What would constitute the cathedral of the future? Where will it be built?
In this conversation, Aviv Shahar, together with Karen Heney and Kyriaki Nikandrou, lay propositional foundations for the cathedral of the future, built not from stone but from generative energy, contemplations and devotions. Our task becomes to carry forward the torch of the human cause for those who follow.
The ecology features of the human cathedral are presence and conductive capacities accessed by slowing down and creating an expanded space. This exploration brings to life inquiry-led contemplation pathways that resist premature conclusion and invite more of the human system into participation and discovery.
The inquiry, ‘What is an epoch’, invites the listener to pause and enter their own contemplation, surrounding the initial question with additional inquiries, listening inwardly, and allowing something to be born within.
Key ideas to reflect on and live into:
- The long view of medieval cathedral builders reflects a devotion far removed from the immediacy of today. What does it mean to dedicate one’s life to something that may only be completed beyond one’s lifetime?
- Resist closing inquiry through the first, reference-based answer. Seek knowledge that extends beyond the purely analytical mind.
- Abide with inquiries, inviting discovery through feeling, value, sentiment, and appreciation.
This episode continues the Universalis journey into the evolving frontiers of human consciousness, coherence, and capacity, where knowing becomes a living force, and validation is no longer abstract but deeply alive in the experience of life itself. Information about upcoming special events can be found on the Events page. Also visit and subscribe to our YouTube channel.
You begin to invite the contemplation, the feeling, and the appreciation, when you settle into the realization that the human model is a bridge between the crowning achievement of what life has reached for in the evolutionary process, right there in the threshold of new, next potential evolution. In which our consciousness, our sensitivity, our attunement, our capacity to connect and appreciate are now elements in the evolutionary process.
Karen Heney
From an early age there has been a compelling search for truths, those realities that didn’t have a fixing or a closed door. The quest for meaning, sometimes quiet, other times reaching and finding pathways, has always accompanied me. The awareness that all life is caused to exist for an inherent purpose, one that allows for the possibility of furtherance and refinement, has prompted both perceptions and questions. These concern the purpose of human life, its integration within greater domains and what I personally may need to discover in order to play my part. Creativity has always been integral, with an endeavour to create visual interpretations of concepts as practical activities. The intention behind a current project is to broaden the paths of relevance and meaning for others to access and explore.
Kyriaki Nikandrou
Aviv Shahar
Aviv serves as the Portals' sherpa. He curates transformational journeys and is a storyteller of the epochal evolution culminating at this time. Aviv is the Founder of Aviv Consulting, helping leaders unleash strategic innovation, and is the author of Create New Futures: How Leaders Produce Breakthroughs and Transform the World Through Conversation.
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