Humanity Ascending

Barbara Marx Hubbard, futurist and founder of the Foundation of Conscious Evolution (www.barbaramarxhubbard.com), asks "What is the meaning of our newly acquired powers that is good?"

Her response comes in a 7-part series called "Humanity Ascending."

OUR STORY is a movie that spans the history of the evolutionary journey of our species from the big bang to current times, where we find ourselves precariously standing at the edge of conscious evolution or self-destruction. Our storyteller, Barbara Marx Hubbard, provides the unique perspective of viewing our history through what she terms as "evolutionary eyes" as the unfoldment of a fourteen billion year journey of transformation that is now pressing us forward to give birth to a new, never before seen, universal humanity. This compelling vision of hope sees us at an evolutionary edge where the old world is dying and the new world is being born.

I first heard Barbara speak of evolutionary consciousness in the early 90's. "Humanity Ascending" expresses a startling new level of clarity and with it a message of hope for the accelerated changes happening in our world today. This first installment in her series is so inspiring that I viewed it three times in succession.

An evolutionary perspective pulls the focus waaaaaay out, providing a sense of meaning and purpose for our experiences. Barbara leaves no doubt that we are at a great turning in evolution and that the stakes are high for the choices we are making now. She describes other great turnings in the 14 billion year journey since the Big Bang. Great turnings are times when a quantum leap occurs in the world of form and an entirely new creation springs forth i.e. no life to life; single cell to multi-cell organisms. Barbara leaves no doubt that at the core of evolutionary change, there is a divine design. She makes a strong case that God Mind guides the whole process. While painting a picture of the potential consequences for our choices, she reminds us that this is a friendly universe. Barbara reveals that more and more people are awakening to their spiritual nature and discovering how to listen to the divine core that has been guiding change since the Big Bang.

In short, Barbara paints a vision strong enough to pull us forward during these changing times. It is a vision of co-creation. And it is a vision of hope. We can be pulled by a vision or pushed by pain. Which will you choose?