The cultivation of qualities as a perennial practice initiates this in-depth appraisal of the current human situation, demonstrating how the values we share become the foundation for co-creating the future together.
Over three recordings, Aviv Shahar, along with Kyriaki Nikandrou and Karen Heney, reflects on twelve considerations, each introduced with a framing paragraph.
At the heart of the dialogue is individual responsibility through self-leadership and the emergence of the self-authored human. This leads naturally to the potential of discovery labs — spaces where new forms of co-arising may be fostered in service of humanity as a whole.
Decoding “what the case is” becomes a practice of easing the melting of old structures, while fresh connections and opportunities reveal themselves within a larger mission we all participate in.
“The actuality of a Universalis Human—a human coming online with the capacity to rebirth itself again and again, in the evolving image of how the universe configures us today.”
Key ideas to reflect on and act upon:
- Qualities – Activating the energetic essence of qualities configures the inner life as a symphony of refining processes.
- Self-Leadership – To lead the self is to consciously grant yourself permission to be the full, agentic human you already are and can yet become.
- Distributed Leadership and Epoch Discovery Labs – Individuals co-create by applying their capacities to decode what is arriving, guided by the mission of easing what is coming online for humanity.
- Dying and Rebirthing – Epochal change unfolds within as well as around us, calling us to release and hospice old ways of seeing the world, while midwifing the new possibilities now seeking birth.
- Differential Speeds of Collapse and Emergence – These forces move at varied rhythms: sometimes acute and sudden, demanding interior regulation and energy calibration; other times slow and deliberate, inviting the conscious crafting of the inner cathedral of the future.
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.
Dying and rebirthing co-arise in us, and while a part of me is dying, there is a whole new part of me that is emerging and is rebirthing. It is deep, introspective, and inter-personal. This is where it is very useful to be in a dialogical discovery with others, where those inner contemplations can be brought to the surface, where we search for language and for a decoding of the phenomenology of the experience and how it is playing out.
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
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