"The evolution of consciousness and culture is not about the individual. It's not the evolution of you, it's the evolution of we—the evolution of the consciousness that's being shared in the collective or intersubjective “we” space between individuals. All relationships are based on shared values. So if you are interested in being a participant in the evolution of consciousness and culture, you need to ask yourself: What are the values that I share with all the individuals that I relate to? Who are the people with whom I share the highest philosophical and spiritual values, and how important are those relationships to me? If you want to find out how much you really care about creating the future, if you want to find out how evolutionary your own values actually are, than you have to look at the nature of all the committed relationships you're involved in, from your sexual relationships to your closest friendships to your family bonds to your professional connections."

"It is the relationships that we engage in and the values we share that create the structure of the intersubjective dimension that is culture. So culture evolves through the cultivation of relationships with other people that are based on higher and deeper values. If you are really dedicated to creating a more evolved world, the future is no longer some far-off fantasy realm, but is something you forge in and through your relationships with other people right now. The intersubjective we space between such inspired individuals becomes a creative vortex in which something is being born every moment out of the spiritual, moral, intellectual, philosophical friction. There is a constant vibration that is inherently creative in the we-space between committed human beings who share a passion to create the future in the present moment. Together, you become a vortex through which evolution occurs."

~Andrew Cohen

This quote reminds me of the space that's been created here on zaadz. We have choices of who we engage with, where we go to do it, and how we show up in every interaction that  we have. Do we expand or do we contract? Do we look for the "comfortable" situations and interactions or do we push our edges just a little bit more? Are we being honest with ourselves and others or are we putting up a facade? All of these questions are available to us at any given time, but are we actually asking them? My feeling is that we've consciously chosen to do so every time we interact here at zaadz. Not that we have all the answers or that we're making all the "right" choices at any given time, but the point is, we're looking at ourselves and asking the questions, which is where the evolution happens - right there in the searching and the struggling. By engaging the deeper questions, WE are creating the future now; and the more I surf though this site, the more promising this future looks.....