Autonomy is radical independence and authenticity

The second two principles of Evolutionary Enlightenment areAutonomy and Communion. Together, these two principles represent the very ground of the new consciousness that is the promise and purpose of this teaching.

Autonomy is radical independence and authenticity. It emerges when the individual is standing completely alone, in a perfect state of self-reliant and independent passionate interest in the evolutionary process. Autonomy is the expression of pure creative freedom—the powerful, unrestricted freedom of the individual to flower in his or her own potential without limit. When you experience true autonomy, you discover an unparalleled fullness of self that is miraculously free from self-consciousness. You simply are who you are, ecstatically experiencing your own authenticity spontaneously manifesting itself.

Communion is the profound revelation of nonduality when it dynamically emerges in a collective context. It is the intoxicating experience of the authentic self recognizing itself in others—the many coming together as One in egoless freedom and infinite potential, uninhibited by any sense of separation. In this inclusive, intersubjective, nondual state, the ultimate revelation of Oneness becomes manifest in this world as the ecstatic intimacy of human relationship beyond individuality.

For both autonomy and communion to exist simultaneously is a newly emerging potential in consciousness. Usually, when an individual experiences powerful autonomy, it is almost always at the expense of communion with others. And in order to experience profound communion, usually the individuals involved have to sacrifice their autonomy. But in Evolutionary Enlightenment, a dynamic field is created where the one and the many are literally the same and yet simultaneously remain distinct and different. It is a new and evolving expression of nonduality in which the thrill of autonomy and the bliss of communion merge into one singular, unified state of consciousness.