there came the sufficient diversification of
elements for the formation of planets, such
as Earth, where the suitable conditions for
the emergence and evolution of biological
life, exist.
gate the current crisis, and to empower the
emergence of a universal humanity, we in
the Consciousness and Spirituality Faculty
of the New Earth Institute recognise that
the emergence of a universal spirituality is
key. This would be a movement in which
Humanity stands today as the self-conevery human being has the opportunity to
scious face of this 13.7 billion year process know their true nature as pure Consciousof cosmic evolution. And we do so at a
ness, and simultaneously as its creative
time of great planetary tension. The current impulse of pure and noble purpose.
paradigm, rooted in the dominant ethnocentric and individualistic worldviews, has
Our Collective History
led our planet to a crisis point of greater
scale than we have ever before faced.
Throughout the ages, the wondrous truth
Now, as we reconcile ourselves to such
of the true nature of our being, and indeed
immanent possibilities as runaway climate the whole cosmos, as one Infinite Radichange, a potential global water crisis, and ant Consciousness, has been held and
the global energy crisis (the possibility of
guarded safely in the esoteric heart of the
peak oil, for instance), we together stand
wisdom traditions of Earth. And outside
before a predicament so large that the cur- of these traditions, it has been kept alive
rent approach, rooted as it is in separation, in the hearts of those individuals who,
personal ego and survival fears, does not
through their unwavering commitment to
have the answer.
this ultimate truth above all else, have
been graced with the realisation of the
Never before has our collective fate been
sublime reality that is our true nature.
so intimately interwoven with each other.
We stand today before an initiatory burnThese esoteric, mystical lineages emerged
ing ground of such magnitude that it must
to house and incubate the seeds of divine
necessarily call forth from humanity a
revelation that dropped into the minds
whole new form of engagement with itself, of human beings of all cultures over the
and the Earth. What is called for now is an course of our history. Examples of these
entirely new form of culture and society in
range from Vajrayana Buddhism, Vedanta,
which we recognise ourselves as the One
Zen, Mystical Christianity, Kabala, Sufism,
Reality of Consciousness incarnate; one in Kashmir Shaivism, and Indigenous Shamanwhich we own the opportunity available to ism, among others. For so long though,
us to heal, righten and bring coherence to
owing to humanity’s collective level of
our planet through the lessons the crisis is development not being ready to receive it,
teaching us. Now, we are called to restore the fruit of these seeds of the sacred could
the Earth, free the people, and together,
not flow out into humanity as a whole so
begin to unfold our cosmic potential.
as to be honoured or adapted according
In order best support humanity to navito whether they truly reflect reality, and