Thursday 25 October 2007

Humanity - the Next Step.

The human race has come a long way. The twenty-first century brings with it endless possibilities. These possibilities are double-edged however; technology and a fledgling globalisation philosophy have shrunk the earth so much so that the boundaries separating cultures, races and ideologies are becoming increasingly obscure.

We stand at a threshold beyond which is the next phase in the evolutionary journey of the human being - the unlocking of the full potential of Mind and Matter utilising a single paradigm that fuses the core principles of all disciplines established by man in his attempt to understand the self, the external environment and the dynamic interaction between the two.

To cross this threshold requires a concerted effort - a great push if you will, on the part of every human being. The problems we face today - crime, poverty and inequality on a global scale are symptomatic of the flaws within the various systems created by man to establish a balance between the needs of the individual and that of the group. These problems need to be assuaged for two reasons: to prevent the implosion of our societies - we are already seeing the first signs, and second, to provide the impetus to cross the threshold.

The flow chart below is an overview of my vision of the challenges facing the human existence.