Only when we truly understand what it means to be human will we resolve our conflicts and transform our relationship with ourselves, with one another, and with our so-called “natural” environment.
To be human is to have the right to make mistakes—and the right to learn from them. It is the right to reconcile, to begin again, to grow beyond what we once imagined possible.
So ask yourself: Which do you prefer—to be rich or to be human?
Some believe that human beings are rational creatures. Yet reason alone cannot account for what is most distinctive—and most powerful—about being human: intentionality, consciousness, and our capacity to give meaning.
Big companies want us to believe that artificial intelligence will surpass us. But this belief depends on reducing the human being to what can be measured, predicted, or optimized. What defines us is not speed or calculation, but the lived complexity of our inner experience—something no system of algorithms can fully capture.
We learn math, languages, science, and religion. But when, exactly, were we taught how to be human, or even what it means to be human?
In the past century, life expectancy doubled. Looking toward the next fifty years, the question shifts from how long we live to how we live. To be human will mean far more than being a worker or a consumer—it will mean being a creator of meaning.
What has moved human intention across millennia? What do we truly know about the human energy that has brought us to this moment in history? Very little—and yet nothing in society functions without it. Every idea, every creation, every act of compassion, every moment of love and transformation arises from human energy—mental, emotional, and motor. We are still at the beginning of understanding this journey.
To illustrate, here is a passage from The Inner Look by Silo:
“There is a way of directing and concentrating the Force that circulates through the body.
In the body are points of control on which depend what we know as movement, emotion, and idea. When the energy acts in these points, it gives rise to motor, emotional, and intellectual manifestations.
Depending on whether the energy acts more internally or superficially in the body, the states of deep sleep, semi-sleep, or wakefulness arise. Surely the halos that surround the bodies or heads of saints in religious paintings allude to this phenomenon of energy which, on occasion, manifests more externally.”
Everyone wants to resolve the crisis without touching what drives our human universe. But the issue of human energy is the key—perhaps the only key—to transforming ourselves and the world around us. Understanding it will change everything.
We are not facing an economic or geopolitical crisis. We are facing a universal human crisis. The mold is breaking everywhere. Old models and structures are collapsing, and new ones have not yet taken form. In this transition, contradictions surface, unresolved tensions return, and the absurdity of many systems—including economic distribution—becomes impossible to ignore.
And yet, we have more in common today than at any other time in history.
If this moment feels absurd, it is because your capacity for reasoning and understanding already surpasses the structures and “realities” of the present.
We are not going backward. We are moving forward at the speed of light, entering our universal stage, building the first truly human civilization. If you think the last hundred years were extraordinary, buckle up—the next hundred will surpass anything we can imagine.
Several forces are working in our favor:
- Existing economic and political structures are no longer sustainable, so humanity must transform them.
- In many places, those in charge lack the vision and clarity needed for these transformations—requiring others to step in.
- Human interconnection is now permanent and global.
- Social movements grow larger every day while governments can collapse in 72 hours.
- Asia and Africa are reconnecting with their identities and moving beyond their colonial pasts, while the West is losing confidence.
- Emerging structures are collaborative, decentralized, and international—technological protocols, scientific research, and logistics are becoming universal commons.
And consider this: what was the role of women 100 years ago compared to today? Their transformation alone signals the depth of the historical moment we are living.
Let the warmongers and merchants of fear continue their old game—they are accelerating their own decline. They are digging their own graves and preparing the conditions for a new civilization to emerge.
Remember what happened after World War II: the creation of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and an explosion of technological innovation. Radar, jet engines, early computers, and penicillin—all breakthroughs whose roots preceded the war—were propelled forward by the pressure of history.
Crisis becomes catalyst.
Today, once again, a new human civilization is waiting to be born.
The right to be human is not given; it is created. Maybe this is the century in which humanity finally learns how to be human.
