Principal Cause of Stress:
What is the cause of stress? Having our self, our existence repeatedly put on full alert is a principal cause of stress.
The Biologist's View:
According to the biologist, stress is directly induced by the organism's need to evolve in order to endure the changes in his immediate environment. An ecological change or for that matter any profoundly new situation in the environment leads to specialization or generalization in the organic structure that is genetically equipped for rectification. It is generalization that is triggered by stress. Specialization is a product of a relatively stable environment.
The generalized new order always develops an increased capacity to relate with the changed environment in order to survive; soon after specialization takes over. The generalized form immediately begins to specialize in response to competition for scarce resources.
This has been the norm through centuries. The generalized form always seems to suddenly appear and after which it immediately begins to specialize. The question then arises as to how it is possible for stress to trigger generalization and the formation of a higher order of being. The answer lies in the stressed proteins in our cells that probably trigger a response loop which the RNA transmits to the genes causing an immediate speeding up in the rate of gene mutation. This is probably the organism's way of desperately looking for a relief of stress. Since pseudo-genes and DNA introns evolve much faster than their counterparts, it may be that these are held in reserve for when a population is threatened by unresolved stress.
It is also possible that specific genes are targeted in response to environmental stress. If this is true, then it would indicate that generalization is not entirely a random process and that it has direction, maybe even purpose.
Evolution in a Revolution:
Human Beings now no longer live in a natural environment; their environment is now a result of their own intelligence. This self- imposed upbringing causes an unprecedented level of stress which accelerates the evolution of a new generalized order of being. This maybe caused even without the traditional cataclysm of a natural environmental change.
Therefore, one fact now needs to be stated. It is that with the advent of human beings, evolution has ceased to be a blind affair governed by random genetic mutations. A new degree of freedom has appeared; we can think ahead and determine our own future. Our further evolution is now in our own hands - or rather, in our own minds. There is now a revolutionary difference even in the way evolution is shaping up!
The New Human Being:
There presently resides within our population the precursor of the new generalized form of Human Being, as yet unrecognized and undefined! They are the ones who have discovered the true nature and potential of consciousness and thus have evolved inwardly to higher states of consciousness. There is nothing special about them in terms of their biology. They are human beings, just like you and me, with similar bodies and similar nervous systems. The only difference is that they have liberated themselves from a limited, artificially derived sense of identity and discovered a greater peace and security within.
They are relieved of unnecessary fears, and therefore, are in a much better state to cope with the many changes that will be occurring over the coming years. Simply speaking, they are liberated from unnecessary self-centeredness, and are free to care for each other; to offer to you and me the love we so much want for ourselves. Together with such enlightened beings, we will be in a much better position to build a new world - one that is not so driven by this halfway stage in the unfolding of self-consciousness.
There is an urgent need to recognize that our task is to manifest this evolutionary change on earth, now - both for our own sakes and for the sake of every other creature. Now to state the obvious, each one of us is that new generalized form of Human Being, as yet unrecognized and undefined! The times we are living through make it imperative that such among us now complete our inner evolutionary journey into full wakefulness.
A Crisis of Consciousness:
It is necessary that we realize that the global crisis now facing us is, at its root, a crisis of consciousness. The essence of any crisis, whether it be a personal crisis, a political crisis, or, as in this case, a global crisis, is that the old way of functioning is no longer working. Something new is being called for. In this case the old way that is no longer working is our mode of consciousness. The old mode is destroying the world around us, and threatening the survival of our species. The time has come to evolve into a new mode. We need to wake up to our true identity, to make the step that many on this planet have already made, and discover for ourselves the peace and security that lie at our core. The first step is to free ourselves from the need to reinforce an artificially derived sense of identity. We need to act in accord with our true needs - and with the needs of others and the needs of our environment. This is the true direction of our evolution - the evolution of our consciousness.
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Consciousness
July 2007 
Kalyan
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