent, subsumed within a spirit of complete goodwill and acceptance. When I went to bed I lay there for a good long while with my heart so full of song I was certain the angels joined in on the chorus. Anything is possible, so my prayer going forward is that we see and claim our potential for love in all its power and glory. Peace and all blessing to you and yours Marianne.
We are indeed at a crossroads. Are we going to have a Department of Defense, or a Department of war? Are we going to take care of one and other with Medicare for all, or leave much of our population to the wolves of the free capitalist market? Are we going to free ourselves from the bondage of destructive Fossil Energy? Are we going to have free and equal trade? Are we going to simply learn to love ourselves, the love our neighbors as ourselves?
I agree. I am trying to be more helpful to others, especially those I don’t know but look like they could use a bit of help. I have also come to the conclusion that we are the only species not needed on this planet.
Susan Sarabasha, your last sentence actually made me laugh! It seems so true:). I think these next decades or maybe even days will tell the tale of us humans. Joan
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.
It has become trite to say: "Hitler was a genius.", but it remains true that intelligence alone can lead to sterility. This is the broader caveat with Artificial Intelligence. A machine, no matter how carefully programmed cannot express independently generated sentiment. An algorithm, no matter how carefully crafted, cannot account for emotion. Only a human soul can do that, given the level of love of which you speak. Love has to be universal; picking and choosing is part of what got our species in the state we are in now.
Marianne, this beautiful potent message carry’s the wisdom, direction, and frequency of love and possibility. Thank you for being a portal over truth and light.
Marianne, everything you write rings like the Platonic ideal of a clear bell. I have been in ongoing conversation with a dear friend who just turned 80; he is a brilliant human being, has been a psychologist and social worker and major labor guy. He’s also taken the time to deeply study economics in recent years, and we have rich, ongoing conversations about one of the major legs of the stool which I do believe is often missing from these dialogues. The economic underpinning of society, the debt, and the money printer. I have just collaborated on a book about this and it has majorly opened my eyes to that root-level dysfunction. I believe, in my heart of hearts, that the awakening we need is a renewal of spirit and democracy as you outline with profound insight both here and literally everywhere, every day—AND that we need to really look deeply at the economic underpinnings of society beyond top-level arguments about socialism and capitalism, which are always incomplete. To extend and probably butcher the idea, we need to better understand not only the brain and the heart (our internal system) but also the handshake by which we translate the personal into engagement with the others in our web of life. Money replaced the handshake, but must itself still reflect its power and depth and meaning if it is to not be exploitative.
My assertion, fundamentally, humans are language based. Humans belong to language. Helen Keller is the North Star example. Your thinking, your conversations internal and external are all in language. Yes, emotions play a role but even they are very much language connected. So it seems apparent, change the language, change the human. The language with which we are currently using has vast threads of destruction, selfishness, ego, fear, scarcity, mortality, throughout our human cloth. What I see to do, what I am doing, is having “Elder” be a real part of our culture. Why? Because Elders have the ability to alter the language of others.
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
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.
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.
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!
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.
Humanity = human + Divinity. This is the evolution that we're being called to enter. We, as humans are merging with our Soul Selves to live as our Soulful Selves in our human experience. I think that was the plan all along but because of the density on the planet - we forgot. Now we are being called to step into our Authenticity and BE the change we want to see in the world. We've been taught that somebody else is supposed to fix it but it turns out - WE are who we have been waiting for. I say an intention everyday - "I am living as my Soulful Self in alignment, abundance and love - listening to and trusting the Universe as I flow freely in the unfolding of life". This is the evolution of the new species that Barbara Marx Hubbard spoke about.
This Christmas week offered me a taste of the Divine, as well as an experiential opportunity to take at least one small step 'for mankind' as Neil Armstrong said ,stepping out on the surface of the moon. Here's the taste: I spent one evening at a 'gala' performance of four and five years olds put on at St. David's Episcopal Church by the preschool our grandson attends. It was predictably uneven, but we had a lot of fun watching the little kids do their best with a handful of Christmas carols lovingly choreographed by their teachers. But in a way that was the cherry on top. Looking around at the audience of parents, grandparents and assorted other supporters I was struck by something. Despite their diversity of age, 'class' and ethnicity (this IS Pittsburgh, PA) all were united in love, well-wishes and all good hope for the children of the future. Our eyes glistened, our faces were wreathed in smiles. What could have been more evident of the depth and power of love? On Boxing Day (the 26th for you non UK or Canadian folk) my husband's daughter and her husband and their son (lately of Christmas pageant fame) came over to our wee house for a gift exchange. As my husband and I, now in our 70's and married for 22 years, hosted this annual event over the years, it has proved a bit challenging for me to decipher just how much intimacy and warmth to expect, what with two other 'grandmothers' in the picture. But this year all those concerns were blessedly absent, subsumed within a spirit of complete goodwill and acceptance. When I went to bed I lay there for a good long while with my heart so full of song I was certain the angels joined in on the chorus. Anything is possible, so my prayer going forward is that we see and claim our potential for love in all its power and glory. Peace and all blessing to you and yours Marianne.
We are indeed at a crossroads. Are we going to have a Department of Defense, or a Department of war? Are we going to take care of one and other with Medicare for all, or leave much of our population to the wolves of the free capitalist market? Are we going to free ourselves from the bondage of destructive Fossil Energy? Are we going to have free and equal trade? Are we going to simply learn to love ourselves, the love our neighbors as ourselves?
I agree. I am trying to be more helpful to others, especially those I don’t know but look like they could use a bit of help. I have also come to the conclusion that we are the only species not needed on this planet.
Susan Sarabasha, your last sentence actually made me laugh! It seems so true:). I think these next decades or maybe even days will tell the tale of us humans. Joan
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.
It has become trite to say: "Hitler was a genius.", but it remains true that intelligence alone can lead to sterility. This is the broader caveat with Artificial Intelligence. A machine, no matter how carefully programmed cannot express independently generated sentiment. An algorithm, no matter how carefully crafted, cannot account for emotion. Only a human soul can do that, given the level of love of which you speak. Love has to be universal; picking and choosing is part of what got our species in the state we are in now.
Marianne, this beautiful potent message carry’s the wisdom, direction, and frequency of love and possibility. Thank you for being a portal over truth and light.
Wonderful words Marianne; and very true. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and strength with all of us; we need you!
Marianne, everything you write rings like the Platonic ideal of a clear bell. I have been in ongoing conversation with a dear friend who just turned 80; he is a brilliant human being, has been a psychologist and social worker and major labor guy. He’s also taken the time to deeply study economics in recent years, and we have rich, ongoing conversations about one of the major legs of the stool which I do believe is often missing from these dialogues. The economic underpinning of society, the debt, and the money printer. I have just collaborated on a book about this and it has majorly opened my eyes to that root-level dysfunction. I believe, in my heart of hearts, that the awakening we need is a renewal of spirit and democracy as you outline with profound insight both here and literally everywhere, every day—AND that we need to really look deeply at the economic underpinnings of society beyond top-level arguments about socialism and capitalism, which are always incomplete. To extend and probably butcher the idea, we need to better understand not only the brain and the heart (our internal system) but also the handshake by which we translate the personal into engagement with the others in our web of life. Money replaced the handshake, but must itself still reflect its power and depth and meaning if it is to not be exploitative.
My assertion, fundamentally, humans are language based. Humans belong to language. Helen Keller is the North Star example. Your thinking, your conversations internal and external are all in language. Yes, emotions play a role but even they are very much language connected. So it seems apparent, change the language, change the human. The language with which we are currently using has vast threads of destruction, selfishness, ego, fear, scarcity, mortality, throughout our human cloth. What I see to do, what I am doing, is having “Elder” be a real part of our culture. Why? Because Elders have the ability to alter the language of others.
What a beautiful “must read” piece. Thank you 🙏