Conscious, Intentional, Healthy Maturation

     We've had, and continue to have, amazingly inspiring individuals among us: Henry David Thoreau, Mahatma Gandhi, Deepa Ma, Viktor Frankl, Terry Fox, Martin Luther King Jr, Nelson Mandela, Dalai Lama, etc.
     And we have individuals among us who, at best, elicit our mercy & forgiveness. 

     "the measure of a civilization's growth is in its ability to transfer increasing amounts of energy & attention from the material side of life to the psychological, cultural, aesthetic, & spiritual side of life."                                        Arnold Toynbee's Law of Progressive Simplification
       Joel & Michelle Levey. Living in Balance: A Mindful Guide for Thriving in a Complex World. Divine Arts; Revised ed'n (Aug 12, 2014)

     OUR individual responsibility is to lead civilization, by being the best human being we can be. See: http://mindfulnessforeveryone.blogspot.ca/2014/07/552-greatest-risk-of-all.html