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In what may be the greatest irony of our lives, following more than 5,000 years of recorded history and technological achievements that stagger the imagination, we have yet to answer this most basic question with certainty.
Our self-esteem, self-worth, sense of confidence, well-being, and our beliefs of spirituality and God each stem directly from the way we think of ourselves in the world. From who we say ‘yes!’ to when it comes to choosing a life partner and how long our partnerships last once we create them, to what jobs we feel we’re capable of performing, the most important decisions that we’ll ever make in life are based in the way we answer this simple, timeless question.
What we teach our children is also affected by our opinion of ourselves. When their delicate sense of self-worth is so overpowered by the relentless bullying from rivals and classmates, it’s their answer to ‘Who am I?’ that gives them the strength to heal their hurt and, sometimes, makes the difference between when they feel worthy of living and when they don’t.
The way we think of ourselves determines the corporate policies that either justify the dumping of 12 million(+) tons of used plastic and thousands of gallons of radioactive waste in the world’s oceans each year, or that cherishes the living oceans enough to invest in preserving them.
Even the choice of how countries create the borders that separate them, and how we justify when armies cross those borders to march onto the land and into the homes of another nation begins with how we understand ourselves to be.
When you ask ‘Who are we?’, the short answer is that you’re not what you’ve been told, and more than you’ve ever imagined. The long answer is what follows.
Albert Einstein echoed this perspective clearly when it came to his ideas regarding quantum physics, which suggests that all things are deeply connected. Leaving no doubt in our mind as to what he believed the new quantum ideas meant for science, Einstein said, “If quantum theory is correct, it signifies the end of physics as a science.” Einstein’s beliefs wouldn’t allow him to accept the possibility that we live in a deeply connected world.
It’s not surprising that Einstein would hold such a strong belief in a world based in separateness. For he, and other scientists of his era, the idea that everything is separate from everything else was largely accepted as a fact following the famous Michelson Morley experiment of 1887. This paradigm shifting experiment, conducted in the basement of Ohio’s Case Western Reserve University, had confirmed that the field of energy believed to connect all things, the aether field, doesn’t exist.
The same experiment was repeated 100 years later, however, in 1987 under the auspices of the US Air Force, using better sensors and equipment. To the astonishment of the scientific community, the 20th century experiment did, in fact, detect and confirm the subtle field of energy that had been predicted by Michelson and Morley 100 years earlier. While new names, such as the matrix, the divine matrix, the zero point field and simply ‘the field’ have replaced the term aether, the point here is that the energy that connects all things does, in fact, exist. It’s now recognised as the container for the universe, the mirror for our beliefs, and the web of energy that connects all things. (The Divine Matrix, Hay House, 2007)
And while the energy field that connects all things has been documented scientifically, there is still a reluctance, and often resistance, to share this discovery in public classrooms and textbooks. Even though the field is known to exist, and accepted in serious scientific circles, in mainstream thinking nothing has changed. We’re still teaching our young people that we live in a world of separation.
At first blush, there seems to be no reason for us to believe any differently. That is, until we take a closer look at the following paradigm-shattering discoveries that overturn 300 years of scientific thinking. They reveal that we’re part of our world, rather than separate from it. And, most importantly, they reveal that we’re empowered co-creators, rather than powerless victims.
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, peer-reviewed scientific studies revealed the following facts:
Fact 1: Nature relies upon cooperation and mutual aid, not competition, for survival.
Fact 2: Human DNA shows unmistakable signs of planning, such as the fusion and modification of key chromosomes, that cannot be explained by evolution.
Fact 3: Our emotions directly influence the chemistry released into our body by the heart, as well as the brain – when we choose the emotion, we choose the chemistry.
Fact 4: Advanced civilisation is at least twice as old as the 5,000–5,500 years indicated by conventional timelines.
Fact 5: The universe, our world, and our bodies are bathed in a field of energy that makes our connection with one another – entanglement – possible.
In light of the discoveries listed above, and others, key assumptions of the past can no longer be taught as fact.
Fact 1: Two hundred thousand years ago the first modern humans (known as ‘Anatomically Modern Humans’ or AMH) appeared on earth.
Fact 2: Seemingly overnight in the fossil record modern humans showed up with the advanced brain, body, and nervous system leading to the extraordinary capabilities that make us who we are today.
Fact 3: The links between fossilised remains shown on the conventional human evolutionary tree are noted as dashed lines, because they represent inferred, or speculative, relationships.
One hundred and fifty years of searching, using the greatest scientific minds, the most sophisticated equipment, the greatest funding from the most prestigious universities, has yet to reveal the physical evidence that supports the connections. Yet these relationships are still taught as fact.
Fact 4: The origin of human chromosome 2, the second largest chromosome in the human body, has been scientifically determined to be the relic of an ancient fusion of primate DNA. Following this mutation, the new chromosome was modified and stabilised with a precision that cannot be attributed to evolution.
These facts are problems for the conventional scientific thinking when it comes to the theory of evolution. To be clear, the exceptional features stated in Fact 2 didn’t develop slowly over long periods of time, as evolution theory suggests. Instead, already present in our ancestors were characteristics that include a brain 50% larger than that of our nearest primate relative and a complex nervous system with emotional and sensory abilities fine-tuned to our world. They were already developed in AMHs when they appeared. Humans – we humans – haven’t changed since the first AMH appeared. In other words, we are the Anatomically Modern Humans 2000 centuries later.
Alfred Russell Wallace, a fellow scientist and colleague of Darwin’s, and a strong supporter of Darwin’s theories, stated this idea clearly in a paper he published in 1870. In the final chapter of Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection Wallace stated, “Nature never over-endows a species beyond the needs of everyday existence.”
Because our advanced brain, extended neural network, and extraordinary abilities of self-healing, the self-regulating of our immune system, the self-triggering of our longevity hormones and our potential for deep intuition has been with us from our beginning, they appear to be inherent in our being rather than evolutionary add-ons developing over time. This fact directly contradicts the role of Wallace’s ideas in our appearance. We are all over-endowed!
Two questions immediately come to mind when we consider that we have such advanced characteristics:
- Why did we appear with such extraordinary abilities already developed 200,000 years ago?
- How do we fully awaken these advanced capabilities in our lives and in our world today?
Today, scientists are re-discovering the exceptional features that have been with us from our beginning, including the specialised cells in the human heart that enable deep intuition on-demand and the ability to thrive through big life changes.
If we’re honest and acknowledge that what we know of the world and about ourselves is changing, then it makes sense that our story must change as well. In all likelihood we’ll discover that our new history, and the story that follows, is hybrid of all stories – the marriage of evolution and directed mutation – in a form of directed evolution that is not accounted for in any of the existing theories alone.
The growing body of evidence supporting precisely such a story suggests that we are, in fact, the product of an exceptional process that reflects an unmistakable intentionality. We owe it to ourselves to embrace the evidence, and the story it tells. The reason that our new story is so important is simple: The better we know ourselves, the better we can thrive in the new world that’s emerging.
New York Times best selling author Gregg Braden is internationally renowned as a pioneer in bridging science, spirituality, and the real world. Since 1986 Gregg has explored high mountain villages, remote monasteries, and forgotten texts to merge their timeless secrets with the best science of today. His discoveries have led to 11 award-winning books now published in 38 languages.
Following a successful career as a Computer Geologist during the 1970s energy crisis, he worked in the 1980s as a Senior Liaison with the U.S. Air Force Space Command. In 1991 he became The First Technical Operations Manager for Cisco Systems.
The United Kingdom’s Watkins Journal listed Gregg among the top 50 of “the world’s most spiritually influential living people” for five consecutive years, and in 2016 he received a nomination for the prestigious Templeton Award.
He’s shared his presentations and trainings with The United Nations, Fortune 500 companies, the U. S. military, and is featured in media specials airing on major networks throughout North and South America, Asia, and Europe.
www.greggbraden.com
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