Spirituality has always been subject to trends. Influenced by everything from geography to technology, the metaphysical inclinations of society can serve as evidence of the unseen processes and forces shaping the direction of human civilization.
Previously, it was possible to discuss and debate the spirituality of the human species in terms of its various societies. However, we are now entering a new phase of civilization marked by the rise of a global society.
It is true that this global society is, to a great extent, simply a patchwork of individual nations and communities. However, the same can be said for human consciousness: the mind is made up of all its many individual neurons — and yet it is also somehow, almost ethereally more.
In likewise manner, at some point during the next few centuries a true global society will emerge from its constituent cultures. So, the question I put to you now is: what do you think will be the initial spirituality of the global society?
Below is a multiple choice poll in which I offer several major trends which I foresee as possible. It’s a long list of options — 22 in total, including an extra space for you to offer your own ideas. But don’t worry, it’s nothing that will be over anyone’s head, and you can select as many as you feel appropriate. Yet, please read it over once first before voting.
Be imaginative. Think in terms of two to three hundred years from now. Try to take into consideration not only present conditions but also what professional futurologists call “wild cards” or “dark horses” — that which we don’t know that we don’t know. Good luck.
