To me, the answer to that is simple. The highest point of human evolution is when one totally frees or is on the journey of freeing their mind from the grips of the society. When they, metaphorically, are able to climb to the peak of the hill and see beyond, far beyond, the illusory clouds manifested by the storms of a society that is only interested in controlling, conquering, and prescribing their imperatives of order in a world that is naturally in total disorder.
The man on top of that hill, I speak literally now, is perhaps that man who is at the highest point of human evolution. The man (or woman, of course) who saw beyond maya (illusion) and checked out the game to go deeper into himself. And who went deeper not only for himself, but for the society that so aggressively dismissed him.
Those who truly see their potential now, not later, soon, or in a few decades. Those who can see that they are not marginalized in any way, as society would like you to think that you are. Those who realize that exploring the consciousness, perhaps through art or anything that you truly dig, is what this is all really about. Those who have no problem stepping out of the line — the herd pack, and pecking order — in order to free yourself from the prescriptivism that is used to universalize moral judgment and fear into the minds of all.
I believe, the highest point of human evolution is not reached through our mere physiological advances, but through the ability to heat our minds to a point where our energy is capable of passing the societal thresholds, transitioning to the next dimension of consciousness.
I agree. In my words, I’d say the highest point of evolution is when you live as the divine being you are, fully creating or (controlling) your own world from your own heart’s energy, via your own authentic voice.
Where YOUR authentic voice, and not the voices you’ve allowed into your head, creates your world, fully and thoroughly.
(Of course this is always the case, YOUR voice is always creating your world, but if you’re not aware (conscious) of that reality, then your voice is sort of speaking the thoughts and ideas of those “not yet at the peak” and so you live below your potential, if you can follow that.)
To follow up on that, when you are at that peak, “on top” sort of, you automatically lose the desire to control others also, because you love the freedom/liberty/authority/power you’ve come into for yourself. So as Nelson Mandela quoted, when you liberate yourself, you automatically liberate others. (EPM paraphrase)
i’m diggin’ what you said about the “power you’ve come into.” i think about power often and the deeper i go into myself, the more clearly i see how weak and feeble power becomes externally. it’s like this inverse of the more powerful you become in mind/body/spirit, the more you understand what power is really all about. and it’s not in this material, consumerist world — no, def not.
I take a more technical / futurist view on this… Have you checked out The Singularity is Near? It’s a hefty read, you might want to try The Age of Spiritual Machines first
hey Orian! give me back my sandals, now!!! hehe… nah, i never heard of that book. let me check it out on amazon. okay i’m back — it’ def looks like it’s worth a read. thanks bro. hope to see you at MP NYC in a few days