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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 at 22:42
Subject: The Edge: Partnering Up
To: Peter Challen <Peterchallen@gmail.com>

The Edge January 2024 A Newsletter for Evolutionary Leaders – FOR A MUCH BETTER LAYOUT – View in your browser Calling All Evolutionary Leaders in Service to Conscious Evolution! Together, we can accelerate the evolution of human consciousness and co-create the future.  Are we ready to step into our power and take an Evolutionary Leap?  In This Issue Awakening to Humanity’s Sacred Mission: An International Symposium (video) Evolutionary Partners Network Goes Live Opening a Portal to a New Future: Evolutionary Leaders Retreat in Mexico Volution — A New Book by Peter Merry Awakening of Humanity – Doug King, Jude Currivan and Kurt Johnson (with video) A Conversation – Deepak Chopra and Anoop Kumar (video) Walking Through Darkness – Sandra Ingerman and Llyn Roberts The Paradigm of Egoless Shared Unity – Patricia Albere Politics of Being in Kosmos – Thomas Legrand Attuned | Global Social Witnessing – Thomas Hübl Changing Minds Change the World — Julie Krull A Dynamic Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – Scott Catamas, Ivy Shadiah, Rhetta Morgan, Shariff Abdullah Gaia Breathes, Gaia Learns, Gaia Fruits – Marilyn Hamilton Oscar Miro-Quesada Quote A Planetary Journey to the Rescue of the 2030 Agenda — Alexander Schieffer and Rama Mani Love Organized Grounded Strategies – Kara Stonehouse (video) Cultivating Vitality in Body, Mind, and Spirit – Cassandra Vieten Mindful Glimpses App – Loch Kelly Peace Quote – Alfredo Sfeir-Younis Astro Notes for New Moon in Capricorn Cycle – David Nicol Becoming The True You — Katherine Woodward Thomas How To Make 2024 The Best Year of Your Life – Justin Faerman and Jackie Knechtel The Awakened Life – Craig Hamilton An Ode to Rest – Shilpa Jain Human-Centered AI-Enabled Leadership – Louka Parry Embracing the Co-Creative Spirit of Elevated Group Consciousness – Emanuel Kuntzelman Evolutionary Leaders Speak at TCCHE – Desiree Hurtak “Our Moment of Choice” We Answered THE CALL  Visit the Evolutionary Leaders YouTube Channel Invest in Synergy to Power a Transformed World   This newsletter reaches thousands on the leading edge of the evolution across the globe. Won’t you click here to share it on your social media? An International Symposium and Call to Action February 9-11, 18, 2024This uniquely inspired online global event is primarily dedicated to hosting the vision of Ervin Laszlo and his powerful call to Awakening Humanity’s Sacred Mission. The international Symposium is a collaboration produced by UNITY EARTH in deep partnership with the Source of Synergy Foundation, Laszlo Institute, The Holomovement, Purpose Earth, Unify, Light on Light, SINE Network, Humanity’s Team, Good of the Whole, and other global organizations. This event stands out due to its unprecedented global collaboration and its core focus on deep engagement. It serves as a worldwide rallying point for Humanity’s Sacred Mission, emphasizing actionable steps and mass mobilization in transformative movements for the greater good. Awakening Humanity’s Sacred Mission is based on the proposition that humanity has a sacred mission, and that seeking and advancing this shared sacred mission is of urgent and vital interest. The religions and spiritual traditions speak of this mission of humanity, and claim that we have a sacred or divine obligation to pursue it. The Symposium seeks to uncover key aspects of the sacred mission of humanity, and to highlight its meaning for our life and future. This global event will also be offering a variety of powerful action invitations to the audience to join together in awakening our shared sacred mission. The dates February 9-11 are across the Lunar New Year 2024 which will be the beginning of the Year of the Dragon. The Symposium will have two sessions each day for three days (February 9-11), to cover all time zones. Both sessions on any single day will cover the same daily theme with a variety of speakers. There is also a Harvest Day with two sessions a week later on February 18th to follow up and follow through for the audience and speakers. Attendees/participants are invited to participate in one session each day including the harvest day in order to complete attendance at the Symposium. They are not expected to attend both sessions on any given day but may if they so choose. Session 1 times 10 am EDT – 1pm EDT / 4pm CET – 7 CET Session 2 times 6pm EDT – 9 pm EDT / 10am AEDT – 1pm AEDT REGISTER NOW Register Here for AWAKENING TO HUMANITY’S SACRED MISSION International Symposium, February 9-11 and 18 Evolutionary Partners Network Goes Live! A CALL TO COMMON PURPOSE We join together in partnership to make visible a conscious eco-system, forming a network of networks for cooperation at scale.  We share the intention to unleash the collective power of synergy as we consciously evolve a world that works for all. Note: This is a pilot project in development, currently open only to organizations and movements founded and/or headed by members of the Evolutionary Leaders Circle. We hope to expand in the future!Vision & Principles Statement Vision:  To collaboratively co-create and synergize a global network of networks, organizations and individuals dedicated to accelerating the evolution of consciousness for the benefit of all life. Principles:  Unitive Worldview: We weave together a diverse global community in service to a universal, unitive and evolving consciousness. (Click here for the unitive narrative statement) Heart-Based: We balance and integrate mind- and heart-based wisdom to empower compassionate action. Synergy: We nurture synergies that lead to constructive, creative collaboration.  Empowerment: We are mutually supportive of each other’s uniqueness, diversity, strengths, and efforts. Coherence: We integrate our individual and collective gifts and strengths to create super-coherence among organizations.  Innovation: We utilize emergent social processes and technologies that bring us together and enable us to live in harmony with each other and enhance all life.  New Narrative: We co-create a unitive new narrative of peace, well-being, and an expanded evolutionary consciousness for all humanity. Meaning and Importance of Partnerships A partnership is “a deliberate blending of capacities for the continuous mutual benefit of involved parties.” Our purpose goes even beyond this definition to be of benefit to the world. Find Participating Partners Here: https://www.evolutionaryleaders.net/partners   The Evolutionary Partners Network will host a round table at the upcoming Symposium: “Awakening to Humanity’s Sacred Mission.” For more information, please click below: Opening a Portal to a New Future: Evolutionary Leaders Retreat in Mexico Is humanity at the conclusion of the Kali Yuga and the start of a Golden Age? There are differing opinions about this date, but many are feeling the stresses and hopes of a moment of great transition.  In this spirit, the Source of Synergy Foundation invited a group of Evolutionary Leaders to gather in the “magical town” of Tepoztlan, Mexico from January 14-18 to dive into the mysteries of the birthplace of the feathered serpent god, Quetzalcoatl, who is said to return through La Puerta when humanity is in need. Leading the group through this portal experience were Otomi elder Mindahi Bastida and local resident and social architect Juan Carlos Kaiten. [Photos by Charles Vogl] Highlights included ceremonies led by Mindahi; a sacred visit to La Puerta, a climb of the local pyramid, El Tepozteco; a beautiful Fire Pit evening; a healing sound bath led by Kristin Hoffmann; and an honoring of the life and work of Elisabet Sahtouris, who was returning special crystals to their home in Mexico on this important journey. We felt into the portal of this moment in time as a deeply shared experience of reverence, mutual support and great joy, as we listened to the messages of the rocks, the plants, the animals, and the ancestors of the beautiful land.          Additional photos by participants Mindahi Bastida * Susan Belchamber * Olivia Hansen * Kristin Hoffmann * Puria Kaestele * Juan Carlos Kaiten * Kanu Kogod * Lori Leyden * Nina Meyerhof * Deborah Moldow * Elisabet Sahtouris * Deborah Sandella * Jeff Vander Clute * Charles Vogl * Diane Williams Volution A New Book by Peter Merry AN INTEGRATIVE THEORY OF THE HOLOGRAPHIC AND TRANS-LINEAR DYNAMICS OF LIFE The Volution book is out! I received a lovely birthday present in the email this morning that nudged me to let the world know that the Volution book is out! “Thrilled that Volution is out!!! Bought my copy and find myself highlighting nearly every page, forwarding link to friends & colleagues.” Volution is the concept that emerged during the seven years I spent curating my PhD dissertation at Ubiquity University’s Wisdom School. Much of it, including the name, dropped in as an insight as I contemplated the findings of my research. I have a strong feeling that the perspective is really needed in the world and can help the great reconnection in many ways. Volution takes us beyond the linearity of e-volution (and in-volution) to where creation is one organic breathing process. It shows how all the wisdom traditions I’ve been able to find actually describe this same process and how it reflects the latest scientific perspectives. Volution also shows us how the past is intertwined with the future, holding energy we need to release to take our next step – integrated in the now of the present moment. It has profound implications for the way we see ourselves and the world. I believe it can help us humans to heal on many levels and take our place on Earth as the amazing expression of life that we really are. For my own life, it feels like everything I write or undertake from here on in will be a footnote to Volution. This lays the foundation. I know “I” didn’t write Volution – it came through me. It brings a deep sense of peace to my soul. I trust it will find its way to the right people at this time. “Volution is a profound way of seeing ourselves, our world and the process of life. It enables us to integrate our deep felt sense of interconnectedness with the dynamic self-organising reality that the new sciences describe. A perspective that can help heal and transform our world.”   https://petermerry.org/volution-a-philosophy-of-reconnection/ Awakening of Humanity: the Dawning of a New Earth and Unitive Age Free Online Book by Doug King, Jude Currivan and Kurt Johnson, with Spotlight by Robert Atkinson   “Will we be able to continue to adapt successfully – and in ways that serve both us and everything of which we are a part?” ~ Kurt Johnson, PhD. This book offers a unitive reframing of the foundational elements, worldviews, and deeper ontological aspects of reality for understanding the universe as a true superorganism. Integrating theological, cosmological, philosophical, universal wisdom traditions, and interspiritual perspectives, the authors arrive at a universal identity of humanity consistent with our individual and collective roles within the wholeness-in-motion of the entire creation as an invitation that this will lead to further dialogue and exploration in our re-membering who we really are and who we can evolve to become. In certain sections the collaborating authors intentionally favor wording and expressions of the first author (the theologian) in order to facilitate the express purpose of addressing theological narratives.   “My path leading to this e-publication is grounded in the re-framing of long held theological views handed down over the last 2,000 years.” ~ Doug King   “Throughout more than six decades, my fascination and focus has been to perceive the deeper nature of the world, […] exploring the implicate and explicate realms/dimensions of its unfolding.” ~ Jude Currivan, PhD   https://issuu.com/lightonlight/docs/awakeningofhumanity Introduction to the Biblical Narrative as Holomovement The term holomovement comes from the work of quantum physicist David Bohm in the last century. I have done a short introductory video explaining where this article came from and the dramatic and radical impact on long held views in theology. A Conversation with Deepak Chopra and Dr. Anoop Kumar In this conversation with Deepak Chopra, MD, Anoop Kumar, MD, MM communicates a bold, new vision of healing and healthcare based in a more comprehensive understanding of you as a whole human being. He is Co-founder and CEO of Health Revolution, a front-line emergency physician, and author of Michelangelo’s Medicine and Is This a Dream? After a near-death-like experience in medical school, Dr. Kumar realized our current system does not know what “health” truly means and began to integrate a deeper understanding of consciousness with existing medical knowledge. He helps people experience this by activating their Four Engines and applying Mind-Body-Flow Theory, which he offers through his flagship 28-Day Jumpstart course, a gateway to healing on many levels. Dr. Kumar is Board-Certified in Emergency Medicine and holds a Master’s degree in Management with a focus in Health Leadership. Visit him at healthrevolution.org for webinars, courses, consultations, and deep explorations of the nature of consciousness and healing. Here is the link to the course https://www.healthrevolution.org/28days Watch as they talk about death, consciousness, the nature of reality, and Health Revolution! Walking Through Darkness – A Nature-Based Path to Navigating Suffering and Loss A New Book by Sandra Ingerman and Llyn Roberts   Release Date: February 13, 2024 (Sterling Ethos)   May the teachings in this book help you walk wakefully as you find your way back home.   Every one of us experiences periods of pain and loss in our life—dark nights of the soul. This is a groundless territory where one feels directionless and devoid of tools, with no sense of how to take the next step. In ancient times, elders guided their communities through life’s initiations and challenges, paths we must all take to transform and grow. In Walking Through Darkness, legendary shamanic experts Sandra Ingerman and Llyn Roberts help us forge a pathway through the dark—as we embrace nature as our guide and healer. Sandra and Llyn share metaphorical stories that engage animals, plants, trees, and other aspects of nature. Through the feminine process of circular joint storytelling, they weave the rich tales of their own experiences alongside wisdom that they have gathered for years from their own studies, as well as from healers around the globe. Through teachings from the land, the sky, the sea, and the spiritual world, this sensitive and empowering guide opens us to our spiritual light so that we can face our greatest challenges with courage and love—no matter what they are.   “Walking Through Darkness is a wise and sensitive roadmap to navigating dark nights of the soul. Sandra and Llyn are excellent guides who help us step into our true power and polish our souls, even when life seems too difficult to endure. This heartfelt book offers a wealth of inspiration—its many personal stories, practices, and journeys are steeped in the healing power of nature and love.”~ Marci Shimoff, #1 NY Times bestselling author, Happy for No Reason and Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul FROM LLYN: As we step together into this new Gregorian year I offer for this month’s inspirational essay a small excerpt from my new book with Sandra Ingerman, Walking through Darkness: A Nature-Based Path to Navigating Suffering and Loss, illustrated by Eben Herrick.   From Chapter 10 White Birch Tree   “…The unique papery bark of birch trees easily peels and can fall off in long strips. I have two large sleeves of white birch bark that the land gifted me in my home state of New Hampshire many years back. These are treasured possessions, as they connect me with trees I have loved since I was a child. My childhood memories are filled with white birch trees. The white birch that grows from the charnel grounds of a destroyed forest teaches us to gather from the ashes of our lives what will revive as well as help us grow. Just as papery birch bark can be written on, we can tap restorative wisdom by writing about or sharing experiences that have really weathered us.  The power of story is ancient. Having our story witnessed by someone who cares is healing…”   May the teachings in this book help you walk wakefully as you find your way back home. From my heart to yours. For the Earth. www.eomec.org The Paradigm of Egoless Shared Unity By Patricia Albere One of the comments I’ll hear from people who have done spiritual practice for a while is that they aren’t interested in learning one more thing. My response: “Neither am I!” The paradigm of egoless shared unity and the practice that gives you access to it is not about learning one more thing to add to your spiritual practice toolbelt. In the clip from my recent talk on How to Enter the Real: A Deeper Dive Into Egoless Shared Unity, I share about this paradigm of shared unity and how our individuality is transformed from within it – without more work on yourself. It’s also about something you may be sensing from the future without the words to explain it, yet. It’s beyond being all about you in a way that is compelling. CLICK ABOVE TO WATCH THIS 12-MINUTE LIFE-CHANGING VIDEO   The classes we originally made available are now full. We have opened some additional Mutual Awakening: The Essential Guide to WE-Space Meditation courses. Space is extremely limited for each class – so please register now in order to secure the course that works best for you. You can see a full list of all the courses here. You can’t read the book or listen to the course recordings and do the practice by yourself. This is a practice based on mutuality and coming together. It is all about being with others willing to learn precisely how we enter the paradigm of shared unity. It takes wanting to show up and engage fully to access oneness. If you want to become initiated in this dimension of shared unity, the online Mutual Awakening course is the entry point. Join a 2024 Mutual Awakening Course Here My commitment, and the commitment of the Evolutionary Collective, is to share how to access shared unity, or Mutual Awakening, so that the people who resonate with this can find their way to enter into this domain together with us. I hope to see you in one of the courses, and then on Global as we explore the paradigm of egoless shared unity together… In Unity, Patricia Politics of Being by Thomas Legrand Featured in Kosmos Journal, Thomas Legrand, Guest Editor A few days ago, my wife, Emelina, sent me this quote from Toni Morrison:  “If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” It took me ten years to write Politics of Being before it was released on January 22nd, 2022, the day my teacher, Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, turned into a cloud. Ten years of reading and taking notes, of slowly distilling many different ideas, while also experiencing doubts, frustration and sleepless nights.    I was looking to answer a simple, yet essential, question – the question of our time I believe: How can we organize societies to promote the collective flourishing of the whole Earth community and bring about the cultural, spiritual evolution so needed today? It was an answer that necessarily had to be built on existing works. I was looking in particular for the perspectives of religious and wisdom traditions and found this sentence from the Earth Charter in the interreligious statement at the Rio+20 Conference: “human development is primarily about being more, rather than having more.” In ‘being’, I knew I had found the basis for the new development paradigm we need. It was clear to me, from my work as an environmentalist, that little can be achieved within our current system which prioritizes economic growth over everything else. We need to redefine our priorities, the purpose of our lives, not only as individuals but also as societies.  The politics of being recognizes that life is a spiritual journey and aims at aligning our institutions with our true reason for being here on Earth: becoming who we are, the best and most complete version of ourselves. To my great surprise, I found out that this “being” agenda, which seemed to be the compass for finding our way out of many of the converging crises we face, had not yet been defined, in theory or in practice. “I don’t understand why no one has written this book yet”, I kept repeating to my wife, each time I attained a new insight that made this proposal appear more essential and obvious.  So, I patiently gathered the seeds of this new politics to develop an integrative framework informed by many new fields of research  and built around spiritual values such as happiness, love, peace, mindfulness, freedom, abundance, life and systemic thinking. These form the foundation of the politics of being. The book proposes actionable policy agendas in many sectors, based almost exclusively on existing examples, to show that this vision is concrete, grounded, and absolutely feasible. There is no doubt that if societies would start organizing themselves according to these principles, they would make a giant leap into adulthood and score high in many social progress indexes. A good friend of mine, stated it clearly: “While material endeavors can grow huge quickly but don’t last, spiritual enterprises start small but grow steadily.” Maybe this lends us no other choice than enjoying together this eternal journey of (inter-)being? Like all the contributors featured in this special issue of Kosmos who touch upon many different dimensions of this new paradigm – from leadership and collective healing to governance, urban planning and the role of arts in this transition – I feel blessed and fulfilled to have found in this spiritual enterprise a ‘path with heart’ for channeling all my love and hope – for the benefit of all. I believe that one day our societies will be organized in such a way that each of us can find such a path. Now is the time to begin. Read Thomas Legrand’s article, “Being” As the New Paradigm, here