This being the last day of the first month of this year, with no postings thus far in January, I started this day feeling a bit guilty for giving my devoted readers so little to chew on in recent months. Google is going to find out about this and demote me. Currently Google gives Ageless Marketing a 6/10 ranking which is pretty good. But I must do more postings to keep from slipping into a ranking of “who cares?”
In my own defense I spent the last quarter of 2008 dealing with a bit of a health issue. It’s still with me, but I’m truckin’ on.
I have been working on a white paper for a client in south Africa, elements of which I plan to share with my readers. The white paper makes a case that an epochal change is taking place on a global scale in human consciousness. It has inspired a number of recent books, countless articles and significant changes in some large, important companies.
This new consciousness is also reflected in the perspective that Barack Obama has brought to the political stage.
One of the observations I make in the white paper is that the U.S. automobile industry is beyond salvation. This is not a new view in this space. I ran a post three years ago authored by auto industry expert John Keilly who was quite pessimistic about the future of the U.S. auto industry. The U.S. auto industry is beyond saving in my view because it seeks the solutions it needs to survive from the vantage point of a consciousness that is not able to render a clear picture of either the challenges to its existence or what is necessary to surmount those challenges.
At first, talking about transitioning from one consciousness to another may sound New Agey. However, the white paper describes the emergent shift in consciousness from a historical perspective, beginning with society-wide change in consciousness catalyzed by the Gutenberg movable type press, then the huge shift fomented by the emergence of Newtonian science and finally the one we’re entering now that is rooted in quantum science.
The new consciousness, which I have termed quantum consciousness, is being catalyzed by three major forces. First, the aging of industrial societies, which is producing a more seasoned, experienced group mind that is taking us from an ethos that is strongly egocentric to one that is more “We” oriented. Second, the group mind, as it were, that is developing from and on the Internet. Third, remarkable developments in brain science that are giving a new and much expanded understanding of how the physical brain and intangible mind depend on each other and work together.
A good place to start in this new thread is by viewing an extraordinary account of a stroke by a brain scientist who experienced the stroke. Some of my readers have no doubt see the videoed account but it’s still worthwhile seeing again. I will begin my next post with a discussion of the deeper meanings of what the brain scientist who experienced the stroke, Jill Bolte Taylor, shares with us.