A vast conversation . . .

We are envisioning a vast global conversation -- interconnecting everything, dealing with every issue, moving through millions of small local groups and discussions. Every subject of human concern is under consideration.

Everything is interconnected . . .

All these conversations can be and actually are interconnected. Through this Portal, we are exploring and unfolding ways that these millions of separate but interconnected conversations can converge towards a huge global agreement and shared understanding, of tremendous creative vitality and transformative power.

We are diverse . . .

It's not that we agree on the details and the particulars of issues. We are tremendously diverse, everyone is an individual, and we all see things very differently. It's that through this Portal process, we are working out something like the perfect way to relate to one another -- with respect, with listening, with co-creativity, with dialogue, with friendship -- with love.

We are listening . . .

As we enter these conversations, and begin to attune to the principles of dialogue and resonance, a common understanding emerges, on how we can best appreciate one another. As this understanding comes into form, the power of our collective unity accelerates.

We are free . . .

This Portal provides ways based on total personal freedom that individuals can enter into relationships, and make choices that gradually lead to the most powerful and deepest forms of connectivity. You can make any choice you wish, but as you make choices that open you to universal resonance and the infinite energy currents, you move closer to all those other who are also moving towards the infinite current.

In this way, rather than simply declaring our unity by fiat, unity is carefully built from the bottom up, from thousands or millions of small independent decisions and small private agreements, and our unity emerges from personal freedom and free-will choices. As we work towards the principles of resonance and dialogue, our conversations become more fruitful and more creative, and our universal human bond becomes more powerful. Everything accelerates...

We hear the call . . .

• There is something going on with the emergence of new spirit and new community . . .
• This mysterious something is very important . . .
• I want to be part of it, I want to learn from it, I want to help shape and influence it, I want to bond with it . . .

Some of our methods . . .

• Resonance
• Dialogue
• Democracy
• Mutual respect
• Listening
• Circles
• Spiritual practice
• Cocreativity
• Holistic/integral thinking
• Science
• Love

Things we are doing . . .

• Building coalitions
• Peace-making
• Teaching and instruction - offering training in selected areas
• Defining group purpose - defining shared purpose - entraining motivation - building a movement
• Developing connectivity and resonance around common values and interests
• Amplifying connectivity, solidarity, and community
• Sustainability - defending the Earth and the environment
• Constructively considering the most complex and controversial social issues
• Developing collaborative projects
• Bringing universal spirituality into the secular world

Local/Global . . .

• We are One: creating a spiritual bond of trust and understanding that extends across all categories and human differences
• Globalization - bonding through the universal in the context of the local
• Interconnectivity and interdependence of all things and all issues
• Universal Human - Universal Spirit

Moving from . . .

• Tribalism
• Us against Them
• Localism
• Parochialism
• Local insularity
• Spirit of blame and accusation
• Small perspective, narrow range of inclusion

We are educated and informed by . . .

• Emerging new spirituality
• Interfaith
• World mysticism and religious traditions from everywhere
• Wisdom
• Methods of dialogue
• Group process - an array of methods
• Theory of democracy - the self-governance of groups
• Concepts of cybernetics and cyberspace