Barbara Marx Hubbard has dedicated her life to the exploration of a uniquely inspired school of evolutionary thinking called Conscious Evolution. Based on the idea that evolution itself is evolving—from unconscious matter to conscious life and beyond—this particularly compelling theory traces the deepest currents of evolution from the past to the present, and then seeks to chart its course from the present to the near—and not-so-near—future. In Hubbard's words, “evolution is the force of consciousness revealed in nature, and by turn, in human nature. Now human nature—newly aware of evolution itself—is becoming conscious that it is participating in evolution for the very first time.” It is this nascent potential—and looming necessity—for human beings to begin consciously engaging with and even directing the very processes of evolution itself, that forms the core of Hubbard's message and mission.
In this engrossing discussion with EnlightenNext's Elizabeth Debold, Hubbard describes her inspirations and discoveries, nimbly stepping from personal intuitive understanding to established scientific exegesis and back again. Peppering her discourse with references to the people and ideas that have informed her life and work, from rocket scientist Verner von Braun to futurist-inventor Ray Kurzweil, the dialogue is a perfect introduction to one of today's cutting-edge and perhaps most inspiring, evolutionary theories.
BIO
Barbara Marx Hubbard is an author, public speaker, social innovator, and president of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution. She has initiated a guided educational program supported by Internet systems called Gateway to Conscious Evolution, offering a new developmental path toward the next stage of human evolution, now reaching over 1000 people.
She is creating a new vehicle, The Communion of Pioneering Souls, to connect the large group of evolving humans now arising in every culture, field, and tradition. She is developing a new series of videos entitled “Humanity Ascending: A New Way through Together.”
As a member of the Jonas Salk Foundation's Epoch B group, Dr. Hubbard is working to understand and catalyze the actions needed to navigate a quantum change to avoid global collapse. She is also working on the synthesis of the principles and practices of Conscious Evolution and New Thought with Reverend Jim Lockard.
She is a founder and member of the Santa Barbara Conscious Evolution Community. She is initiating the SYNCON Process, for synergistic convergence to overcome the polarization in the United States by bringing together opposing groups to seek common goals and match needs and resources in the light of new capacities at the growing edge of the sciences and the psychologies. Her websites are designed to be global communion/communication hubs for the conscious evolution of humanity.
A graduate of Bryn Mawr College with a B.A. cum laude in Political Science, Dr. Hubbard studied at La Sorbonne and L'Ecole des Sciences Politiques in Paris during her junior year. In the 1960's she published one of the first newsletters on evolutionary transformation called The Center Letter in collaboration with Abraham H. Maslow, founder of Humanistic Psychology. She worked closely with Dr. Jonas Salk and was one of the original contributors to the Salk Institute.
In the 1970's she co-founded The Committee for the Future in Washington D.C., which developed the New Worlds Educational and Training Center based on her work. She co-produced 25 SYNCON conferences to bring together people from every field and function to seek common goals and match needs and resources in the light of the growing edge potentials of humanity. She was one of the original directors of the Center for Soviet American Dialogue and served as a citizen diplomat during the late 1980's. She has been instrumental in the founding of many important organizations and initiatives including the World Future Society, New Dimensions Radio, Global Family, Women of Vision and Action, The Foundation for the Future, and the Association for Global New Thought. She was awarded the first Doctorate in Conscious Evolution by Emerson Institute.
Dr. Hubbard's books include Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of Our Social Potential, Emergence: The Shift from Ego to Essence, The Evolutionary Journey: Your Guide to a Positive Future, and Revelation: A Message of Hope for the New Millennium.
