On The Edge

It is becoming clearer that we human beings are living along the edge--we are on the cusp of the decision of who and what we will become. The crisis is upon us--will we evolve or not? We have imagined that as a species we are fixed. Evolution has produced us as we are, and it is settled. But wonder if that is not only not true--we are only transitional creatures on our way to a higher form--to believe otherwise will doom us.

So at this very moment, perhaps this very year, 2012, the decision is being made and the outcomes are stark. To make this exact point, David R. Loy has said:

Perhaps the basic problem isn't self-love but misunderstanding what self is. Without the compassion that arises from realizing our nonduality--empthy not only with other humans but with the planet--civilization as we know it may not outline this century. Nor would it deserve to. It remains to be seen whether the Homo sapiens experiment will be a successful vehicle for the cosmic evolution (or not). (The World is Made of Stories, 97).

The outcome remains to be seen.