Let’s imagine we fully embrace the perception that a big leap in evolution is now liberating the human species into a fuller universal possibility — homo universalis. Are we including ourselves, our own lives, in this vison of a new future? How will this emerging future find us, as individuals and communities? The first step in becoming available and accessible to this possibility is to ensure we’re making space in our minds, hearts and busy lives for superior intelligence to nudge its way in and work its transformative magic. Or is the bright energetic sign flashing above our heads reading “no vacancy”? Fortunately, there are practical tools and technologies to help us make and expand inner space. “Loom thinking” allows us to approach an inquiry not as a single question, but as a mosaic of multiple connected ideas that greatly expands the field of possible discovery and revelation. The art of contemplation is a powerful natural capability to unlock the deeper content and meaning of almost any point of focus. What’s stopping us? Many cultural currents and attitudes of modern life can blur our vision. For example, artificial intelligence, which is critical in many aspects of development and our sense of community. But no level of AI can replace the inherent human capacity to find and unlock new knowledge, and therefore the future. These are among the many mind-expanding (and space making) ideas we take up in part two of The Homo Universalis Project, a special series of Portals conversations with Aviv Shahar and Portals friends Karen Heney and Kyriaki Nikandrou. The project’s origin story is traced in part one. Unlocked in their new conversation:

• Humans are not a singular being; we’re a multiplicity. Approaching anything in singularity implies shutting down the many other lives of us, which limits the human from its full promise.
• There is deep insight into some of the pathologies and syndromes we now see in young people; they define themselves not in relation to themselves but to impressions they find on social media.
• Part of our sense of self exists because we’re able to hold space for who we are. With intensified social messages 24/7, we lose the boundary of who and what we are, which leads to depression and anxiety.
• The word “looming” or creating looms refers to something that's emerging or about to happen. Loom thinking offers the sense of facilitating what is emerging, or creating space for an emergent future.
• We can use the process of mindful gazing — at the world, history, our own lives — enhanced by emerging new permissions to melt the pain and trauma preventing us from feeling our kinder human nature.
• The “permanent line inquiry" practice generates inquiries live inside you permanently, even when you're asleep. It's not an intellectual or mental thing; it’s a devotional quest that you breathe to life.

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