The Principle of Unity, the fundamental design principle of the Universe—Wholeness is the union of all opposites—shows that the Universe, as Consciousness, can be simply seen as the union of the formless Absolute and the relativistic world of form. Again, by the Principle of Unity, all forms are born from our Divine Source, grow in an outer movement, then return to the Immortal Ground of Being through a process of decay and death, as illustrated here.

Now in the case of us human beings, we are first conceived in the mystical rapture of Oneness with all there is, usually being ejected from Paradise when we are born. If we then continue relentlessly on this outward movement through our intellectual learning, through the analytical mind, we become separate from Reality, which generally leads to fear and anxiety. Under these circumstances, we often create substitute religious or economic immortality symbols to give ourselves a precarious sense of security and identity in life.

However, over the millennia, the mystics have discovered, generally through meditation, contemplation, or self-inquiry, that we can become free of the fear of death by consciously returning to our Divine Source, to Paradise, as the smaller bell-curve in this diagram illustrates:

Using the lives of Shakyamuni Budda and Jesus of Nazareth as models, Joseph Campbell has seen these lives as examples of an underlying pattern in many cultures around the world. In such a ‘monomyth’, a hero is called to adventure, engages in many trials, and then, having found the goal, returns to the ordinary world with the boon he or she has found.

This spiritual quest is also symbolized in the fairy tales of the world, where the hero has to overcome monsters, such as nine-headed trolls, to win the heart of the princess or reach the treasure. This deep longing in the human heart is also symbolized by the spiritual quest for the holy grail, as indicated by the immense popularity of Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code.

However, those mystics taking a short cut back to Paradise generally are not concerned about the practicalities in life, dealt with by science and business. So even the mystics grounded in Nonduality are not always consciously being guided by the Principle of Unity. There is still a separation between Western reason and Eastern mysticism, in particular.

To heal this deep wound in the psyche, there is another way to return to the Source, illustrated by the larger bell-shaped curve in the diagram above. It is this middle path between traditional mystics and Western science and business that is the basis of this web site. For if we cannot end the long-running war between science and religion, there can never be Peace on Earth.

Although this is not a black and white situation, we can say that those inexorably pursuing the outward, mental movement of Western civilization are members of Homo sapiens sapiens, while those returning to Paradise are exemplars of Homo divinus. We can distinguish these two return paths to Oneness and Wholeness by saying that there are two subspecies of Homo divinus: Homo divinus divinus and Homo divinus universalis.

The central issue now is how can Homo divinus live peacefully with Homo sapiens, which is still the dominant species, defining the laws that govern our lives, in defiance of the fundamental design principle of the Universe. In general, when a new species or civilization emerges from a previous one, those individuals embodying these radical changes have a pretty hard time of it, for all structures have a tendency for self-preservation.

Under these circumstances, it is pertinent to note that Jan Brueghel the Younger’s famous painting of Paradise from 1620 contains only plants and animals; human beings are conspicuous by their absence. There is thus just one remaining question to be anwered: Can we human beings collectively return Home to Paradise before the fearful, egoic mind drives all species in the Homo genus prematurely to extinction?