The Convergence

This VoiceAmerica Special, “HUMANITY'S MOMENT OF CHOICE: HOLOMOVEMENT” explores what “Holomovement” means-- and the global community “THE HOLOMOVEMENT” (at holomovement.net) that is advancing Holomovement vision and action-- excitingly toward Love and a world that works for all. This Special also marks the occasion of the Holomovement's new free e-publication which we direct you to immediately below. More than just a catchy title, Holomovement has become a name to rally around for global collaborative social change. It was first coined by David Bohm, American physicist and contemporary of Einstein-- echoing the millennial vision of the world's Great Wisdom Traditions and current cutting edge science-- that our Universe is a unified whole in which our deepest human experience is an intimate part. It affirms that since all actions in the Universe ultimately unfold for the good of the whole, we can say We and our Universe are really about Love and the well-being of all. We direct you to a colorful free e-publication about all this at ISSUU.com/lightonlight. Click there on the multi-colored cover entitled THE HOLOMOVEMENT WAVE: CO-CREATING A RIPPLE EFFECT OF CHANGE. See also the book THE HOLOMOVEMENT: EMBRACING OUR COLLECTIVE PURPOSE TO UNITE HUMANITY (available at all booksellers) edited by Emanuel Kuntzelman and Jill Robinson, In this VoiceAmerica Special, Emanuel joins eight other key members of the Holomovment Core Team to discuss multiple aspects of the Holomovement vision and work. Ultimately the Guest List, as reflected above in the Showpage links to guest bio's, is Emanuel Kuntzleman, Paulette Pipe, Scarlett Lewis, Mariko Pitts, Zenka Caro, Adam Cupell, Yasmine El Baggari, and Laura Rose. Guided by science and spirituality, this unifying movement is part of catalyzing a massive shift in human consciousness. The Evolutionary Leaders Circle, a project of the Source of Synergy Foundation, which sponsors and hosts Humanity's Moment of Choice is pleased to present this program. It also partnered with The Holomovement for its “Igniting the Holomovement”” event in Sedona Arizona in 2023 and its Holomovement Wave event in 2024 in Ibiza Spain. Light on Light Publications and Media, which co-host this Humanity's Moment of Choice Series on VoiceAmerica, produced both Holomovement publications. The VoiceAmerica host for this Special is Dr. Kurt Johnson of the Holomovement, Evolutionary Leaders Circle, and Light on Light. Again, please enjoy and be inspired by the free e-publication just mentioned, at ISSUU.com/lightonlight: THE HOLOMOVEMENT WAVE: CO-CREATING A RIPPLE EFFECT OF CHANGE. And, check out holomovement.net for information on the next Holomovement Wave event, partnered with the Asheville, North Carolina community, in May 2025.

This VoiceAmerica Special—“Humanity's Moment of Choice: Impact for Change” is on the occasion of the annual GLOBAL ONENESS SUMMIT a six-day free online event, Oct. 19-24-- and follows on our previous, September, program on the United Nations September 2024 “Summit of the Future”-- and the event “The Deep and Rapid Transformation Convergence”, held at the Synod House of the Cathedral St. John the Divine in New York City in advance of the Summit on September 19, 2024. For free public participation in the online GLOBAL ONENESS SUMMIT, with over 50 free presentations from thought leaders, activists, artists and entertainers, simply “google” “Global Oneness Summit” or go to https://www.humanitysteam.org/global-oneness-summit#googtrans(en). This VoiceAmerica Special features global leaders from all these events sharing their visions for IMPACT for positive global change. Guests are Steve Farrell, co-founder of Humanity's Team & visioneer of the GLOBAL ONENESS SUMMIT; Diane Marie Williams and the Rev. Deborah Moldow from the Evolutionary Leaders Circle of the Source of Synergy Foundation, a major sponsor of the Summit of the Future event; Daniel Stone and Heidi Sparkes Guber who facilitated the New York City event that hosted over 100 global leaders; Roger Briggs and Randall Libero, who join us with expertise on the role of media in impact; and Mariko Pitts of the Holomovment, and Jon Ramer from a number of collaborative global initiatives, who wrap up this examination and assessment of Impact for positive global change. Please see the biographies of the Special's guests, since they will be introduced more briefly on the program itself. Lastly, the noted September events were in New York City, San Francisco, and Japan, and coordinated by collaborative media. You can find out about all of them at https://unite4peace.org/ and at EVENTS at https://unity.earth/. For more background on The Summit of the Future [SoF] see: www.un.org/en/summit-of-the-future; for more background on the related Pact for the Future see: www.un.org/en/summit-of-the-future/pact-for-the-future-zero-draft www.un.org/en/summit-of-the-future/pact-for-the-future-revisions Vision of the Unitive Narrative can be found at: sdgthoughtleaderscircle.org/unitive-new-narrative/ and at the inspiring short film at YouTube “A Radical Guide to Reality”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GkLM8o4RXc&t=130s. For the vision of collaborative Media see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xTnOzSnOto&t=2010s. Join us for this Special program, available 24-7 at https://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2610/the-convergence.

This VoiceAmerica Special-- Humanity's Moment of Choice: Summit of the Future-- is on the occasion of the United Nations September 2024 “Summit of the Future” and the event “The Deep and Rapid Transformation Convergence” being held at the Synod House of the Cathedral St. John the Divine in New York City in advance of the Summit on September 19, 2024. The Special speaks with the global leaders who have created the Deep and Rapid Transformation Convergence Event, now also known as the DRTC. The DRTC— see an information page at http://p0.vresp.com/4nPa1j -- is an initiative of the SDG Thought Leaders Circle (sdgthoughtleaderscircle.org) of the Evolutionary Leaders and it is aimed at influencing the achievement of the Summit of the Future (SoF) by infusing it with unitive principles and praxes.? The DRTC is composed of key thought leaders from each of the major dimensions of the SoF who are engaged in defining the core strategies needed to ensure that goals of the Summit, like the Sustainable Development Goals (embraced by 193 nations) are achieved in a way that serves all. Please see the biographies of the Special's guests who will be introduced more briefly on the program itself. They are all affiliated with the Evolutionary Leaders, a project of the Source of Synergy Foundation, and include Diane Marie Williams, Daniel Stone, Heidi Sparkes Guber, Dr. Joni Carley, Dr. Richard Clugston, Tezikiah Gabriel, Dr. Jude Currivan and Emanuel Kuntzelman. This event is part of a greater celebration of the International Peace Week, and the International Day of Peace, which can be found under the umbrella of UNITE 4 Peace at unite4peace.org. There you can learn more, and how to be involved, in important September events in New York City, San Francisco & Japan, and, in October in these networks' annual Global Oneness Summit. For more background on The Summit of the Future [SoF] see: www.un.org/en/summit-of-the-future; for more background on the related Pact for the Future see: www.un.org/en/summit-of-the-future/pact-for-the-future-zero-draft www.un.org/en/summit-of-the-future/pact-for-the-future-revisions Vision of the Unitive Narrative can be found at: sdgthoughtleaderscircle.org/unitive-new-narrative/ and at the inspiring short film at YouTube “A Radical Guide to Reality”.

This special broadcast on Conscious Media features the eminent 2024 Illuminate Film Festival. It occurs April 5-7 (in person) in Santa Barbara California and continues online April 8-14. Illuminate is the world's leading film festival for evolutionary cinema and-- aptly partnered with the global Holomovement-- has, as it's 2024 theme: “Movies Make Movements Happen”. Find out more about Illuminate at Illuminatefilmfestival.com and about the Holomovment at Holomovement.net. The broadcast highlights key leaders from both Illuminate and the Holomovement, in order of their appearance-- Emanuel Kuntzelman (lead visioneer of the emerging Holomovement), Téana David (Executive Director of Illuminate) and Mariko Pitts (Core Strategist for the Holomovement). Joining for commentary is well-known conscious media pioneer Randall Libero, who launched some of the pioneer programs of Eckhart Tolle with Oprah, Stephen Dinan of Shift and Deepak Chopra. Illuminate is a 501c3- sponsored organization, pioneering the growth of the emerging conscious film movement. Its mission is to elevate human consciousness and inspire lasting transformation through cinema. Its vision is to serve as the global hub for Conscious Cinema. Its films and workshops explore The Human Journey, Self and Relationship, Mind and Science, Spiritual Practice & Meditation, Nature and Sustainability, Arts and Creative Expression and the paradigm shifts that are occurring right now, across our world. This year's Festival will announce new awards aiming at further spurring this tide of Conscious, Evolutionary media. VoiceAmerica hosts Dr. Kurt Johnson and Karuna (a veteran of Hollywood Films) close out the broadcast with well wishes for this exciting venture. Karuna will be representing Light on Light Media (sponsors of this VoiceAmerica Series) at Illuminate. Humanity's Moment of Choice is a Series on VoiceAmerica in association with The Evolutionary Leaders (evolutionaryleaders.net), a project of the Source of Synergy Foundation. Join us for this exciting broadcast.

This inspiring broadcast assembles global thought leaders and activists from an important International event “Awakening to Humanity's Sacred Mission: An International Symposium and Call to Action”. This uniquely inspired online global event-- available now 24-7 online for ongoing viewing-- was originally suggested by two-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Ervin Laszlo (from his latest book THE GREAT UPSHIFT) and co—sponsored by a dozen major international impact networks. Some 2500 persons attended. The event stands out due to its unprecedented global collaboration and its core focus on deep engagement. It serves as a worldwide rallying point for actionable steps and mass mobilization in transformative movements for the greater good. The link for ongoing viewing is: https://unity.earth/symposium-2024-global-broadcast/ The VoiceAmerica broadcast includes Ben Bowler, principal planner of the event, Jon Ramer, host of the event's interactive sessions and six attendees, Joni Carley, Charles Betterton, Stan Pokras, John Clausen, Kurt Krueger, and David Currie, all of whom, as you can see from their bio's on the Showpage here, are leaders widely engaged internationally, regionally and locally. This discussant group was gathered from a meeting of thought leaders and activists from The Prosocial Commons of Prosocial.world. A major take-away from the event was the distilling of key points of unity and activism centering on fourteen essentials we could expect to see if indeed the world is awakening to this vital transformative work. These also summarize the work attendees of the global symposium are dedicated to in “radical collaboration”. They are: Global Collaboration and Peace Initiatives; Reduction in Conflict and Violence; Equitable Distribution of Resources; Sustainable Environmental Practices; Cultural and Social Inclusivity; Global Health; Improvements; Educational Advancement and Access;Technological and Scientific Innovation for Good; Increased Civic Engagement and Participatory Governance; Psychological and Spiritual Growth; Resilience and Adaptability; Art and Creative Expression; Transparency and Accountability in Leadership; and Solidarity Movements and Activism. For all of these efforts see especially https://www.holomovement.net/. Join us for this inspiring broadcast, and, revisit the amazing content from this international event at: https://unity.earth/symposium-2024-global-broadcast/.

This VoiceAmerica Special points to, and shares from, an important international event of the esteemed Galileo Commission, Dec. 29-30, 2023, featuring contributors to the important new book THE GREAT UPSHIFT: HUMANITY'S COMING ADVANCE TOWARD PEACE AND HARMONY ON THE PLANET, “Roadmaps for Planetary Activists” (https://amzn.to/3PklmXB) by two-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Ervin Laszlo and David Lorimer, Chair of the Galileo Commission. The Galileo Commission was founded in 2017 to expand the worldview of science. Ninety advisors representing thirty universities worldwide published the well known GALILEO COMMISSION REPORT, which is available in both academic and general public versions: BEYOND A MATERIALIST WORLDVIEW—TOWARDS AN EXPANDED SCIENCE. Contributors to THE GREAT UPSHIFT agree: We have reached a historic turning point -- a 'point of bifurcation' at which we must find new ways to upshift our individual and collective consciousness to ensure the desired resolution of the world's crises. The Great Upshift offers roadmaps for all of us to do this.” This vital book is a compendium of insights into solutions for our world, troubled by climate change, conflict, and unsustainable conditions and calls for our conscious participation in universal values of love and care that we all share-- and which point us toward a world that works for all. David Lorimer cohosts this VoiceAmerica Special, hosting first Ervin Laszlo and then, in order of appearance: Ben Bowler of UNITY EARTH and three time Nautilus Award Winner Dr. Robert Atkinson speaking about this December program and also a February 2024 event with Lazslo, Lorimer and other guests entitled” Awakening to Humanity's Sacred Mission, An International Symposium and Call to Action”, February 9-11, 2024. This Symposium will also be featured here on VoiceAmerica. Then follow discussions with six noted contributors to THE GREAT UPSHIFT— renowned authors and influencers Jude Currivan, Anneloes Smitsman, Charles Eisenstein, Natalie Zeituny, Alfredo de Zayas and Bruce Lipton. Kurt Johnson hosts for VoiceAmerica. Websites to follow for announced upcoming events: December 2023-- Galileo Commission: https://galileocommission.org/; Laszlo Institute for New Paradigm Research: https://thelaszloinstitute.com/; February 2024: the above and UNITY EARTH: https://unity.earth/; Evolutionary Leaders: https://www.evolutionaryleaders.net/; Light on Light: https://www.lightonlight.us/; and the Facebook Pages for all of these organizations.

Global experts on UFO (UAP) phenomena join in a historical review, and update, on this crucial question of extraterrestrial life and whether Earth is being visited by civilizations elsewhere in the universe. With recent documentations by governments and military, and pending legislation on “Disclosure”, this issue—much in the news—is of vital importance. The program is companioned by a special video compilation listeners can view at YouTube. The program is divided into four segments: Cases, Cover-up, Contactees and Consciousness. Program cohost Alan Steinfeld, author of MAKING CONTACT: Preparing for the New Realities of Extraterrestrial Existence, joins renowned UFO and future science authorities Dr. J. J. Hurtak and Dr. Desiree Hurtak. The program is introduced by Diane Marie Williams, cofounder of the Evolutionary Leaders (a project of the Source of Synergy Foundation) and its Contact and Conscious Evolution Synergy Circle. Special guests, included from public media audio clips or interviews, are important UFO authorities, Linda Moulten Howe, Luis Elizondo, Grant Cameron & Travis Walton, Apollo astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell, former Maelstrom Air Base Commander Robert Salas, and scientist Dr. Bruce Lipton. Dr. Kurt Johnson hosts for VoiceAmerica. The video is available at YouTube at the Evolutionary Leaders Channel (https://www.youtube.com/@EvolutionaryLeaders [under VIDEOS]), by searching “CONTACT: Conversations on UFOs/ UAPs”, or at the direct link provided here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Nww2HyQb4xGRPLgnXueFAPm2iTux9vhW_nR_SyABaqY/edit

In this special program for 2023 INTERNATIONAL PEACE WEEK (peaceweek.org), from Synergy Circles of the Evolutionary Leaders (evolutionaryleaders.net), a dozen key leaders of major global impact networks share their event and initiative plans for 2023 Peace Week (Sept. 11-23) AND THEN their visions on into the pivotal year of 2024. Included (in order of appearance) are EMANUEL KUNTZELMAN, of Holomovement.net; BEN BOWLER of PeaceWeek.org and UNITY.earth; JON RAMER of OneWorld.earth; JULIE KRULL of Goodofthewhole.org/connection-field; DEBORAH MOLDOW of Evolutionary Leaders.net; DAVID GERSHON of Empowerment Institute.net; ANNELOES SMITSMAN of Earthwisecentre.org; SHANNON MARIE WINTERS of LightonLight.us publications and media; and, reporting on Evolutionary Leaders' Synergy Circle special projects, RIANE EISLER of Centerforpartnership.org, and KARUNA & VICTORIA FRIEDMAN from LightonLight.us. The program caps with RICK ULFIK, founder of the 11 Days of Global Unity which, since 2004, has been a centering point, across the United Nations community, for projects like these working for significant global transformational change. Also announced are a new BLOG at VoiceAmerica.com and a new VIDEO HUB at Humanitysteam.org/stream. Celebrate and co-vision with these global change-makers, all members of the Evolutionary Leaders Circle (a project of the Source of Synergy Foundation) as we enter this era of the NETWORK FORM OF ORGANIZATION and the NETWORK FORM OF IMPACT. Join us for this inspiring broadcast. Let's co-vision together toward the world that works for all.

In this special program for 2023 international PEACE WEEK (peaceweek.org), from Synergy Circles of the Evolutionary Leaders (evolutionaryleaders.net), DR. NINA MEYERHOF, co-founder of One Humanity Institute House of Hope, situated across from Auschwitz, in Poland (onehumanity.institute), and DR. ELENA MUSTAKOVA, co-founder of Unitive Justice and Global Security Thought Leaders Circle, and of the Foundation for Virtues and Social Health in Bulgaria, speak about their work creating social incubators in former Eastern Europe and worldwide. They each share how connecting to their inner essence and historical roots became the source of their lifelong commitment to global education and empowerment work, based on a spiritual understanding of global processes wherein one can experience glimpses of a humanity learning to transcend limiting cultural mindsets and to find healing and unity. Nina worked with children from over 100 countries and most recently with Ukrainian and Polish youth, creating the One Humanity Institute, intended to become a living laboratory for solutions for peaceful co-existence for a more compassionate, equitable and just world for local youth, and visitors from around the world. Elena works with communities worldwide and builds partnerships with emergent environmental and social youth initiatives in post-communist Bulgaria, seeking to offer a unifying vision. Humanity's Moment of Choice, on the Convergence Series at VoiceAmerica will follow during Peace Week (Sept. 11-21) with a special broadcast featuring over a dozen global leaders focusing major transformational initiatives based on the Evolutionary Leaders Synergy Circles, the Holomovement (https://www.holomovement.net/) and related global impact networks (https://www.evolutionaryleaders.net/synergycircles). Dr. KURT JOHNSON and the Rev. DEBORAH MOLDOW of the Evolutionary Leaders host.

This VoiceAmerica Special features the hosts of WORLD UNITY WEEK “New Earth Rising”, a free online event June 17-24, 2023 (worldunityweek.org). Guests are BEN BOWLER, JON RAMER, IRINA MORRISON and BECKY SUZIK. World Unity Week is an annual online 8-day event embracing the mid-year Solstice, Yoga Day, UN Refugee Day and a vast array of interconnected global content. This year World Unity Week launches the 99 Days of Peace through Unity, and Radical Collaboration, culminating in Peace Week in September. World Unity Week offers something for everyone with a host of inspiring, engaging and interactive events, presentations and co-creative opportunities. World Unity Week is an ecosystem of multiple spaces called “Convergence Rooms” that each follow a particular theme, such as: Peace-Building, Partnering with Nature, Intentional Community Living Integral Cities and Eco-Regions, Community-led Eco-centered Governance, Trauma Healing, Awakening Consciousness and more! The Special joins HUMANITY'S MOMENT OF CHOICE's 2023 change-making features starting with A NEW UNIVERSAL DREAM, then WORLD UNITY WEEK, YOGA DAY, CHANGING HUMANITY'S FUTURE and the HOLOMOVEMENT, UPSHIFT AND PEACE ON EARTH by 2030 global movements. Featured are the events and their leaders and also the books and videos from Light on Light Press (lightonlight.us) that support these important global initiatives. Evolutionary Leaders join the discussions from all around the world. Dr, Kurt Johnson hosts for VoiceAmerica.

Steve Farrell, author of A NEW UNIVERSAL DREAM: My Journey from Silicon Valley to a Life in Service to Humanity is joined by celebrated NY Times bestselling author Neale Donald Walsch (the CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD books), Peter Matthies of The Conscious Business Institute, and Diane Williams and Rev. Deborah Moldow of the Evolutionary Leaders Circle. Building on the themes of A NEW UNIVERSAL DREAM, they discuss inspiring movements now emerging globally to meet the crucial challenges of our times. Farrell and Walsch are co-founders of Humanity's Team, the world largest non-profit transformative education platform. Discussed are arising global movements and their related book and media messages: the Holomovement, Upshift and Empowerment movements, Humanity's Team's own “Changing Humanity's Future” Initiative, and more. A NEW UNIVERSAL DREAM is an inspiring book on Leadership and Conscious Living. In it Steve Farrell recounts his five-decade journey from the American Dream to a life modeling personal well-being and conscious leadership-- as co-founder with Neale Donald Walsch of Humanity's Team, a global non-profit organization focused on helping people awaken to their deeper selves through an awareness of the interconnectedness of everything. Today, Humanity's Team has some 700,000 friends in over 150 countries and their celebrated projects include the Conscious Business Declaration, Conscious Business Change Agent Certification, the popular annual Global Oneness Day, and online programming of all kinds across the realm of Transformational Education. Join us for this informative and inspiring VoiceAmerica Special.

In this seventh special in the Series Humanity's Moment of Choice guests center on the challenge of what might bring our planet to a global civilization that actually works for all. Dr. Julie Krull discusses unity and a unitive narrative with Dr. Jude Currivan, Dr. Robert Atkinson, and Teresa Collins-- leading authorities on unity, wholeness, and the evolution of consciousness and members of the unitive narrative synergy circle of the Evolutionary Leaders (an initiative of the Source of Synergy Foundation). They explore Humanity's Moment of Choice in these transformative times, as it relates to our understanding of ourselves through story and narrative. From cosmology to direct experience, and from new science to universal wisdom, they discuss the unitive nature of reality and how our living Universe is inviting us to co-create as co-evolutionary partners. This invitation covers everything—from the stories we tell to how we organize ourselves as a species on this precious planet. They explore the WHOLE STORY as we leave behind the epoch of separation and step into the dawning unitive age on our beautiful, conscious planet as fellow Gaians. Dr. Kurt Johnson and the Rev. Deborah Moldow host for VoiceAmerica and the Evolutionary Leaders Circle. Join us for this inspiring and informative program!

Drs. DEEPAK CHOPRA [TM], PAUL J. MILLS, ROBERT ATKINSON, JUDE CURRIVAN, JULIE KRULL, TIFFANY J. BARSOTTI, and WILLIAM C. BUSHELL discuss the cutting edge frontiers of science and spirit-- from their recent books on understanding our powerful human psychic and physical capacities, to science's current understanding of now the universe is made. Hosted by the Science and Spirituality Synergy Circle of the Evolutionary Leaders (https://www.evolutionaryleaders.net/) the books featured are SCIENCE, BEING, & BECOMING: THE SPIRITUAL LIVES OF SCIENTISTS and A NEW STORY OF WHOLENESS: AN EXPERIENTIAL GUIDE FOR CONNECTING THE HUMAN FAMILY, joined also by the vision and wisdom of THE STORY OF GAIA, THE COSMIC HOLOGRAM AND FRACTURED GRACE, all award-winning books ranked variously at No. 1 in categories at Amazon and other booksellers. Joining the previous 2022 VoiceAmerica Specials by the Evolutionary Leaders, and hosted by the Light on Light Press (publisher of the two most recent books), we follow Humanity's Moment of Choice: Choosing Earth, Voices for a Thriving Future, Choosing Peace, Choosing to Serve, and Conscious Leadership” with this exciting presentation “Joining Science and Spirit”. Guests below are in order of appearance. Dr. KURT JOHNSON of VoiceAmerica hosts.

As humanity, we're standing at a crossroads. The only institution that's powerful enough and able to deal with the pace of change is business. And yet is business really conscious of the urgent needs of the global whole today? Regarding critical need for change, how can we transform businesses so they'll take the lead for the good of all? What can we do as individuals to transform the way we work? Learn from two globally leading change-makers. Paul Polman, former CEO of Unilever and author of NetPositive, one of the most visible Conscious Leaders in the world, has successfully turned an organization of over 100,000 people towards purpose and contribution. Entrepreneur, global strategist and founder of the World Business Academy, Rinaldo Brutoco, offers an eye-opening overview of what we'll be facing during the coming years, and what we can do to address the challenges ahead of us – both as an individuals and as organizations. Hosted by Bend & Stretch founder, Maryama Marong, and Peter Matthies of the Conscious Business Institute, the interviews in this episode with Paul Polman and Rinaldo Brutoco are hand-picked excerpts, with permission from the Conscious Business Institute Master Program, to catalyze this pivotal discussion. Joining the previous 2022 VoiceAmerica Specials by Synergy Circles of the Evolutionary Leaders (a project of the Source of Synergy Foundation), we follow Humanity's Moment of Choice: Choosing Earth, Choosing Peace, Choosing to Serve, and Voices for a Thriving Future with Conscious Leadership Also, enjoy Paul Polman, Rinaldo Brutoco and Peter Matthies' previous appearances on The Convergence in the past Show List -- Conscious Business for a Flourishing World, 12/13/ 2019 and 1/17/2020.

Following Choosing Earth, Choosing Peace, and Voices for a Thriving Future, the Evolutionary Leaders are thrilled to be presenting Choosing to Serve. It features especially Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati (Sadhviji) of the Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh, India. Sadhviji is a recent recipient of President Joe Biden's Presidential Citation for Lifetime Achievement and service, and author of the recently acclaimed book FROM HOLLYWOOD TO THE HIMALAYAS: A JOURNEY OF HEALING AND TRANSFORMATION. She dialogues deeply with Convergence and Light on Light Media Host, Karuna, and Denise Scotto, Esq., Chairperson of The International Day of Yoga Committee at the United Nations. The discussion follows from this annual event, celebrated each June, and its emphasis on the ongoing myriad realms of service performed by Yoga communities all around the world. These are featured in an October 2022 special issue of LIGHT ON LIGHT MAGAZINE (issuu.com/lightonlight). Sadhviji's work encompasses a vast area of public service including personal and environmental health, education, sanitation, public hygiene, and the well-being especially of women and children. She emphasizes that it is the unitive consciousness-- that we have emphasized in all these Evolutionary Leaders' broadcasts-- spirituality, spiritual practice and the balance of Being and Doing, that well-springs a life of service. And it, in turn, ignites real Transformation-- across entire human communities. The discussion deeply relates spirituality and transformative action, on all levels of scale. It connects truly with the message of the Evolutionary Leaders' book, featured across these broadcasts, OUR MOMENT OF CHOICE: EVOLUTIONARY VISIONS AND HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. Join us for this profound broadcast, brought to you for The International Day of Non-Violence, October 2, 2022.

There has been nothing more elusive in our human history than peace, although it is the most desired element in human life. Cycles of war and violence seem to repeat with each generation. How can we meet this challenge with vision and hope? It's time for champions of peace—at personal and collective levels—to share their hearts, and share their visions. In this VoiceAmerica Special -- “HUMANITY'S MOMENT OF CHOICE: CHOOSING PEACE”-- from the Evolutionary Leaders Circle, peace champions from activist, arts and media communities, and the policy-making world, gather to confront this challenging time—with vision, and with hope. They also identify informative and inspiring on-line peace-related programming that will be free to the public through 2022. The Evolutionary Leaders Circle, who are authors of the recent multi award-winning book OUR MOMENT OF CHOICE: EVOLUTIONARY VISIONS AND HOPE FOR THE FUTURE, share from two of their peace-related initiatives: the Unity & Peace Circle (with leaders from Unity Earth, World Unity Week and the National Peace Academy) and the Unitive Justice and Global Security Circle (with leaders from the Global Security Institute, The International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation, the Whole-World View, and Global Unitive Healing, among others). Guests Jonathan Granoff, Audrey E. Kitagawa, Dot Maver, Ben Bowler, Jon Ramer, Elena Mustakova, Jude Currivan and others, speak about informative and inspiring programs ongoing through 2022 that can help uplift your life and guide the desire we all share for personal and collective peace. Learn more at https://www.ourmomentofchoice.com, https://www.lightonlight.us/ https://www.evolutionaryleaders.net, https://unity.earth, https://worldunityweek.org

There has never been a moment in history when humanity has faced such a range of vitally critical choices as we have before us today. In this VoiceAmerica Special “HUMANITY'S MOMENT OF CHOICE: VOICES FOR A THRIVING FUTURE”, six New York Times best-selling authors, and other noted authors and filmmakers, join THE CONVERGENCE to discuss our current global moment of choice. Guests, in order of appearance, are Duane Elgin, Bruce Lipton, Deepak Chopra, Jude Currivan, Elisabet Sahtouris, Eben Alexander, Karen Newell, Diane Marie Williams, Claudia Welss, John Perkins, Lori Leyden and Loch Kelly. All are contributors to the Nautilus, and the other awards, winning book OUR MOMENT OF CHOICE: EVOLUTIONARY VISIONS AND HOPE FOR THE FUTURE recently released in paperback edition by Beyond Words/ Simon and Schuster. All are also members of The Evolutionary Leaders Circle, a project of the Source of Synergy Foundation synergizing global thought leaders and activists for a global impact. Cohosts for the program include the books co-editors Deborah Moldow, Robert Atkinson and Kurt Johnson and evolutionary leader Julie Krull. Join us for the inspiring and informative program with these global leaders. Their holistic perspective is needed more than ever now, and Our Moment of Choice offers the framework for a new story that contributes to restoring the world to its inherent wholeness. As Deepak Chopra says in his contribution to the book: “The road to wholeness begins by knowing what's at stake: a complete shift in the way we relate to reality.” Learn more at https://www.ourmomentofchoice.com and https://www.evolutionaryleaders.net. https://www.evolutionaryleaders.net/

The first program in this new series HUMANITY'S MOMENT OF CHOICE is CHOOSING EARTH, timed for the season of celebrations around Earth Day. Joining from the Ecological Civilization Synergy Circle of the Evolutionary Leaders (https://www.evolutionaryleaders.net/) are renowned authors Duane Elgin and David Korten, known for their many important books on this theme, and, from the original Earth Charter Commission, Dr. Richard Clugston. Also joining are cosmologist and author Jude Currivan, author and thought leader Laura George, and-- from recent Earth Day celebrations in California and New York City-- Scott Catamas of Awakening World and Mitchell J. Rabin from A Better World. Then we are blessed with a closing from two spiritual leaders, Beth Shaw and Karuna, especially in the spirit of our indigenous peoples. Building from Duane Elgin's inspiring vision in CHOOSING EARTH, David Korten's THE GREAT TURNING, and further inspiration from the Earth Charter and our world's most current views of cosmology, join us for this informative and uplifting vision of Earth and US!

Human beings have a powerful affinity for stories. Stories from the deepest levels of our being and experience—spiritual stories-- have potent effects on how we live our lives. Deepak Chopra (METAHUMAN) and Gregg Braden (THE WISDOM CODES) join William Henry, Sister Jenna, Sister Jayanti, Temple Hayes, Oscar Miro-Quesada, Steven Farmer, Mindahi Bastida Muñoz and J. J. and Desiree Hurtak (authors from the COMMON SENTIENCE book series) In inspiring discussion for this VoiceAmerica Convergence Special. Ariel Patricia of Sacred Stories Publishing and Media and Dr. Kurt Johnson of The Convergence (OUR MOMENT OF CHOICE) host. From their own experience, guests discuss the power of spiritual stories across the mystical arenas of meditation and contemplation, our relationship to nature and the landscape of indigenous shamanism, and the process of personal maturation, awakening and ascension. The emerging science of story speaks to narrative's exceptional power to shape minds and hearts. We find good stories captivating, even spellbinding, and story narratives move us in ways rational argument can't. In these turbulent times, sharing our spiritual stories can lead us to lives of goodness, altruism and abiding well-being.

This is the third Special in a series on Global Transformation. It was recorded during the recent international Climate Conference (COP26). The first Special in this Series, “Toward a World that Works for All” featured Jean Houston, Ken Wilber, Riane Eisler, David Korten, David Sloan Wilson, and others. The second featured Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Ervin Laszlo and others on the implications of an Earth Constitution. In this Special we center on the Consciousness Shift needed to achieve real global change, in the fourth the challenges of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals with the UN Sustainable Development Goals Thought Leaders Circle. This Special on Consciousness Shift begins with Richard A. Bowell and his associates at the Global Center for Human Change and Conscious World Citizens.org who have been pioneers in this discussion in the United Nations community. They offer an important free download of their book on the needed Consciousness Shift. As noted in the broadcast, the link for that download is: https://mailchi.mp/968df5dc0b12/essentialshift_forvoiceamerica We continue with further comments from the UN Community with Dr. Joni Carley, and with discussion from the Institute of Noetic Sciences (including their Chairman Claudia Welss) and the Friends of the Institute of Noetic Sciences (in a discussion with their Directors). We conclude with a discussion from mainstream science featuring renowned evolutionary biologist Dr. David Sloan Wilson, and colleagues from Prosocial.world and ContemplativeLife.org.

This VoiceAmerica Special brings together global Thought Leaders, including Nobel Peace Prize nominee Dr. Ervin Laszlo, to discuss a potential world constitution, which would implement global democracy to address planetary challenges. Dr. Glen T. Martin, author of The Earth Constitution Solution: Design for a Living Planet, is joined by Dr. Laszlo, Rev. Laura George, Roger Kotila, Eston McKeague, P. Narasimha Murthy, and David Gallup. This august panel will discuss the Constitution for the Federation of Earth and its implications. This document forms a completed “Earth Constitution.” This unique radio production follows our VoiceAmerica Special entitled “Toward a World that Works for All,” which featured Ken Wilber, Jean Houston, Riane Eisler, David Korten and David Sloan Wilson. In a time that is in need of a “Great Transition,” the ambitious vision of the Earth Constitution brings to bear considerations that must be apprised in full depth and seriousness. Next, VoiceAmerica will produce another Special on the potentials and challenges of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals hosted by the Evolutionary Leaders Circle. Join us for these important discussions on The Convergence on VoiceAmerica.

In this first of three VoiceAmerica Specials on how our world goes global in an earth- and people-friendly way, renowned thought leaders Ken Wilber, Jean Houston, David Korten, Riane Eisler, David Sloan Wilson, Anneloes Smitsman, Paul Atkins, Glen Martin and Richard Clugston join VoiceAmerica host Kurt Johnson and GLOBAL UNITIVE HEALING author Elena Mustakova for informative and inspiring visioning and discussion. Social, cultural and environmental contexts are all considered along with the role of international organizations like the United Nations and its challenging Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). What kind of holistic and unitive consciousness shift is needed to achieve something as ambitious as global-level transformative change when we know it is imperative that we do? The subsequent two Specials include (1) several time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Ervin Laszlo, and others, discussing specific visions and (2) an examination of the SDGs with thought leaders like Gregg Braden, Jude Currivan, Richard Clugston, Richard Bowell, Ken Kitatani and others from the SDG Thought Leaders Circle of the Evolutionary Leaders Circle (https://sdgthoughtleaderscircle.org/). Guests are pictured in order of their appearance except for the Host.

These VoiceAmerica Specials, 1 & 2, feature major global Thought Leaders discussing OUR MOMENT OF CHOICE: ATLAS SHRUGGED OR ATLAS HUGGED?, the historic choice between Ayn Rand's message of radical individualism, selfishness, tribalism and competition in ATLAS SHRUGGED and that of synergy and cooperation visioned in ATLAS HUGGED, a novel by celebrated evolutionary biologist Dr. David Sloan Wilson. PART 2 features David Sloan Wilson, Duane Elgin (CHOOSING EARTH), Jude Currivan (WHOLE WORLD-VIEW), Terry Patten (NEW REPUBLIC OF THE HEART), Anne-Marie Voorhoeve (THE HAGUE CENTER), and story-experts Lynnaea Lumbard, Robert Atkinson & Teana David. PART 1 (March 26th) joined editors of OUR MOMENT OF CHOICE [an AMAZON #1 book on future evolutionary vision] Robert Atkinson, Kurt Johnson & Deborah Moldow with Dr. Wilson, David Korten (THE GREAT TURNING), and Mark Gerzon and Ben Rehki (of the major film THE REUNITED STATES OF AMERICA). See atlashugged.world, prosocial.world, reunitedstates.tv, and ourmomentofchoice.com

These VoiceAmerica Specials, 1 & 2, feature major global Thought Leaders discussing OUR MOMENT OF CHOICE: ATLAS SHRUGGED OR ATLAS HUGGED?, the historic choice between the iconic Ayn Rand message of radical individualism, selfishness, tribalism and competition in ATLAS SHRUGGED and that of synergy and cooperation visioned in ATLAS HUGGED, a novel by celebrated evolutionary biologist Dr. David Sloan Wilson. Guests include (1) David Sloan Wilson, David Korten (THE GREAT TURNING), Mark Gerzon and Ben Rehki (the major film THE REUNITED STATES OF AMERICA), (2) Duane Elgin (CHOOSING EARTH), Jude Currivan (WHOLE WORLD-VIEW), Terry Patten (NEW REPUBLIC OF THE HEART), Anne-Marie Voorhoeve (THE HAGUE CENTER), and story-experts Lynnaea Lumbard & Teana David with the editors of OUR MOMENT OF CHOICE, Robert Atkinson, Kurt Johnson, Deborah Moldow, an AMAZON #1 book, on EVOLUTIONARY VISIONS AND HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. See atlashugged.world, prosocial.world, reunitedstates.tv, and ourmomentofchoice.com

Following on Our Moment of Choice 1, which hosted multiple NY Times best-selling authors discussing the book OUR MOMENT OF CHOICE-- and the climate of world change in these critical times-- we turn now to linking the thematics of this book, a No. 1 at AMAZON, to a host of late summer-fall online events associated with the United Nations International Day of Peace (Sept. 21) Season. Hosts from OMC 1, Diane Marie Williams, Rev. Deborah Moldow and Dr. Robert Atkinson join Rick Ulfik, convener of a host of fall Peace Day Events, and Convergence Host Dr. Kurt Johnson in interviewing fifteen personalities and leaders from seventeen inspiring online global events from September though October, and seven contributors to the book Our Moment of Choice. A special issue of Light on Light Magazine (lightonlight.us) features and illustrates all this content. Join us on The Convergence for these inspiring visions of our full human potential and global change based on the book OUR MOMENT OF CHOICE.

A host of NY Times best-selling authors discuss OUR MOMENT OF CHOICE debuting as a No. 1 book at Amazon. The book includes Gregg Braden, Jean Houston, Ervin Laszlo, Deepak Chopra, Jude Currivan, Eben Alexander, Lynne McTaggart, Joan Borysenko, John Perkins and many more. Interviewed by colleagues from The Evolutionary Leaders Circle (evolutionaryleaders.net), Diane Marie Williams, Deborah Moldow, Robert Atkinson, Rick Ulfik and VoiceAmerica's Kurt Johnson, contributors share from their chapters in Our Moment of Choice: Evolutionary Visions and Hope for the Future (ourmomentofchoice.com, Beyond Words/Atria/Simon & Schuster). A September VoiceAmerica Special Our Moment of Choice 2 will connect the thematics of the book to over twenty, free, global online events through the fall. A special issue of Light on Light Magazine (lightonlight.us) will feature and illustrate this content. Join us on The Convergence for these inspiring visions of our full human potential and global change.

This 2nd VoiceAmerica Special preludes the forthcoming new magazine imprint CONSCIOUS BUSINESS. In this broadcast, the Guest Editors of CONSCIOUS BUSINESS, Steve Farrell of Humanity's Team (HT) and Peter Matthies of The Conscious Business Institute interview major thought and business leaders regarding Conscious Business. Framed by THE CONSCIOUS BUSINESS DECLARATION and, following from content of THE CONSCIOUS BUSINESS WORLD SUMMIT of March 2019 hosted by HT, The Conscious Business Synergy Circle of The Evolutionary Leaders, and UNITY EARTH (a partner of this VoiceAmerica Series), major contexts, directions, and visions re: Conscious Business are discussed with thought and business leaders Dr. Jude Currivan (WholeWorld View), Dr. Ervin Laszlo (Club of Budapest founder and 2-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee) and renowned integral thinker Ken Wilber. Matthies and Farrell are joined by Evolutionary Leaders International Director Deborah Moldow for discussion and comment.

This VoiceAmerica Special preludes the forthcoming new magazine imprint CONSCIOUS BUSINESS. In this broadcast, and a second in January, the Guest Editors of CONSCIOUS BUSINESS, Steve Farrell of Humanity's Team (HT) and Peter Matthies of The Conscious Business Institute interview major thought and business leaders regarding Conscious Business. Framed by THE CONSCIOUS BUSINESS DECLARATION and, following from content of THE CONSCIOUS BUSINESS WORLD SUMMIT of March 2019 hosted by HT, The Conscious Business Synergy Circle of The Evolutionary Leaders, and UNITY EARTH (a partner of this VoiceAmerica Series), major contexts, directions, and visions re: Conscious Business are discussed with thought and business leaders Dr. David Sloan Wilson (Prosocial World), Paul Polman (former CEO of Unilever) and Rinaldo Brutoco (associated with JUST Capital, among other ventures). Matthies and Farrell are joined by Evolutionary Leaders International Director Deborah Moldow for discussion and comment.

Deepak Chopra and United Nations dignitaries headline this Special on The 11 Days of Global Unity and The International Day of Peace, spotlighting the Sept.Oct. United Nations and global event season. Dr. Chopra discusses his new book Metahuman, and its relation to the human potential themes of the Global Unity celebrations, with Claudia Welss of The Institute of Noetic Sciences. Heather Shea outlines Dr. Chopras Oct. 2 event at NYCs United Palace. Co host Rick Ulfik, founder of 11 Days of Global Unity and WE.net is joined by the UNs Ambassador A.K. Chowdhury, Rev. Sylvia Sumter, Monica Willard, Brandon Perdomo and other guests from the US and Europe. Ben Bowler and Adam Collett of UNITY EARTH then connect these exciting 2019 events to upcoming India, Holy Land, and 2020 US and European events highlighting The Road to 2020 and the Caravan of Unity. This and our Aug. 9 VoiceAmerica Special outline the upcoming exciting 2019 2020 event panorama with details on all events. Join us

VoiceAmerica presents this Evergreen Special detailing major 2019 and 2020 global events upcoming from UNITY EARTH partners Standing for Peace Campaign, Road to 2020 Events, and Caravan of Unity across America. The five sections of the Special spotlight, now and for months to come: United Nations mandated global holiday events like the International Day of Yoga and the International Day of Peace, the vision and work of Light on Light Magazine and VoiceAmerica in covering all these events, UNITY EARTH and its partners month to month activities and initiatives 2019-2020, and the roles of partner groups like Transformation365, We, the World, URI, UNIFY, EcoPeace and The Evolutionary Leaders. Featured are global leaders from the UN, UNITY EARTH, Light on Light Magazine, Transformation365, We, and The Evolutionary Leaders. Lets share this Special, ongoing, as a resource and PR instrument pointing toward all of these global events and gathering a global constituency for their success!

This Special Broadcast of The Convergence on VoiceAmerica highlights The New York Convergence and UNITY EARTH Liftoff Concert on February 2, 2019 at New York City's landmark United Palace Theatre (https://unity.earth/lift-off/), 3-6:30 PM. The concert and celebration, and a companion Leadership and Visioning Conference for UE's Road to 2020 and Caravan of Unity across America, are part of the World Interfaith Harmony Week, a worldwide United Nations observance. The concert ($20 at www.unity.earth) features Grammy Award Nominee Pato Banton and Kristin Hoffmann, and the spectacular 50 ft. screen music and multi-media performance of Bella Gaia, zooming in on planet earth from outer space! Appearing also are Akim Funk Buddha, Mystic Voice, Lyla June & William Ruiz, celebrated cross-cultural performers. Major New York and global celebrity change-makers give inspirational messages. An After Party follows. For Feb. 1 Leadership Conference invite contact adam@unity.earth.

VoiceAmerica's Convergence Series and the International Day of Yoga Committee at the United Nations invite you to celebrate Yoga Day 2018 with this broadcast and a special edition of Light on Light e-Magazine. These presentations highlight the meaning of the UN's International Day of Yoga, how yoga is experienced in the work of the UN, how yoga is practiced in the daily lives of individuals in UN organizations and initiatives, and how Yoga Day is celebrated around the world. From highly personal stories, you'll understand more about the UN and the fullness of yoga in ways that may surprise you. The Yoga Day broadcast and magazine draw upon the wisdom of renowned yoga masters and practitioners describing yoga as a way of life and its positive impacts on physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health & well-being in cultures around the world. Contributors include participants in UN Yoga Day celebrations and renowned yogi's and yogini's, who share their insights. Enjoy!

Celebrating the debut of Light on Light Magazine in March 2018, we introduce the new online e-zine that is dedicated to illuminating the light of wisdom, inspiration, and transformation found within spiritual practices and inspired lifestyles for the flourishing of health, mind, and spirit every day. Light on Light welcomes the sharing of journeys across the myriad of pathways of world wisdom traditions, interfaith, and interspirituality and features renowned contributors across the global integral and interfaith communities. In this radio special, we are honored to feature a Spotlight on Yoga, complementing the inspirations in the first issue, with Light on Light Host Editor, Karuna, interviewing Snatam Kaur, Shiva Rea, Elena Brower, Denise Scotto, and Irina Morrison—and sacred musician GuruGanesha. Join hosts Kurt Johnson and Karuna, along with Shannon Winters, Managing Editor, in celebrating the launch of Light on Light around the world.

Commemorating the growing global significance of United Nations Interfaith Harmony Week, Unity Earth-sponsored U DAY Festival: Ethiopia, Convergence of Fires in the Land of Origins, brings together global spiritual and religious leaders, international change-makers and world-class musical artists. We gather Jan. 31- Febr. 7, with an online event for global participation Febr. 3: http://udayfestival.org/ethiopia-2018/ Supporting this vision, representatives from Aboriginal Australia, North and Central American indigenous leaders, Sikhs, Bahai, Sufis, Buddhists, and Hindus from India, and Thai Buddhists along with Jews, Christians, and Muslims gather to celebrate a colorful and diverse community. Ceremonies will join the themes of Unity, Peace and Compassion. On this radio special, Unity Earth's UDAY Executive Director Ben Bowler hosts event notables David Gershon, Jon Ramer, David Nicol, Claudia Welss, Deborah Moldow and Kristin Hoffmann, each further highlighted below.

As Australia prepares to repatriate its oldest known human, 43 000 year old Mungo Man, we talk with Professor Jim Bowler who made the world famous discovery in 1974, about the scientific, cultural and spiritual significance of Mungo Man and this time of his repatriation. We also talk to Indigenous Events Director Sam Cook who is working on the “Return To Country” event, commemorating Mungo Man's long-awaited return with cultural song and dance. For Aboriginal people of Australia, the world's oldest living culture, this moment represents a time of great healing. For the wider Australian community it is an opportunity for a long overdue acknowledgment of the sophistication of ancient aboriginal culture, which is still alive today. In the second part of the show we sit down with legendary activist and diplomat Ambassador Mussie Hailu and look ahead to U DAY, Ethiopia in February 2018. This intercultural and interspiritual gathering promises to be a powerful step on the Road to 2020.

STAND UP FOR HUMANITY is a visionary event taking place at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Friday, November 3rd at 6:30pm. The architect of this project is Rev. Sylvia Sumter, Senior Minister of Unity of Washington, DC. and member of the Evolutionary Leaders Circle, which also includes series hosts, Ben Bowler and Dr. Kurt Johnson. In this episode, Deborah Moldow, Co-Director of the Evolutionary Leaders Circle, interviews Rev. Sylvia Sumter about the inspiration behind STAND UP FOR HUMANITY and how everyone can take part. Additional guests – all of whom will be speaking live in Washington, DC – are Stephen Dinan, CEO of The Shift Network and author of “Sacred America, Sacred World”; Imam Talib Shareef, Imam of the Masjid Muhammad in Washington, DC; and Rev. Donna Johnson, CEO of Unity Worldwide Ministries. These brilliant guest speakers inspire us all to come together and STAND UP FOR HUMANITY to meet the challenges of our times.

On September 21st, the exciting highlight of this Summit (www.11daysofglobalunity.com) is broadcast on Voice America: a dialogue on Peace between Deepak Chopra, Karenna Gore (Al Gore's daughter), and Kabir Sehgal, hosted by We The World's founder Rick Ulfik. We may be the first generation to have the ability and responsibility to decide if we will be the last generation! At this perilous moment in our world, when we hear about new social, political and environmental challenges every day, 11 Days of Global Unity September 11-21 provides a comprehensive way to know about and be part of a worldwide convergence of events, festivals, campaigns, and broadcasts for peace, justice, sustainability and transformation. The 11 Days of Global Unity Summit features some of the most visionary thinkers and activists of our Time: Deepak Chopra, Ralph Nader, Marianne Williamson, Robert Thurman, Karenna Gore, Nwamaka Agbo, Michael Beckwith, Sande Hart, Jonathan Granoff, and many others. Join us!

During this remarkable series Dr. Kurt Johnson and friends have brought together many diverse threads from eco-spirituality, subtle activism, evolution of consciousness, the future of world's religions and much more. In this final episode of the first series we take a look at how this “convergence” of ideas is set to play out in the next four years as we collectively ramp up to 2020. Series co-hosts, Ben Bowler from 1GOD.com and Doug King of Presence, join overall series hosts Kurt Johnson in a rich dialogue with Stephen Dinan, founder of The Shift network and author of Sacred America Sacred World. Together they explore the next steps in the process of the unfolding of events towards 2020 and beyond. They also take a moment to look back at the series and reflect on the journey and in particular how it relates to the overall vision of inter-spirituality as originally laid out by Brother Wayne Teasdale. Join us for this series ending episode of The Convergence Radio Show.

This episode explores the current global climate and environmental challenges our planet faces. It recognizes that transformative change is needed and business as usual is not an option”. We cannot make the needed shift to “a world that works for all,” that “leaves no one behind,” unless we make real transformative changes in our world-views, practices and policies. World-views contain our core assumptions about the nature of reality and our purpose in life. They need to shift to a deep sense of interconnectedness, respect and care for the whole community of life and future generations. In our practices- our consumption of energy and food, our carbon footprints, how we relate to others. We need to live compassionately, in ways that all can live. Our social and economic policies needs to shift away from an obsession with short term economic growth toward a new bottom line that focuses on full human development for all in a flourishing, increasingly diverse, Earth community.

Tune into this uncommon conversation starter on race and the opportunities before us during this turning point in America. Co-host, Myra Jackson with a unique set of guests will explore the central question of what might it mean to become fully human in a way that uproots the entrenched culture of cruelty that underlies one of the greatest divides of our time. Joining Myra is prolific author Tim Wise who discuss his latest book, Under the Affluence, Etoy Ridgnal, President of Community Advocacy Partners, a social impact agency that creates social action campaigns that enlighten, engage and uplift communities, and influential blogger and spiritual story teller, Vera de Chalambert. The conversation is a fire starter intended to continue in the manner that informs the heart and ignites the blossoming of humanity and greater unity.

In Deepak Chopra's new book “You Are the Universe” (February 2017), Deepak concludes that while the old science of an external physical universe has been mortally wounded by the new science of quantum physics, quantum physics itself raises more questions than it may be answering. As a response, he offers a new interpretation of the universe—one infused with consciousness and which can serve as a reliable foundation for a future science that is more inclusive, more holistic. This new interpretation is based on “qualia” (units of experience) instead of quanta (units of energy), and describes a “human universe” that not only coheres with our subjective experiences in every day life, but informs what it means to assume the identity of a cosmic self. In this episode, Deepak illuminates what visionary quantum pioneer Wolfgang Pauli meant when he said that the science of the future reality will neither be psychic nor physical but somehow both and somehow neither, and why it matters.

Philip M. Hellmich, Director of Peace at The Shift Network (www.theshiftnetwork.com) and author of God and Conflict welcomes James O'Dea and Emily Hine for this episode on Peace and Conscious Activism. They highlight the exponential growth of approaches to peace, from inner peace to international peace-building and across multiple sectors of society. One of the most exciting areas that is emerging is “conscious activism.” James O'Dea is the author of The Conscious Activist: Where Mysticism Meets Activism. In this conversation we hear from James about the inner spiritual rigors of engaging in the world as an effective peace-builder. Emily Hine then discusses how mindfulness and compassion practices are a cornerstone for becoming a conscious activist. Philip, James and Emily continue with highlights of peace building work around the world, especially emphasizing the work of The Shift Network with their Summer of Peace and World Peace Library programs.

What happens to the world's religions as we become a global and multi-cultural civilization? Worldwide, traditional boundaries of all kinds are obviously breaking down. In this episode, prominent voices from across the world's religious and spiritual traditions discuss this uncertain future. First, Doug King of Presence.tv and Angie Thurston of Harvard Divinity School discuss the future “trans-narrative” that could eventually emerge from our worldwide mix of thousands of historical traditions. The conversation is then joined by Drs. Andrew Vidich, Darrol Bryant, and Kabir Helminski--prominent interfaith leaders and writers. They assess the possibilities of an emergent global consensus about religion based on shared principles, both in concepts and behavior. Together again, the commentators then discuss current global trends toward religious disaffiliation, emerging interfaith and interspiritual spirituality, and the pervasive yearning today for meaningful and authentic community.

Does Christianity have a future? Does the future have a Christianity? This is a question equally relevant to the future of all the world's religions but, with its 2 billion+ members it is especially poignant for this tradition rooted in Jesus of Nazareth. In recent years, across all its forms, Christianity has experienced a paradox: growing fragmentation, scandal, and entrenchment and departures in some areas, alongside growing holism, integrity, and recovery of both 'wisdom' and 'activist' elements in other expressions. In this episode, hosts from the integral theology think-tank Presence International (http://presence.tv), Doug King and Mike Morrell, interview American luminaries Brian McLaren, Cynthia Bourgeault, and Brandan Robertson to explore natural limitations and signs of hope among the world's largest religion amid evolutionary change. There is perhaps no better example of a religion that has expressed itself across multiple, and often conflicting, developmental levels.

What will it take to usher in a new era of leadership that can be a catalyst for expanding coherence, connectivity and synergistic engagement? Members of the Evolutionary Leaders circle www.evolutionaryleaders.net will discuss how the fruits of our inner transformation can move us into new dimensions of leadership based on heart-centered interactions, innovative models for mutual awakening and new cultural narratives. This rich roundtable discussion will explore how to strengthen our resonance and resilience, learn joyful simplicity, and harness our innate wisdom and capacities, so that together we can support the evolution of human consciousness. Dr. Kurt Johnson will co-host with Rev. Deborah Moldow for an inspiring conversation with Patricia Albere of the Evolutionary Collective, renowned authors Gregg Braden (The Divine Matrix, Fractal Time, Deep Truth) and Duane Elgin (Voluntary Simplicity, The Living Universe), and Diane Williams, founder of the Source of Synergy Foundation.

This subject commands incredible interest worldwide. Globally, cultures are becoming more convinced that subtle realms of reality not only exist but may affect our lives in ways far more profound than we realize. This perspective is fueled by a growing awareness of ancient and indigenous wisdom and modern science's understanding of our profoundly interconnected quantum reality. Science and ancient wisdom meet in our investigation of these subtler realms of reality. The episode features leading voices from science and ancient and indigenous traditions. Dr. David Nicol, author of Subtle Activism, moderates. Based on his landmark book, Dr. Nicol (California Institute of Integral Studies and a founder of Gaiafield.net and Subtleactivism.net) examines Subtle Activism and its implications with indigenous shamanic voices Oscar Miro-Quesada and Luisah Teish, and renowned western contemplative David Spangler. Among other topics, they consider how intention and prayer may influence reality.

We're all familiar with the shark-tank competitive world of day-to-day life, especially in the world of economics, business and politics. We've taken for granted, since Darwin, that evolution's process of Survival of the Fittest mandates this tough reality we live in. But often our hearts, and deeper senses, make us wonder if this world of competition and conflict is really what nature intended. Mainstream science took a big U-turn on this about one year ago when Yale/Templeton's series on The Foundational Questions in Science declared that, at the level of group relations, nature's process selects not for selfishness but for altruism, that is, structures and processes the serve the whole. Dr. David Sloan Wilson, author of that landmark book, joins us with global change-makers Dr. Richard Clugston, Steve Farrell, and Catherine Bell in this discussion of evolution and altruism. The discussion concentrates on the implications of all this on our world's business practices.

The Road to 2020 features global change-makers, and Grammy Award nominees, planning major events, initiatives and festivals worldwide during the next critical years of our planet's history. Ben Bowler of 1 God.com, Doug King of Presence, and series host Dr. Kurt Johnson join Stephen Dinan, founder of the dynamic Shift Network, for an inspiring overview in light of Stephen's recent bestseller Sacred America, Sacred World. Ben then engages famed international musicians Pato Banton, Antoinette Hall and Ras I Ray, sharing vision of the U DAY Festivals: multi-cultural events of music, art, dance, and much more, ongoing worldwide since 2016. Yanni Maniates and Hana Bowers of 1god's World Weavers then update their cultural tourism- Mystic Express- and plans for a global web education Academy. Ben, Stephen and Doug then rejoin for discussion of global events that will culminate this work in 2020, coordinated around the United Nations International Day of Peace and other world holidays.

This Convergence Episode brings together major spiritual teachers, writers and leaders, from across our globe's diverse traditions, to discuss Spiritual Practice in the context of the Series' theme, Waking Up and Growing Up. Series Host Dr. Kurt Johnson introduces co-hosts Yanni Maniates and Karuna for dialogue with an inspiring guest list from around the world. Yanni hosts a discussion with renowned Christian contemplative Fr. Thomas Keating and nondual writer and teacher Loch Kelly on nondual spiritual practice and Awakening. Integral philosopher Ken Wilber, co-host of our Episode 1 on Waking Up and Growing Up comments further on their discussion. Then, in the context of today's popularity of Yoga worldwide, and the United Nations proclamation of an International Yoga Day, Kundalini yogini Karuna joins acclaimed yoga teacher Elena Brower in a discussion of Yoga, Waking Up and Growing Up, and the current landscape of Yoga's popularity around the world.

In this inspiring opening episode of The Convergence, renowned integral philosopher and spiritual writer Ken Wilber frames the series with his vision of Waking Up and Growing Up, the maxim he has contributed to integral, interspiritual and holistic movements worldwide. Speaking of Waking Up and Growing Up, the inner and outer work needed for real global change, Wilber emphasizes that although the vision of Waking Up has been with us for millennia, in all our wisdom and philosophical traditions, we never mastered good behavior because of not understanding Growing Up. The vision of Growing Up, says Wilber, has only been with us for a century or so, in our modern scientific and developmental understandings that would allow us to truly move toward the World That Works For All. With an Illuminating and inspiringly detailed landscape of the path of Waking Up and Growing Up that we could choose for the future, Wilber provides a rich and profound framework for future episodes of the series.