The Current Global Crisis and the Future of Humanity: A Transpersonal Perspective

27, 2005 in Tomales Bay Institute in Point Reyes Station, CA. The meeting was convened by Tomales Bay fellows and writers Jonathan Rowe and Peter Barne; additional participants besides Stanislav Grof were film makers/story tellers/story analysts Jim Bonnet, Gene Hines, John Korty and Cornelia Durrant, Susan Strong from the Metaphor Project, and Jason Salfi from Earth Island Institute. The question discussed was: “What is the implicit narrative/drama or myth that is framing the public arena these days and what new counter-narratives are needed?” The task of the group was to outline a vision for USA that would have the power to inspire American people and successfully compete with the "American Dream" vision which no longer seems to work and with the dangerous "Left Behind" (Jesus Rapture) vision that currently dominates the thinking of tens of millions of Americans. The following is Grof's suggestion for such a vision based on observations from consciousness research.