"We
face a true planetary emergency.
The climate crisis is not a
political issue, it is a moral and
spiritual challenge to all of
humanity. It is also our greatest
opportunity to lift Global
Consciousness to a higher level."
- Al Gore
Global Consciousness
In my previous article, the Green
Web, I discussed various
organizations that have been directly founded by Club of Rome
members. While researching for that article it became clear that a
dramatic shift in emphasis and language has occurred. Reports
produced by the CoR in the 1970’s and 80’s are replete
with terms like new world order, global union, united earth
community, global society, interdependence, sustainable development,
masterplan, blueprint etc. Whereas the reports produced by these more
recent organizations frequently refer to global consciousness, earth
consciousness, wisdom, the global mind, the Gaia mind, global ethics,
planetization, conscious evolution, the great awakening, the great
transition and the great shift.
Before reading this article,
I encourage the reader to peruse the Green
Web and take special note
of the membership list of the World
Commission on Global Consciousness and Spirituality.
This organization is basically the CoR in another guise. Having
successfully nurtured the concept that “the
earth is facing an imminent catastrophic ecological collapse if human
civilization continues on its current trajectory”
they appear to now be fostering their final goal of “transforming
humanity” in order to save Gaia from her greatest
threat - humans.
"Without
a global revolution in the sphere of human consciousness, nothing
will change for the better ... and the catastrophe towards which the
world is headed - the ecological, social, and demographic breakdown
of culture - will be inevitable." - Vaclav Havel,
Club of Rome executive member – link
Of
course, as they themselves describe in The
First Global Revolution,
the threat of Global Warming has been selected as the ‘enemy’
to “unite humanity and change human behavior and attitudes.”
As Gordon Brown recently stated “Climate
change makes us all global citizens, we are truly all in this
together.” Apart from ‘Global
Warming’ it is hard to imagine a threat that is caused by
humans, affects every part of the planet and can only be overcome by
fundamentally transforming our society. It’s almost as if it
was designed for the purpose!
“It
would seem that humans need a common motivation, namely a common
adversary, to organize and act together in the vacuum; such a
motivation must be found to bring the divided nations together to
face an outside enemy, either a real one or else one invented for
the purpose. In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came
up with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming, water
shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill. All these
dangers are caused by human intervention, and it is only through
changed attitudes and behavior that they can be overcome. The real
enemy then, is humanity itself. “ – link
“A
crisis often has the advantage of uniting people. Climate change
is the first problem on a global scale that we have faced as a
species. We must hope that it has the positive side effect of
stimulating our global consciousness. No country, no region, no
people will escape the negative effects of the impending worldwide
increase in temperature. We must all cooperate in mitigating it if we
are to succeed.” - link
"We
face a true planetary emergency. The climate crisis is not a
political issue, it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of
humanity. It is also our greatest opportunity to lift Global
Consciousness to a higher level." - Al Gore,
statement following his acceptnace of the Nobel Peace Prize -
link
So
I started researching this Global Consciousness phenomenon. Knowing
that the Club of Rome often turned to ‘science’,
especially computer models, to justify it’s theories I was
immediately attracted to Princeton University’s famous Global
Consciousness Project.
This project basically uses thousands of little devices around the
world that generate random numbers. Apparently when major dramatic
world events occur the numbers generated are no longer random but
start forming a pattern. This is supposedly because the human ‘global
consciousness’ is somehow affecting the random number
generators. This is how the ‘scientists’ running the
project describe it:
“The
Global Consciousness Project (GCP) is an international effort
involving researchers from several institutions and countries,
designed to explore whether the construct of interconnected
consciousness can be scientifically validated through objective
measurement.
The project builds on excellent experiments conducted over the past
35 years at a number of laboratories, demonstrating that human
consciousness interacts with random event generators (REGs),
apparently "causing" them to produce non-random
patterns.
The experimental results clearly show that a broader
examination of this phenomenon is warranted. In recent work, prior to
the Global Consciousness Project, an array of REG devices in Europe
and the US showed non-random activity during widely shared
experiences of deeply engaging events. For example, the
funeral ceremonies for Princess
Diana, and
the international Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, created shared
emotions and a coherence of consciousness that appeared to be
correlated with structure in the otherwise random data.
In
the fully developed project, a world-spanning array of labile REG
detectors is connected to computers running software to collect data
and send it to a central server via the Internet. This network is
designed to document and display any subtle, but direct effects of
our collective consciousness reacting to global events. The
research hypothesis predicts the appearance of coherence and
structure in the globally distributed data collected during major
events that engage the world population.”
- link
Here
is how Dr
Roger Nelson founder and
director of the project describes its origins:
“The
first direct prototype of the GCP came about "by chance"
when I met Jim Fournier and Juliana Balistreri in the middle of a
December night in 1996 at Esalen, just as they were in the midst of
promoting the globally organized GaiaMind meditation and I was
thinking deeply about a network to detect glimmerings of global
consciousness. They were traveling, and stopped just for an hour or
two in the baths, but the sparkle in their eyes reflected the same
stars as mine, and this created a moment for our paths to intersect.
I went on to organize a collaboration to collect "consciousness
field" data during the GaiaMind event, and it showed
a significant effect.” - link
So
the GCP was conceived at Esalen
a famous New Age commune in conjunction with the founders of the
GaiaMind Project. Ok .. so what is this GaiaMind Project?
“The
GaiaMind Project is dedicated to exploring the idea that we,
humanity, are the Earth becoming aware of itself. From this
perspective, the next step in the evolution of consciousness would
seem to be our collective recognition that through our technological
and spiritual interconnectedness we represent the Earth
growing an organ of self-reflexive consciousness. While we believe
that the Earth is alive, and we are part of it, we also affirm
the Great Spirit of Oneness found at the heart of all the worlds
great spiritual traditions. What is most important may not be what we
believe, but what we find we all share when we put our thoughts aside
to go into meditation and prayer together. Imagine people all over
the world sharing a moment of meditation and prayer, a moment of
unified global consciousness when people from the world's many
diverse spiritual traditions simultaneously focus attention on our
interconnected relationship with Gaia - the living Earth.”
- link
Hmm
… freaky stuff! So Princeton’s University’s famous
GCP is based on, and basically trying to prove, that Gaia is alive
and we are part of Her. On the GCP
site there are literally
hundreds of pages of graphs, statistical analysis and scientific
papers demonstrating the ‘global consciousness effect’.
Google Scholar reveals over 100,000 scientific papers dealing with
‘global consciousness’ and more than 100 specifically on
the GCP published in mainstream science journals. So, I wondered who
was behind this attempt to ‘scientifically prove’ the
existence of the GaiaMind? Once I discovered who was funding this
project things started to make sense:
“The
project has been designed to be both interdisciplinary and
inter-institutional. It operates under the aegis of the Institute of
Noetic Sciences, a 501(c)(3) research entity, which will manage the
funding for the project.” - link
I
am quite familiar with this Institute. It is also known as the
Institute of Noetic Studies. They are one of the founding partners of
the Kosmos
Journal, a publication
dedicated to the 'Global Awakening' and fostering a 'New Human
Civilisation'. Many of the articles are written by CoR members. The
other founding partners are: the Club of Rome,
the Club of Budapest, the World Wisdom Council, the Gorbachev
Foundation, the World Commission for Global Consciousness and
Spirituality and the Goi Peace Foundation. Not surprisingly
the Advisory Board of this Institute contains many CoR members
including Maurice Strong, Desmond Tutu,
Peter Russell, Deepak Chopra and Satish Kumar. So
what are the origins of the Institute of Noetic
Sciences?
“The
vision for creating the Institute of Noetic Sciences came in 1971.
Nations throughout the world had galvanized around the exciting
frontier of space exploration. The potential for scientific
understanding of our world seemed unlimited to a naval air captain
named Edgar Mitchell. He was a pragmatic young test pilot, engineer
and scientist; a mission to the moon on Apollo 14 was his dream come
true.
But it was the trip
home that Mitchell recalls most. Sitting in the cramped cabin of the
space capsule, he saw planet Earth floating freely in the
vastness of space. He was engulfed by a profound sense of universal
connectedness - an epiphany. In Mitchell's own words: "The
presence of divinity became almost palpable, and I knew that life
in the universe was not just an accident based on random processes.
The knowledge came to me directly." -
link
“At
the Institute of Noetic Sciences, we employ the rigor of science,
balanced by personal and collective wisdom, to support a shift
in consciousness that transforms present global conditions into a
world grounded in freedom, wisdom, and love. We serve an emerging
movement of globally conscious citizens dedicated to
manifesting our highest capacities.” - link
So,
based on the world-view of the founder and director of the GCP, and
the nature of the organization funding the project, it seems clear
that the purpose of the GCP is to provide the scientific basis for
human global consciousness and the ‘Gaia Mind’. It
seems that if you have enough money and influence you can buy
whatever ‘science’, and fancy computer models, you need
to push your agenda. Remember it was Ted Turner who donated one
billion dollars to fund the IPCC.
If you observe the realtime
GCP data
these so-called anomalies occur frequently. This isn't really that
surprising – if you flip a coin a hundred thousand times you
will get many 'runs' of heads or tails. But trying to match these
anomalies to 'an event somewhere in the
world' is not science, it is merely trying to find
evidence for an already preconceived theory and ignoring all other factors. Much
like a lot of climate science. The GCP scientists claim that they
detected a strong anomaly related to the 911
terror attacks.
However the anomaly began several hours before the first attack which
surely would make any objective scientist question the hypothesis.
Instead the GCP 'scientists' state that this is evidence for some
sort of 'global precognitive ability.'
Science that forbids skepticism and debate should always be treated
with great caution.
But what other evidence can we find to
link the search for global consciousness with the GaiaMind. Well we
don’t have to look very far. The list of ‘poetic
quotes’ on the GCP
website you can soon determine the real intent of the project. Here
are a few to give you an idea (remember these are taken straight off
the GCP website!):
"The
Age of Nations is past. The task before us now, if we would not
perish, is to build the Earth."
“It
is good to honor the Goddess. When she smiles upon you, all
things are enriched and prosper.”
“Collective
wisdom - wisdom larger than one individual's insight -
draws near in such moments, as if to say, "Here is a fertile
field of people. Here are tenders of spirit. Let's plant this
creative possibility, so needed now on earth, right here."
“Breathe
OUT love, light and gratitude, into Mother Earth, out to
Father Sky, and into the hearts and minds of every living thing,
friend and foe, experiencing the space in me and around me being
conditioned by the love-light-gratitude as a gift from the I AM
Presence.”
“Human
beings and all living things are a coalescence of energy in a field
of energy connected to every other thing in the world. This pulsating
energy field is the central engine of our being and our
consciousness, the alpha and the omega of our existence. 'The
field,' as Einstein once succinctly put it, 'is the only reality.”
"We
are all beings of energy, and are connected to one another by
this energy. Once we observe this energy, we can realize that it is
on the same continuum as beauty. These are phenomena that cannot
be studied unless you suspend or bracket your skepticism and try
every way possible to perceive them."
“In
becoming planetized, humanity is acquiring new physical powers
that will enable it to super-organize matter. And, even more
important, is it not possible that by the direct converging of its
members it will be able, as though by resonance, to release
psychic powers whose existence is still unsuspected?"
The
page ends with this statement “It will
in the end be poems, or beautiful photographs, that give some feeling
for this quest to create a meaningful link to Mother Earth in the
shape of scientific work.” So there you have it.
This famous project involving many PhD scientists, and run by one of
the top universities in the United States, is just another New Age
attempt to deceive people into believing that the earth is some sort
of divine sentient organism. Even more frightening the project is
closely linked to the Club of Rome. Remember
who they are? Al Gore, Tony
Blair, Bill Clinton, Ted Turner, George Soros, Bill Gates, Maurice
Strong, Javier Solana, David Rockefeller, Mikhail Gorbachev etc.
Any day now I almost expect to hear Al Gore announce “The
vast majority of the world’s scientists agree that we are all
connected to our Mother Earth, and each other, by a divine global
consciousness!” If you need more convincing then I encourage
you to take a look at the links
page on the GCP site.
Basically a collection of New Age earth worship sites. Below are
excerpts copied from the some of the sites that are linked from the
GCP:
“Although human societies
have confronted major problems throughout history, the challenges of
our era are unique in one crucial respect - they now embrace the
entire Earth as a whole system. Never before has humanity been on the
verge of devastating the Earth's biosphere and crippling its
ecological foundations for countless generations to come. Never
before has the entire human family been required to work together to
build a sustainable and meaningful future. Never before have so many
people been called to make such sweeping changes in so little time.”
– link
“If
Gaia is to become conscious, we are her means of consciousness. If
the earth is to become conscious through us, we must be identified
with all the earth, not just the human race. We must not be
dissociated from the biosphere. This means expanding our sense of
individual identity even beyond humanity to encompass the natural
world. We need to move beyond global identification to earth
identification, beyond global consciousness to earth consciousness. I
am suggesting that humanity as a whole may now be approaching this
turning point in our evolution, that Gaia may soon wake up. Just as
human beings had to evolve a brain and then a neocortex in order to
develop self-reflexive consciousness, Gaia must do the same. The
earth has developed its neocortex in the human race and our
technologies, and now humanity must develop the global social
structures and institutions to play the role of coordinating system
in the global brain.” - link
“The
Global Oneness Commitment is an eight-year project with the goal of
uniting people around the globe to mutual actions in order to not
only save what we have, but to transform the planet thru an increase
in spiritual awareness - a new consciousness creating a joyful home
for all its inhabitants and sincere respect for all forms of life.
The project is synchronised with the twin Venus Transits of 2004 and
2012. It starts with the first Venus transit of June 8th 2004 and
ends with the second Transit June 6th 2012.” - link
“Conscious Evolution is the
worldview that has arisen precisely at this moment in history to deal
with the new human condition. It is a vision and a direction to help
us navigate through this transitional period to the next stage of
human evolution. As Einstein admonished, humankind cannot solve its
problems from the same place of consciousness in which we created
them. A new place of consciousness is required. The promise of
Conscious Evolution is nothing less than the emergence of a universal
humanity capable of its guiding its own evolution into a future of
unimaginable cocreativity.” - link
“This
visual of Planet Earth symbolizes a visionary one-planetary
civilization that transcends all religious, sectarian, factional,
ethnic, political, nationalistic, economic, conceptual and cultural
structures which presently divide us. From this perspective, there is
only oneness.” - link
Global
consciousness, much like Global Warming, is just a cynical
manipulation of science in order to promote a much deeper agenda. The
‘climate crisis’ has already morphed from an
environmental problem into a ‘moral and spiritual issue.’
The whole doctrine of sustainability and global warming has been
designed to engender a sense of collective guilt, and the only
solution to the perceived crisis is for humanity to develop a
collective conscience. The Club of Rome is pushing this issue hard.
In 1996 the Club of Budapest released THE
MANIFESTO ON THE SPIRIT OF PLANETARY CONSCIOUSNESS
which was signed by 16 global environmental leaders, 12 of which are
CoR members!
Another phrase the CoR is fond of using is the
urgent need to develop a 'Global Ethic.' Prof Hans Kung, a long-time
CoR member, founded the Global
Ethic Foundation. They
state - “We pledge to work for such
transformation in individual and collective consciousness, for the
awakening of our spiritual powers through reflection, meditation,
prayer, or positive thinking, for a conversion of the heart. Our
earth cannot be changed unless in the not too distant future an
alteration in the consciousness of individuals is achieved. We
believe that the growing emergence of global consciousness,
which is reflected in recent efforts to formulate a global ethic, is
an indicator that such a transformation has begun.”
I
know that I rave on about the CoR but it’s not what the
CoR is that I find so fascinating; it’s who the CoR is.
When I read what they proposed
20 years ago and then see
it unfolding before my eyes I have to take their proposals for
developing a global consciousness in order to reconnect with Gaia
very seriously. But what they don’t tell you in all these
flowery statements about Gaia and global consciousness is that in
order to rejoin “the commonwealth of
all creatures” we are going to have to endure a
“wrenching transformation”
which will include the culling of 5 billion humans. Somehow I don’t
think the CoR elitists will be the ones who have to die, it will be
us useless eaters. The whole Gaia, Global Warming. Global Governance,
Global Consciousness agenda is just a neo-pagan death cult disguised
as science and New Age philosophy:
“It
may be that the destiny of mankind is to become tamed, so that the
fierce, destructive, and greedy forces of tribalism and nationalism
are fused into a compulsive urge to belong to the commonwealth of all
creatures which constitutes Gaia.” - Sir James
Lovelock, Gaia: A New Look At Life
“Minor
shifts in policy, moderate improvement in laws and regulations,
rhetoric offered in lieu of genuine change - these are all forms of
appeasement, designed to satisfy the public’s desire to believe
that sacrifice, struggle and a wrenching transformation of society
will not be necessary." - Al
Gore, Earth in the Balance
"Isn't
the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations
collapse? Isn't it our responsibility to bring that about?"
- Maurice Strong, founder of UNEP
“All
these dangers are caused by human intervention and it is only through
changed attitudes and behaviour that they can be overcome. The real
enemy, then, is humanity itself."
- Club of Rome, The First Global Revolution
"Humans
on the Earth behave in some ways like a pathogenic micro-organism, or
like the cells of a tumor.“ -
Sir James Lovelock, Healing Gaia
“The
Earth has cancer and the cancer is Man."
- Club of Rome, Mankind at the Turning Point
“A
cancer is an uncontrolled multiplication of cells; the population
explosion is an uncontrolled multiplication of people. We must shift
our efforts from the treatment of the symptoms to the cutting out of
the cancer. The operation will demand many apparently brutal and
heartless decisions.'' - Prof
Paul Ehrlich, The Population Bomb
“...
the resultant ideal sustainable population is hence more than 500
million but less than one billion.”
- Club of Rome, Goals for Mankind
"A
reasonable estimate for an industrialized world society at the
present North American material standard of living would be 1
billion. At the more frugal European standard of living, 2 to 3
billion would be possible." -
United Nations, Global Biodiversity Assessment
"A
total population of 250-300 million people, a 95% decline from
present levels, would be ideal."-
Ted Turner, CoR member and major UN donor
"If
I were reincarnated I would wish to be returned to earth as a killer
virus to lower human population levels."
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, patron of the World
Wildlife Fund