Issue No.21 - Polo De’Marco Magazine Issue No.21 - International Edition | Page 141
Q1. You have been quoted as saying, “Every
time you are tempted to react in the same old
way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past
or a pioneer of the future.” Take us from this
quote to its manifestation in your new book
just out entitled, “Metahuman”.
DC: Starting with my medical background, I was
fascinated by how perfectly the cells in our bodies
operate, living entirely in the present--a cell has so
much trust it typically stores nutrients and oxygen
for just another three seconds. But, there’s a discon-
nect with us as people. We re-enact the past and
anticipate the future, skipping over the present mo-
ment, the eternal now. The new book is about going
beyond the illusion/spell/fantasy that keeps us from
being conscious here and now.
Q2. The Greek word meta means beyond.
Hence, the concept of “going beyond” is the
plausible motivation for us to embrace the
metamorphosis to metahuman. Describe brief-
ly what is involved for us to reach this “place”,
and the experience that lies in “going beyond”
through challenging the everyday construct of
the “what you see is what you get” mentality,
and the dictum to be in the world, but not of
it?
DC: The basic concept is simple. Humans have
two levels of awareness. One is occupied with the
demands and affairs of daily life, the world of the
five senses. The other level is the domain of con-
sciousness, looking at what it really is. I argue that
consciousness, in and of itself, is the source of what
we value most: love, compassion, insight, intuition,
curiosity, creativity, and personal evolution. The
mind didn’t create those things. They are part of the
human setup. So why not go beyond the first level to
gain access to these ultimate values?
Q3. We are the only known species that con-
sciously shapes its future, entangled in a world
preoccupied with material progress, often
overlooking the miracle of our very existence,
according to “Metahuman”. Explain how be-
coming metahuman takes us beyond what
we see as human behavior to self-design a life
filled with peak experiences and infinite possi-
bilities, allowing us to be the “dreamer in life, not
the dream”?
DC: Those are big concepts and high aspirations. I
remain convinced that existence doesn’t contain con-
sciousness; existence is consciousness. Homo sapiens
is a species of consciousness. So you have to take
the whole Darwinian notion that mind somehow
evolved from mindless one-celled organisms and
rewrite everything. Start with pure consciousness as
the basis of everything, and you discover that infinite
possibilities are the natural state of our lives. The
book then describes what to do once you have this
“aha” moment.
Q4. In achieving a metahuman state, how does
this impact our interactions with other hu-
mans, metahumans, society, and ultimately, a
possible “metasociety”?
DC: It’s best not to dwell on “metahuman” as if this
is like sci-fi mutants in comic books. Going beyond
is natural. We do it every time we search for answers.
As Einstein said, “The level of the solution is never
at the level of the problem.” Our relationships con-
stantly remain at the level of problems, as indeed our
whole lives do. Find the “meta” level of your own
awareness, and a life based on the level of the prob-
lem is transformed.