Being aware of and knowing to appreciate the harmony and beauty of cosmic laws and forces as well of the magic of life and consciousness, is an undisputable premise to allow for any further Human Progress, since we are no more than just one of the last steps (at least as we know of) in the long chain of an everlasting cosmic evolution.
For those who have not yet grasped this understanding or, on the contrary, want to reinforce this awareness, Human Progress strongly and passionately recommends the following sequence of videos, just for a start ;) Enjoy!
One of Carl Sagan's most pertinent messages for humanity.
Vision and starting point for Human Progress Network
The starting point is a very simple question:
"The Human Species (Homo Sapiens) seems to have emerged some 200.000 years ago. So, how about our next 200.000 years?"
In our individual lives, we humans frequently think about our own future over a time span that is equal to or even greater than our own age (up to a certain age of course). In that same way Human Progres Network would like to think, theorize and fantasize about our collective future as a species. And we as very little, no further than just our own age, of some 200.000 years would be enough. On a geological time scale this is no more than the blink of an eye. And most probably we are just infants, just starting to discover our own existance.
Biologist Rupert Sheldrake speaks about morphic fields and Systemic Family Constellations. He explains how all social animals, including humans, are connected by fields of information that are shared by all members. A therapeutic application of morphic fields in humans is an experiential process called Systemic Family Constellations.
Quantum physics stands at the base of all existence. It implies matter, space, energy and possibly vibration or even time and reality. Until some hundred years ago life was simple and all matter was supposed to be build out of atoms, which were thought to be the smallest undividable parts of matter as if they were tiny marbles. Now the atom itself is known to consist of quarks. And quarks at their turn might consist of even smaller and more weird stuff called strings, which would be no more than just a kind of vibrational substance that may present itself as matter or as energy.
Spirituality in its broadest sense has to do with matters of the spirit. The word is being used in many ways and can be asociated with religion or the supernatural, but the essence lies within the personal, inner experience. (wikipedia - NL).
“Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality” Carl Sagan
“The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend personal God and avoid dogma and theology. Covering both the natural and the spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things natural and spiritual as a meaningful unity.” Albert Einstein
Most videos on this site reflect the generally accepted theories on Human Evolution and the Emergence of Civilization and Society. However, alternative theories exist that should not be discharged as they sometimes answer questions that cannot be thouroughly explained by official theories.
In the videos about the evolution of the cosmos, the earth or life there is a concept that seems to repeat itself in several ocasions: the fact that evolution is about the increase of complexity.
The world is full of inspiring initiatives and references, that have the capacity to wake up people or to trigger (more) action from people who have already started to wake up and are becoming aware.
This page is simply for compiling references for possibly more specific distribution over this website later on.
In India there is a man who singlehandedly and without using any industrial machinery has recovered a forest of 550 hectares (Central Park NYC = 341 hectares), all by himself since 1979. Who's next? With just 0,017% of human population doing the same, we would recover another Amazon forest!
(530 Million years ago - year 89 on the 100 year time-scale) The first simple life forms seem to have appeared much sooner on Earth than previously assumed, actually almost as soon as the planet became stable enough, with a stable crust and enough water for some primal oceans, some 3.800 million years ago. However it then took over 2.000 billion years for these simple creatures to evolve to more complex organisms, which suddenly thrived in what is called the Cambrian Explosion, only some 500 million years ago.
The Human Progress Network is an independent and, for now, individual project under continuous development, with limited resources. So, its own progress will be slow for now, but maybe that is just about right, as opposed to fast food, fast money or fast lives and in the line of the Slow Food philosophy. As soon as the circumstances allow it the website(s) will be put in a foundation with the following vision and mission. Most information is initially created in english ("generic") for the highest coverage, lack of time for translation, but also because, quite unfortunately, most of the used videos simply exist only in english (help or suggestions for translation/subtitling or existing versions in other languages are welcome :) Other initial webs of the HuPro Network:
Independency Project for a better world, we first need to become independent (again) from the fierce and ruthless dominance over modern 'civilization' by banks, corporations, big industry and the "growth" concept.
Inspiration Tree for global sharing and development of inspirations/ideas as an ongoing, open, transparent, collective brainstorm session either for solutions or improvement on individual, local or global issues or as input for further progress.
More web-inspirations do exist but only in a conceptual stage yet.