Crystalline Grid: 

We are currently experiencing a global reversal of attitude, from one of ‘each for himself’ – which has prevented many brilliant ideas and plans from being developed and put into practice – to one of widespread cooperative enthusiasm. The results of these first cooperative successes (ie. the current wave of activity in Haiti), will demonstrate to all that trust and integrity combined with willingness and enthusiasm, without doubt, are extremely effective means to bring to all on the planet the services necessary to release them from the grinding drudgery of daily survival, and give them the time and the energy to indulge in their creative pursuits.

The term ‘Gaia’ is commonly used to describe the interconnected, living organism that is planet Earth. It was popularised by James Lovelock in the early 1970s where it was used in his Gaia hypothesis – a theory that portays the Earth’s ecosystem as a giant super-organism. Through the evo.net platform, Evolving Heroes looks to stretch Lovelock’s notion of singularity beyond its ecological focus: expanding it to encompass the sphere of human interaction, and in so doing, describing (and visualizing) a new paradigm of human consciousness.

Within this paradigm, Gaia is the vision. The vision of a world where human society recognizes itself as a living organism - interwoven with the greater, living organism of the planet. A world where human interaction is based on principles of mutual support and synergistic interconnectivity, and everyone has an abundance of what they need to maintain a comfortable living standard, as well as complete freedom to explore and develop their creative skills and talents.

Like the cells in the human body, we see each one of us - for better or for worse (as in the case of a cancer) - contributing to the well-being of the whole. Furthermore, each individual, like the cell, is naturally predisposed to a specialized function. It is the distinct creative skills, talents and passions of each individual that constitute his/her 'specialized function'. What I like to call their 'inner genius'. It is the full expression of this genius, along with the individuals' enthusiastic willingness to share their gifts that allows a community living in 'Gaia consciousness' to collectively manifest a self-elevating loop – a synergistic effect that brings upliftment not just to the individual members, but to the greater organism that is the community (and land) of Gaia.

In this way, Gaia is the vision of a glowing Earth and, through Evolving Heroes, evo.net is our contribution to this all-too-necessary shift in human conscious, common practice and collective action. As a collective, we can move out of the realms of greed, selfishness and fragmentation and step into the experience of one-unity consciousness. We call ourselves heroes because we, like every man, woman and child, have the power to create change within us. But, unlike every man, woman and child, we have chosen the way of compassion - and are ready to "Be the change" (Mahatma Gandhi). We know we are evolving because our paths, like that of mother Gaia (our planet) are in a state of constant change - together, we are surfing an ascending spiral of personal and planetary transformation.