A Call to Conscious Evolution: Our Moment of Choice
Conscious Evolution
The human family is in the midst of the most significant transformation of consciousness since its emergence in Africa over one hundred thousand years ago. Consciousness has been evolving for billions of years from the first cell to us. We are becoming aware that through our own consciousness the universe can know itself. This awareness reveals incredible new potential for our individual and collective humanity.
Simultaneously, we are the first species on this Earth aware that we can destroy ourselves by our own action. This may be the greatest wake-up call to the evolution of consciousness since the origin of Homo sapiens sapiens.
We now realize that we are affecting our own evolution by everything we do. This knowledge awakens in us the aspiration to become more conscious through subjective practices including meditation, reflection, prayer, intuition, creativity, and conscious choice making that accelerate our evolution in the direction of unity consciousness and inspire us to deeply align our collective vision.
The Challenge
At this juncture in human history, urgent global crises challenge us to learn to live sustainably, in harmony and gratitude with one another and with the living universe. The changes required of humanity are broad, deep, and far reaching. Only by acting swiftly and creatively can we birth a planetary culture that will bring well-being to every form of life in the Earth community.
The good news is that a compelling new story of our potential as a whole human species is emerging – a story of collaboration, citizen action, dialogue and new understandings propelled by unprecedented levels of democratic freedom, multicultural exchange, and access to communication technologies. It is nothing less than the story of our collective evolution.
Opportunities for Action
We recognize that the inner and outer aspects of life evolve together. A dramatic awakening in consciousness will involve an equally dramatic shift in outward aspects of our lives. In particular, we see the following as vital opportunities for our conscious evolution, both personally and collectively:
Our group has done its best to articulate possibilities for the evolution of consciousness at this crucial moment in time. Please reflect on this document, feel what resonates in your being and calls forth a response on your part. We invite you to discuss it with others, continuing this global conversation by adding to it the wisdom that is uniquely your own.
Together, let us co-create a new narrative of conscious evolution that is a call to individual and collective action, birthing the most significant transformation of consciousness in history.
If you would like to sign on to this statement please visit www.consciouscollaboratory.net
Evolutionary Leaders Gathering Participants
Chopra Center, Carlsbad, California
July 26, 2008
Joan Borysenko • Gregg Braden • Rinaldo Brutoco • Thomas Callanan • Deepak Chopra • Mallika Chopra • Dale Colton • Gordon Dveirin • Duane Elgin • Leslie Elkus • Barbara Fields • Debbie Ford • Ashok Gangadean • Kathleen Gardarian • Tom Gegax • Charles Gibbs • Kathy Hearn • Jean Houston • Barbara Marx Hubbard • Bruce Lipton • Judy Martin • Rod McGrew • Steve McIntosh • Lynne McTaggart • Deborah Moldow • James O’Dea • Carter Phipps • Wendy Craig-Purcell • Carolyn Rangel • Rustum Roy • Peter Russell • Gerard Senehi • Emily Squires • Brian Swimme • Diane Williams • Marianne Williamson • Tom Zender
