Life in the evolutionary lane

Is way too much! :) I'm sitting in the EnlightenNext center in London after an incredible day with my teacher Andrew Cohen. The 4th floor conference room is humming--with voices, laptops and ideas--as 50 inspired people from around the world are establishing and furthering their online presence. Yesterday in the intensive with Andrew, someone asked him if the internet is an expression of human evolution. He responded that the internet is what we make of it, it's just a medium and it is up to us to make it an expression of higher consciousness. That is the context for this day, with the somewhat ungainly name of "Tools and Training," to imbue this entity with evolutionary idealism and deep purpose. Together!

The reach of the internet is still so untapped, the potentials are as yet largely unmanifest. Just considering that real intellectual, spiritual and relational development can occur through this medium is an idea I'm just starting to let in. But I have a hunch that by linking together, sharing our ideas, being willing to disagree and challenge each other and go deeper together, something very significant can emerge. We can actually discover and create the features of a new culture, one that is based on higher values. And the fact is, we need to do this now, because it won't happen any other way, at any other time.

On another note, Americans really need to travel more. Just being in London is a very cool experience. Over this weekend, I spent time with Germans (I'm typing on a German keyboard right now and keep pressing z when I want y, and they must not have apostrophes in their language because it's in a very remote location), Swiss, Dutch, Danish, British, Swedish, Italian, French and other nationalities and I like being in the minority. It keeps me off balance and reminds me that America is not the center of the universe.