His-story is My-story

I'm having the growing sense of really being more the evolutionary process than being an individual. Of course I am very much an individual too, but what I mean is that I am starting to find my true individuality from the undeniable perspective that I (and we) are the vast evolutionary process itself.

            Just having been on a week's retreat with Andrew Cohen in Italy very much highlighted this growing awareness and realization. I find myself becoming interested in history and culture in a way I never was before and seeing it as the extraordinary struggle of the human spirit to evolve and develop. Being in Renaissance Italy gave me plenty of food for thought along these lines.

It's my history - our history now - instead of dry facts, and it gives us postmodern sophisticates a sense of awe and appreciation for what we are the growing tip of; that we are the recipients and benefactors of all the hard won development, and we stand on their shoulders. I feel like I'm peering out of the enveloping postmodern narcissistic and pretty blasé world view to see the deep time view. And with this realization comes a sense of obligation to take it further ourselves.

            I always remember the far-out Jazz legend Sun Ra, in an interview, saying that he wasn't interested in history. History is  "his story" but he was interested in "my story". He didn't mean it in this way, but all history is my story and your story too.

Soul Development

            It's from this perspective of recognizing that human development rests on my shoulders, that soul development takes on real meaning, since it's all up to me. (and you). And unless we each develop strength of character and a much deeper care, there's no way we will take on this task. This was a key topic introduced by Andrew Cohen on this retreat.

Conference Calls and the Universe Project

I am having (free) conference calls every Thursday evening (UK time) together with Kyrsten Perry presenting different aspects of evolutionary enlightenment, followed by question and answer and discussion.

And the subject at the moment is soul development.

The calls are under the umbrella of what is called the Universe Project - which is for anyone who broadly supports and cares about the evolution of culture and consciousness.

You're welcome to get on the calls and you get the call-in info automatically when you join the Universe Project. This only takes a few moments and again is free.

Check out last week's call on soul development on this podcast.