This is something close to my heart Red. Is evolution just a human condition, or does it apply to all life forms?In the last couple of years Iv'e been interested in theoretical physics. Does consciousness go all the way down.Are we as humans more aware,more alive than other forms of life? Are we more valuable because we believe that we are a higher form of life?Evolution when talking in terms of strongest survive ,the insects have us beat.If we are talkng in terms of intelligence thats subjective.Mankind lives under the supposition that we are ordained to rule other forms of life. My therory is that life exist as one.No one form of life more superior than another.All life is made of matter,and energy,all coexist in a universe designed in perfection. No evil,thats subjective,no good,thats subjective.I can go deeply into this subject if anyone is interested.To answer your question. Mankind is no more important in the universe than any other form of life. It's neither spiritual,genetic ,or social. In my opinion.

 

I cut off my train of thought to soon. Evolution is the natural process of  matter and energy changing at rapid unseen rates. It's not social,or genetic.It's the natural,chaotic process of life itself.

 

 

Well, young women are getting bigger breasts because of hormones to make milk cows produce more milk and have bigger tits. Accident, I think not. The Japanese are becoming tall, as well as many other peoples because of growth hormones in chicken and other meats. Accident, I think not. Worldwide we're all being dumbed down and de-sensitized by alluminum oxide, chlorine, floride, and who knows what else. Accident, I think not. Supposedly all the electric power cables hanging all over  our heads has a negative spiritual effect on mankind as well according to some. Television and music media corporate empires now control completely our social and cultural evolution and fashions. The human race isn't evolving or gaining any true enlightenment and freedom, its being more deeply and completely enslaved than ever before. Our potentials are slowly being squashed into non-existance. Boy have I been depressed lately, probably what is inspiring this depressing view. But still, its food for thought. Depression does serve a usefull purpose, it lets us know that we aren't on the right track in life.

Accident? Perhaps not, Evolution though? Hardly. Merely physical cause and effect. History is full of cases like these where because of a certain diet or lifestyle regime, the parties affected were larger, lived longer, were smaller, or lived less. Regardless, mankind on it's own returns to a basic form. Physical evolution if it exists, takes a long time and requires multiple mutations that have to live and breed and make it by a lot of failsafes in the body in order to continue the line. Mutations are not evolution. We can't say that a beagle is the evolution of a wolf. The beagle is a mutation of a wolf. If you take some time to read Greek, Roman, early texts, it soon strikes you that these people while technologically different were just as we are today basically. If you could, you could converse with these 3000 year old people and find them no less intelligent than yourself in basic ability. And if the technology was explained to them, I have no doubts they would understand it. So as far as Physical evolution goes, I am still unsure of how and when modern man became modern man. And as wierd as it sounds, I tend to think there may have been some sort of alien crossbreeding that spured it, whether that was purely spiritual, or physical, I am also unsure of.

 

Spiritual evolution though, I do believe in. It seems to be only a small percentage of people that question the basic religions of their surroundings. 99 percent are content to believe whatever they were raised with. Some lesser percent feel the need to continue any spiritual consideration after reaching adulthood, except in the basic historical sense of passing their religions to their children. So, I tend to believe that humans are not at equal levels in spiritual evolution. It's a tough question though because am I, or are we, any better for our curiousity? It certainly seems a lot easier road to travel to just go on your day to day activities content in your family, or national basic religion. The curiousity that leads us to exploring alternate religions, commonalities, the unknown, the magic of elemental manipulation, also makes one more sensitive to the pain and suffering that others feel, whether they be animal, vegetative, mineral or human. It also leads to a understanding that most, if not all, of this suffering, is pretty much out of our hands. We can try to make a difference in some cases, but the difference is mostly temporary, and there is always the question of karma. Should we even try to make a difference? The basic question becomes, Is it my karma to try to make a difference, or is it their karma to feel whatever distress they are going through. The overwhelming mental overload to these types of questions lead directly to Zen, where one just accepts all as it is. I can do that only for a short while and then my curiousity pushes me out again.

 

Evolution if it exist, must exist in multiple paths, dimensions and time lines. It is more complex than I am really ready for, and I have basically decided that I will continue to pursue knowlege along multiple lines. If this leads to my evolution, so be it. I only can accept that for now, I thirst for knowlege, and in between the drudgeries of common day to day tasks, I attempt to quench that thirst. In some ways I feel that we have dodged a bullet somehow. A few years ago, around the millinium,  I felt a strong closing of circles, so to speak. A coming together of friends from past and present. Lately though, I don't feel this is as critical, and I feel more people striking out on solitary paths again. I don't know why this is.

 

As far as the consciousness of other than human go. I feel it exists, and it can be intermingled with. But I feel that the majority of these consciousnesses are on their own paths. A world foriegn to the majority of us. I think that in the distant past, the worlds were closer but as human technology increased, these worlds grew far apart and have in most case, for their own protection, become adversarial. Perhaps the ultimate evolution, will be the coming together of all these and our consciousness.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 "Have we then taken the reins  from Nature? Mankind has the power to deliberately design its evolution through gene-splicing, designer babies and cellular cloning. This is a bad bad thing in my opinion.
 Okay, how about if we try this road of supposition... If mankind can recognize its place in the Web of Life as an equal to flora and fauna (in the spirit of Oneness) and eradicate the less appealing traits of humanity... such as murder, abuse and poverty.... would this be considered the next evolution of man? 
If the mutated species kills off the original species, is that evolution?"

 

 

 

  

I think evolution is more under the control of will power, knowledge, and faith rather than accidental mutation. I also think that higher realised consciousnesses can influence the evolution of others. Well, actually, I know so. If a population as a whole believes certain physical traits are neccessary than that population will eventually realise those physical traits for themselves. Creator and Manipulater consciousnesses play with things all the time.

All species constantly mutate into different forms. Humanity follows this same path both genetically and spiritually. Imo the human species has physically and spiritually morphed into an unstable form since the advent of the Abrahamic fanatic cults as 'world religions'. I think the species will face a trial by fire unlike anything in history soon and the result will be either a radically different new and improved version of humanity or even extinction if the challenge to adapt isn't met.

 

                                                         -L.B.

I'm surprised that no one has even briefly mentionned the Indigo children. I'm not going to mention anything about them, but if you want proof of the 'next step of human evolution', there's the topic you should search for.

 

Tadhg Laoch