Homo Luminis

In her June newsletter, Diana Pepper of Tree Frog Farm talks about human evolution:

Years ago I saw an episode of Star Trek the Next Generation about a species that was undergoing a transformational leap. A person of that species was found adrift in space with amnesia. Curiously, he had unexplainable symptoms like waves of pain, energy bursting uncontrollably from his body and extraordinarily fast cell mytosis. During the course of the show, as his symptoms grew more intense, he finally remembered who he was and what was happening. At the end, he completely transformed into a being of light – a grid of light in the shape of a person.

Inka elders say that Homo sapiens are evolving into Homo luminis. From my experience, I would agree. We humans are undergoing a rapid transformation much like the person of light. I believe it is as radical a transformation as fish evolving into amphibians. And our evolutionary process is happening within lifetimes as well as between generations. Sometimes I feel much like the person in the Star Trek show. I have experienced -- along with some of my clients and friends -- inexplicable flu-like symptoms including body aches, headaches or digestive distress, unexplained heat coursing through the body, a sense of the nervous system “shattering”, or a sense of the body losing cohesion like the cells could fly apart at any moment. Thankfully, we have Red-Osier Dogwood Flower Essence as an ally.

Red-Osier Dogwood is one of the flower essences that Diana makes and sells.

I've heard talk about Homo luminis before, and I certainly hope we're evolving into something better than what we are now. I don't think life on the planet can take much more of Homo sapiens abuse.