If you imagine the future — a new wave of evolutionary possibility — is like a river, flowing over the planet and through humanity, you can then sense and trace its many tributaries and emerging impacts in the pages of Portals. A guiding inquiry and premise on Portals is that a new future — new universal upgrade and uplift — is pressing in and finding expression at the edge or frontier of our perception and experience. Where? The conversations on Portals offer a clue, a map, to how new intelligence and expanding awareness are transforming many aspects of our world in this time of profound change. Visionaries and pioneers, often with a new understanding of leadership, are found in every field and endeavor: science; health and wellbeing; business and entrepreneurs; education; communities; the mystical and spiritual. They share an intuition or knowing that the future is not a continuation of the past, but is being co-created today with our engagement. These are the voices and perspectives finding a platform on Portals. In this conversation, Aviv Shahar and members of the team reflect and share their thoughts and sentiments about the Portals experience. Among their impressions:
- Each one of us is a pioneer; anytime we come up against something in ourselves that blocks our progress and we decide to break through, in that moment we are pioneering.
- The future is mostly appearing through us, and in our relationships, in the conversations and dialogues. This is why we bring together people from different spaces.
- It’s the sense of deliberation that occurs through diversity; we need all those many different voices. You never know what another voice will unlock in you that you never knew was there.
- There is a radical difference; the human race in the past invested all its intelligence in things outside of itself, like technology. We now are acquiescing to inner intelligence coming through our own design.
- When we talk about the future, the full spectrum appears, regenerative and degenerative. We focus on the regenerative and redemptive, the corrective healing to all that does not support life.
This conversation is part of the continuing Portals discovery into what is emerging on the frontiers of human experience in this time of profound change. Information about upcoming special events can be found on the Events page. Also visit and subscribe to our YouTube channel.
There are ways to access now authentic original important breakthrough perception and ways of knowing and unlocking potential. They’re not defined by the historic journey of humanity to now; there is a new potential that's being unlocked for humanity in a variety of different ways. This journey is to play with and try to decode that.
Kyriaki Nikandrou
When I was a child, staring at the starry night skies, I was filled with awe and wonder, about the mysteries of the Universe, Life, Time, the Human and its place in the Cosmos, trying to connect the dots that link everything with everything… Some years down the line, I still do. I am seeking to be in conversation with others in search for keys, for tools of understanding and application and for the real questions, the ones that become portals to contemplative journeys, leading to uncharted territories that feel like home. I believe we are on a trajectory of multiple and unpredictable changes; it is up to each one of us to rise to the challenge of our times. Now, more than ever before, is the time to be true to ourselves and fulfill our potential.
Patrick Summers
A seeker of the special places. Early on I used to enjoy sitting in certain churches after the service had ended and sensing what felt like fine, special atmospheres. Something was around I could feel but couldn’t see. The same with walks in nature and wilderness. The serenity and sense of healing felt connected to something deeper and finer in the earth, trees, flora and fauna. A type of energy? The planet’s soul? I also began to sense what might be called the special places within, the inner lives and capabilities that can help us perceive and connect to finer sources of light and healing and knowledge all around us. Across the planet and into the universe; we’re all connected. So many journeys of discovery. Shall we proceed?
Jerry Pike
I find it strange that after all these centuries of exceptional progress and accomplishment, we still do not know how we got here, whether it is for anything, and is there something higher on the planet than just us? Such questions have been a central focus for my life. The excitement however is that in the 21st century we now know so much that, if we can put conventional thinking and established beliefs to one side, we are in a great place to explore this enigma. This mystery is ripe for, maybe not solving, but opening up through not only intelligence, but also feelings and some of the exceptional experiences that we are now able to share with each other that was not possible before.
Peter Barry
I don't think I can remember a time when I wasn't asking, Why am I here? Or wondering, What is the purpose of life? Seeking not so much to simply solve the mystery, but rather to find the settlement that comes from knowing one's place, and finding one's home, in this great unfolding. Perhaps, then, one can become part of the living process, which sets one free to go out into the world and discover what is new, what is needed, and ask the question: How can I help?
Emmy Schaling
She has been moved by music from childhood. A musician who discovers the possibilities of the voice, and the instrument she has been educated in, the cello, and who is on a journey of finding out how mindset and connection can bring about a blessing of new music, new experience, and new feelings in self and others: binding, helping, curing.
Aviv Shahar
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. Visit: Aviv Consulting
