Have you ever wondered why our species keeps doing the same dumb things over and over?

For over 5,000 years we have been killing each other, trying to dominate and control, and fighting amongst ourselves.

Mankind is the only species on our planet that does this. Animals may kill each other for food, but they almost always attack members of other species. Intra-species cooperation is the established rule. Why does mankind violate this rule? Why are we so different?

I used to think it was a gigantic conspiracy. Now I know the real reason -- a lack of spiritual understanding. By spiritual understanding, I simply mean the personal recognition that consciousness, or self-awareness, exists independent of the physical body.

This is the fundamental truth behind all life everywhere.

Animals, and all other species on earth, understand this instinctively.

Once a person has this realization, he or she is more than just human - more than just a collection of neurons and protoplasm.

This recognition turns hatred to love, intolerance to compassion, and worry and anxiety to peace. Such a person becomes less anxious and more self confident. He or she becomes a citizen of the planet earth, and is ready to cooperate with others within their local communities, and on a national and planetary scale.

Until a person has this understanding, he or she is literally a biological automaton -- a being without direction; blind, deaf and dumb to the greater part of themselves. One has only to look around at the direction of our society, and observe the actions of many of our so-called "leaders," as they scramble for control, power, and domination, to the detriment of the rest of us.

People who don't know who they are, simply can't see that what they're doing doesn't work.

In their confusion, such persons undertake irrational, destructive and self-defeating policies that seem perfectly reasonable to them. Robert Heinlein, the great science fiction writer once said, "never assign to malice that which can adequately be explained by stupidity."

This stupidity stems directly from a lack of spiritual awareness.

It is the quintessential stupidity that underlies all other stupidities! It is the underlying problem of humanity. It is why our societies rise and then fall, and why we are always starting over.

It can be summed up in one sentence: "When you die, you're dead." This is the Big Lie on planet earth. Philosophies and societies based upon it turn human beings into unthinking biological robots, easily manipulated by mass media and authority figures.

You can't educate someone in the absence of this awareness, and if you have ever tried, you know exactly what I'm saying -- it's like taking to a brick wall.

Raising spiritual awareness is not difficult, however, because every life form on earth IS spiritual! Therefore, we only need remind our fellow human beings of their true nature. That is one of the missions of this website.

Deep within us is the latent understanding of our spiritual origins, and the existence of universal laws that are based upon the quintessential unity of spirit and matter -- an underlying, but invisible substrate that permeates and composes all things.

It is not possible to prove the existence of these laws scientifically, but it IS possible to apply them in your life and test them! These laws have been known for thousands of years and have recently exploded into public awareness.

The second mission of this website is to describe these universal principles in a modern context, and how they can be used practically in life for happiness and success.

It doesn't matter if you are a trained scientist or a high school dropout; a successful businesswoman or a homemaker; a teacher or a student. The quality of your life in every area reflects how successful you have been in applying them.

The universe was designed to support every one of your choices, and it is possible for every individual to realize their dreams. Every individual is sovereign!

Happy and successful people understand this instinctively. If you don't believe that your choices have meaning, then what are you doing here? The only way to live powerfully is to embrace life and to believe in yourself!

This is dangerous (but exciting!) stuff, ladies and gentlemen, for it frees a human being from the dogma of currently established governments, so-called authority figures and experts, and religions, all of which seem to care more about money, control, and power than on making the world a better place.

It is time for humanity to end its dependency on authority figures!

Authority, in whatever form it takes, has merely filled the vacuum created by the great hunger of the race for guidance. But guidance from above is only necessary when individuals lack self worth and self trust. The time for that is now past! Each and every one of us must learn to think for ourselves, and consult that kernel of divine wisdom that exists within each one of us.

It is time for humanity to grow up! And that can only happen when each of us understands that we are more than a collection of firing neurons, blood and bones. The deluded philosophies of behaviorists, mechanists, and materialists have had their day, and are on their way out as a growing movement of higher consciousness takes root amongst the population of our planet.

Human Consciousness is Rapidly Approaching a Tipping Point

Our species has not yet established a true civilization. The basic requirements of a civilized society is intra-species cooperation; based upon mutual respect and a shared concern for the welfare of all, the species that share our planet, and the planet herself. Mankind's current governmental, religious and corporate structures are hierarchic and controlling, where a few at the top make decisions for the rest. This is how the thousands can rule the billions, and why our societies, and our planet, has reached only a fraction of its true potential.

Controlling, hierarchical structures can only exist when individuals give up their power.

This was described perfectly by Erich Fromm back in 1941, in his seminal book "Escape From Freedom."

The dogma, prevarication, duplicity, and outright lies that pervade our political and religious structures result when individuals allow those without awareness of self to ascend to positions of authority. This problem will be solved when enough of us begin to understand our inherent spiritual nature, which results in a feeling of self worth. Worthy citizens will elect worthy representatives!

The third mission of this website is to help you to step back into your personal power.

You won't find any secret codes or magic formulas on this website. You won't find the 12 magical steps to happiness and wealth, because such a formula doesn't exist. It doesn't exist because it would take away your power! YOU ARE HERE TO FIND YOUR OWN WAY, and in that personal search, to find yourself. That discovery is what true success is, and it will result in all the happiness, inspiration, and passion you have ever imagined.

Life is designed to be a creative workshop, in which every individual gets to finds their own path to personal power and success. You get to define what success is for you, and the universe will back you up in every decision you make!

On this website you will find an intelligent and inspiring framework for understanding why life is the way it is, and how to determine what you want and where you are going in your personal life.

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Background

The lesson of the past 5,000 years of human history is that a true paradigm shift in consciousness cannot come about only through scientific ideas.

Copernicus’s realization that the earth revolves about the sun, Einstein’s theory of relativity, and quantum mechanics have revolutionized the way we view the universe. However, these great ideas have not led to spiritual and emotional advancement. We are still exploiting and killing each other in the 21st century just as we did in 3000 BC.

What is needed is a shift of consciousness on a broad scale.

Fortunately, the human population in now approaching a sort of "critical mass" and the people are awakening. For a brief period of time, we have a unique opportunity to change the current destructive paradigm, and create a new world.

A positive shift in consciousness must come from within, from the inner recognition of one’s inherent spiritual nature. But how can a planetary consciousness shift occur, when the current media structures are controlled by the old order?

The Quiet Revolution

Through social networking.

A social network is all of the people you know. Every country has thousands or millions of social networks, and they all overlap. The world wide web connects them all. These networks are spontaneous and people−created, unregulated by government or authority. Because of mobile technology, instant messaging, email and the internet, human beings are now in almost instant communication on a planetary scale.

Today, an idea can spread rapidly within your network and between networks.

Millions of people quietly, voluntarily and positively influencing their social networks has the same effect as one or two people reaching millions of people on the Oprah or Larry King show.

Within the past several decades, a Quiet Revolution has occurred. Our societies have been re−organized, right under our noses! We the people are sitting on a power base that can be utilized to literally change the world in a very short period of time.

We are no longer dependent upon governments, religions, or authority figures, but we havenn't figured that out yet! We still look to politicians in Washington D.C. (or wherever you are in the world) to set the agenda. But this hierarchical model is outdated. More and more people are simply opting out of the matrix, creating the possibility for an evolution in consciousness and a new paradigm of thought.

How did the current paradigm get established?

Long ago in the evolution of our species, a tipping point in thought was reached. A tipping point is defined as the critical point in an evolving situation that leads to a new and irreversible development. It is impossible to pinpoint exactly where or when in history this occurred. However it happened, our species consciousness reflected the memes of hierarchy, control, victimization, and “follow the leader.” (a meme is a self-replicating idea that is transferred from person to person, like a new fad or fashion. Memes can be any idea or concept that becomes broadly accepted).

Argumentation, competition and conflict emerged as the primary method of problem resolution within and between human societies. These memes became vibrationally dominant in our consciousness and have been passed down from generation to generation, not because they are inherent to human nature or superior in any way, but merely because they were continuously propagated.

In other words, the history of our species has resulted from a habitual way of thinking,

But habits are not natural laws! Habits of thought and belief exist only because we continuously pay them homage. Our species is like the dog and the invisible fence. The dog stops because it believes it must, even though it could step over the line at any time. We need to begin thinking more positively, and that requires us to question the old ways of being and doing, which are represented by authority and tradition. If we want positive change, we must positively change our way of thinking!

How can thoughts and ideas become dominant and accepted within an entire species? Through the process of vibrational entrainment.

The Vibrational Universe Concept

The current species consciousness of mankind is based around self-limiting ideas, such as, "you are born with Original Sin (or karma)" meaning that your soul is tainted before you take your first breath. We are told that things never work out the way you want them to, that you must work hard for everything you get, and that only God has the answers and that He isn't telling us mere mortals unless we are very, very good; which means, of course, that it is necessary to comply with some code or dogma that has been handed down from On High by some authority figure, or established institution. From our very first breath, each of us is immersed in a sea of these thoughts. Every new generation comes in fresh but eventually, after years and years of exposure, inevitably acclimates and unconsciously accepts these ideas. And that is perfectly understandable.

Have you ever been with a group of people who all had the same idea, while yours was different? Didn't you feel a pressure to change your mind even though you didn't want to?

I call this phenomenon vibrational entrainment. It results in peer pressure, and karmic situations that seem to require our obedience. On a planetary scale, we all succumb to it.

Entrainment is defined as the tendency for two oscillating bodies to lock into phase so that both vibrate in harmony. The discovery of entrainment is linked to the Dutch scientist Christian Huygens. While working on the design of the pendulum clock, Huygens discovered that when two clocks were placed on a wall near each other and their pendulums swung at different rates, they would eventually wind up swinging at the same rate. This occurs because of their mutual influence on one another.

The vibrational universe concept revolves around the idea that internally, the atom is 99.99999% space: a tiny nucleus surrounded by electrons that oscillate madly around it. Internally, then, the atom is in motion within itself and can be considered to be a vibration, for a vibration is defined as motion through a medium. That medium is the underlying excitation of the quantum field. The dual particle and wave nature of light reflects the idea that the visible phenomenon of our world has an underlying vibrational component. And since all matter and energy is atomic, the universe itself can be considered inherently vibrational.

The quantum physicist David Bohm, in his book "Wholeness and the Implicate Order," describes it this way:

" what we call empty space contains an immense background of energy, and that matter as we know it is a small, quantized wavelike excitation on top of this background, rather like a tiny ripple on a vast sea." (p. 242)

The vibrational universe concept states that thoughts and emotions are also vibrational. This is not such a great leap of the imagination, for the receptor cells of the human senses are atomic. Therefore, perception, and reality itself, is an interfacing of vibrations. Bohm says:

"there is a universal flux that cannot be defined explicitly, but which can be known only implicitly, as indicated by the explicitly definable forms and shapes, some stable and some unstable, that can be abstracted from the universal flux. In this flow, [which Bohm calls the holomovement] mind and matter are not separate substances. Rather, they are different aspects of one whole and unbroken movement." (p. 14)

In a vibrational universe, it is possible for one vibration to entrain another. For example, one bell in a room full of bells, when struck, will generate a sympathetic response from all of the bells attuned to that note. Although two vibrations will come into balance, the more powerful vibration entrains the weaker one, because the stronger one has greater influence. This is why you feel a "pressure" to conform when there is broad agreement. That agreement, however, is not always in your best interests.

Positive emotion is inherently more powerful than negative emotion, because it is a higher frequency.

Therefore, the adoption of a positive vibration must inevitably sublimate a lower one. That is why we have the saying “love always conquers hate.” Hate is a lower harmonic of the vibration of love. All negative emotion finds its power in positive emotion, because darkness is just an absence of Light.

Mankind resonates to victimization, scarcity and conflict not because it is inherently more powerful, but because it is the currently established vibrational pattern.

Because so many individuals resonate to these outdated and irrational concepts, it has become the dominant vibration on our planet, entraining thought and action to it. Centuries of use have established these nutty beliefs as tradition, and thereby, engendered almost unquestioned acceptance. Here is the origin of patriotism and similar ideas that justify the waging of war and the pollution and destruction of our planet.

Have you ever wondered why every new generation rebels against the old one? The genesis of this rebellion is the spiritual knowledge with which we are all born. The knowledge that life is sacred and that cooperation and abundance are inherent, and the birthright of every human being.

By changing individual awareness, we may establish a powerful new vibration around the concepts of cooperation, harmony, prosperity and the recognition of individual self-worth.

In the past, this was simply not possible on a broad enough scale, because of technological limitations. But it is now!

We have, for a moment, a window of opportunity to create a new paradigm. These opportunities come along only once every several millennia.

We must take advantage of it!

Human nature is not barbaric and savage. That is a myth foisted upon the human race by deluded people who believe that when you die, you’re dead, and by other insecure and frightened power seekers who, in their fear and disconnection, believe in hierarchy and domination.

This core belief is what has stopped the human race in its tracks. It is the fundamental lie behind the stupidity and destruction of our species, because it is the direct opposite of the Truth of our spiritual heritage.

The human population is growing and more and more people are rejecting the old values of deceit, dishonesty, competition and war. Our species is rapidly approaching a new tipping point, where a quantum leap in consciousness is possible; one based on cooperation and mutual acknowledgement of the intrinsic worth of every human being.

The only question is, are we smart enough to take advantage of this unique opportunity? I believe we are, and that the human race is headed toward an evolutionary leap in awareness. The Old Order recognizes this development and is resisting in the only way it knows how: through the tired old practices of fear, control, and war.

We can no longer rely on governments and religions to guide us. All of us, individually, must step into our personal power, and thus reclaim back our government, and our societies, and raise the standard of our personal lives.

It’s a big job that can only be accomplished one heart at a time.

The Big Picture is dedicated to establishing a new resonance of thought on our planet. Welcome aboard!