250. Barbara Marx Hubbard

Barbara Marx Hubbard has been called “the voice for conscious evolution of our time” by Deepak Chopra and is the subject of Neale Donald Walsch’s book “The Mother of Invention: The Legacy of Barbara Marx Hubbard and the Future of YOU.” A prolific author of 7 books, visionary, social innovator and educator, she is founder of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution. Its purpose is to accelerate our conscious evolution. She is the producer and narrator of the award-winning documentary series entitled Humanity Ascending Series - OUR STORY. As a global ambassador for the conscious evolution movement she partnered with The Shift Network and formed a team to co-produce the world-wide multi-media event entitled, “Birth 2012: Co-Creating a Planetary Shift in Time” on Dec. 22, 2012 – a historic turning-point event; awakening the social, spiritual, scientific, and technological potential of humanity. Currently she is developing on-line courses on conscious evolution and co-creation on the Shift Network reaching many 1000s of students world-wide. She is activating The Wheel of Co-creation as a model for social synergy and whole system shift, with examples developing in Cairo, Egypt, in Monterrey, Mexico, as well as in Chicago and Tampa, Florida.   Her seminal book “Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of Our Social Potential” will be republished in an updated version in January 2015. Also her new “Evolutionary Testament: An evolutionary vision of the future inspired by the Gospels, Acts and Epistles,” will be published on January 2015. In 1984 her name was placed in nomination for the Vice Presidency of the United States on the Democratic ticket, calling for a “Peace Room” to scan for, map, connect and communicate what is working in America and the world. She also co-chaired a number of Soviet-American Citizen Summits, introducing a new concept called “SYNCON to foster synergistic convergence with opposing groups. She is a co-founder of The Association for Global New Thought and The World Future Society. Website: evolve.org Other books: 52 Codes for Conscious Self Evolution Emergence: The Shift from Ego to Essence Transcript of this interview Interview conducted 9/13/2014 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Barbara Marks Hubbard 00:02:04 - Developing Online Courses and Co-Creators Rising 00:03:44 - The Awakening of Intelligence 00:05:32 - The Concept of a Conscious Force in the Universe 00:07:44 - The Universe's Direction and Purpose 00:09:36 - The Distortion of Religion 00:11:32 - Being a Co-Creator 00:13:30 - Directed chance and the freedom in the system 00:15:27 - The Wake-up Call 00:17:28 - The Meaning of Our New Power 00:19:24 - The Global Linkage of Technology 00:21:20 - The Shift to Zero-Point Energy and a New Economic System 00:23:08 - Evolution towards Higher Consciousness and Greater Freedom 00:25:12 - Social Synergy and Dysfunctional Systems 00:27:13 - The Nonlinear Exponential Interaction 00:29:28 - Shifting from win-lose voting to co-creation 00:31:21 - The Power of Connectivity 00:33:15 - Supra-sex and Co-Creativity 00:35:39 - The Ever-Fresh Experience of Sharing 00:37:45 - The Drama of the Moment and the Concept of Regeneration 00:39:48 - Continuity of Consciousness in New Forms 00:41:41 - Becoming a Universal Humanity 00:43:45 - Conscious Life Extension and Cosmic Beings 00:45:40 - Galactic Experience and Becoming a Universal Species 00:47:32 - Homo co-creator: The Emergence of a New Species 00:49:37 - The Caterpillar and the Butterfly 00:51:38 - The Metamorphosis of the Wet Winged Butterfly 00:53:28 - Motivation and Urgency in Making Contact with Extraterrestrials 00:55:06 - Different Levels of Reality 00:56:45 - Trusting Your Intuition and Avoiding Manipulation 00:58:21 - Conclusion and Farewell