On the Coast – Families Issue 100 I June/July 2019 | 页面 24

100 years
creating the
new human
BY SARAH TOLMIE
H
appy 100 th issue Kidz on the
Coast. And congratulations
on the new evolution of the
magazine.
So much can grow and develop in
100 issues or 100 days. What about 100
years! What will 2119 look like?
I wonder what the future is for our
children? What will be the directions of
change? Will there be peace? Will there
be a liveable climate? What will be the
nature of education, work and play?
It’s the nature of things to continue
to evolve. The cosmos itself is on ever
forward expansion into new complexity,
new iterations.
Just recently an amazing woman
completed her time here on earth. Her
name was Barbara Marx Hubbard, an 89
year old futurist, once vice presidential
candidate for the US National Democrats
in the 1980s, and in her last decades of
life she began a pivotal multidisciplinary
movement to advance the conscious
evolution of humanity.
Barbara’s philosophical, spiritual and
social innovations in thinking argued that
just like all other forces in nature, humans
are also on an evolutionary pathway.
Homo Sapiens is not the end of the line.
She outlined that so far there have
been three major evolutions. Our origins
began with the first big bang, known
cosmological evolution. The second
‘evolutionary’ big bang was a biological
evolution with the emergence of life
forms. The third ‘big bang’ was created
by the human heart and mind. She called
this the cultural cultural evolution.
This is where our current evolutionary
‘pit stop’ has been for as long as the
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known recorded history of humanity so
far, but Barbara argued that the human
species, as all of nature follows, must
continue its evolution. The next and
fourth ‘big bang’ in store for us is the
awakening of an ‘Inner Evolution’ itself,
from a deep impulse inside us. We are
now experiencing the emergence of
Conscious Evolution.
The meaning of conscious evolution is
that through our knowledge, technology
and collective advances, the direction
of our evolving can now come down to
choice and desire.
Depending on how we can choose,
and what we want, the human race can
direct itself towards an enhanced way of
existing.
Key to our continued progress is
developing our connection, compassion
and community, and choosing to follow
the path of love. Choosing to be our best
selves by developing our passions and
gifts and following our calling and
desires.
She called the next iteration of human,
moving towards collective cohesion and
a globally united community as Homo
Amor Universalis.
I love the sound of that! The path is
LOVE. Now that is not rocket science.
Love our neighbours. Love our planet.
Love our selves.
However, in my work helping
individuals, couples and families through
relationship challenge and trauma, I
know that LOVE is easier said than done.
Despite all the advances, innovations and
evolutionary leaps in knowledge, it seems
that relationships are still stuck in the
previous millennium. We could do with
a quantum leap into new relationship
skills. We could start with a rapid update
on our capacity for empathy, forgiveness,
gratitude and intimacy.
I believe it is happening. This next
evolutionary impulse is driven by
education, technology, innovations and
the dismantling of old institutions and
shifts in political and economic systems
towards greater equality and justice. It
is spreading as our connectivity spreads
and we break down the walls that divide
us. When we see we have more that
unites us than divides us, we can feel
safe to choose love.
Our children and the digital natives of
the younger generation fill me with so
much hope because they are emerging as
a very different species already. I see my
kids and their friends possess a
heightened capacity for acceptance,
connection and creativity. They are, of
course the generation born with almost
too many choices, but somehow I have
faith they know instinctively the path of
LOVE feels right and desirable. They are
leading the way.
Our emergent, evolving version of
humanity and future depends on what
we choose. It asks what do you love?
What do you want?
Sarah Tolmie is a marriage therapist, love & relationship coach, holistic celebrant, bespoke funeral
director and end-of-life consultant. Sarah assists people to celebrate, navigate, grow and heal through
all their life & love transitions. You can visit her website www.sarahtolmie.com.au and receive her
Daily Love updates on Facebook Sarah Tolmie – Life & Love or Instagram @lifeandloveprojects.