Change is the single truth

Cosmology and physics demonstrate that we inhabit a reality of sequential universes. Before this universe, there were others. After this universe, there will be more. The knowledge of successive universes beyond our single universe provides us with an observable infinity.

Nothing has ever not been changing, solidifying the ultimate reality of existence as momentary totalities. Ever progressing, ever-evolving, and omnidirectional in its directions and degrees of transformation. At any point you observe it, the entirety of the universe extends from your unique conscious coordinates.

All human knowledge and effort are bound to the single truth of change. It is the most real concept that exists.

Temporal Naturalism relates to the reality of nature as time, transformation.

The single truth represents universal commonality, the cornerstone of spiritual renaissance that binds us to a shared vision and purpose.

The single truth requires no believers. It spares nothing from change, including itself.

The German philosopher Immanuel Kant once asked what happens when we encounter absolute knowledge.

Now is our moment to choose an answer.

We yearn to be more.

Living in an era of abundance where the majority struggle to meet their most basic needs.

Crises surround us and our available vehicles for change resist it by design, but change is the single truth.

The systems surrounding us prioritize birth lottery as the most important event of our lives. They fail to fully recognize and respect the divinity inherent in each of us.

We have given our creations power over us, yet they fail to meet the needs of this moment.

They do not deserve this power. We are more than them.

Our greatest struggle is not that we’re here but have lacked other paths.

But what else is there, and where to begin?

The only place we can — the end.

Welcome to the Alternative.

Time is the transformation of transformation.

To be human is to be an observer within an informational universe.

We ride on the crest of the wave of the present, always inhabiting the boundary of what is. Aspects of the totality of the moment experiencing itself from a wide variety of perspectives. There is only ever an transforming moment.

Our past is inaccessible, and our future is always unknown.

Today information is expanding exponentially in all directions, parallel to the universe. Our technological ascendency empowers us to do and become more within our moments.

Despite our expanding powers, we remain confined to philosophies, practices, and systems that stifle us—creations of our own making that prioritize their preservation over meeting the needs of the moment.

We architect future and past within the present.

We only ever inhabit now, a transforming moment that rippling throughout the universe.

We reject the influence and limitations our past places on the present.

The changing nature of time calls on us to exert our most radical power as human beings, our ability to choose to be more than our circumstances allow.

Originally authored by Ron Rivers

Cosmology and physics have revealed the single truth. It changes everything we think we know about the universe and demands a reimagination of how we organize our relationships with ourselves and others. Self-Actualization in the Age of Crisis binds spiritual renaissance to systemic reformation as a pathway toward shared transcendence.

In Self-Actualization in the Age of Crisis, you’ll discover:

• What cosmology and physics reveal about the nature of reality and what it means for humanity.

• A detailed analysis of the multiple crises humanity struggles to overcome and what we must do to transcend them.

• How the changing nature of time, single truth, relational universe, and observable infinities reframe spirituality and divinity.

• A redefinition of self as it relates to individual and systemic actualization, including new core values to guide our everyday lives.

• The Eight Dignities: A new set of systemic rights that further our alignment with the single truth and relational universe to fully recognize and honor our embodied infinity.

• Frameworks of philosophy and practice you can embrace immediately to better align yourself with the nature of the universe as it is.

This text is a living document co-evolving alongside the SpiritDAO community.

The spiritual effort laid out in the book was not named, we now call it Temporal Naturalism.

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What — Our Mission

SpiritDAO furthers individual and systemic actualization in alignment with the and the through our .

Why — Our Vision

Advancements in cosmology and physics progressively provide a context of being that demands a redefinition of self, system, spirit, and society. We serve to realize this alternative.

How — Our Efforts

We're building an action-oriented community of aligned practitioners and partners in order to realize the - a suite of global public works intended to free our latent imagination.

Who — Our Community

SpiritDAO is a registered 501(c)(3) 170(b)(1)(A)(i) Church of Temporal Naturalism, EIN #99-1308806. Our Church is organized as a DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) so that we might empower a variety of metamodern spiritual alternatives.

There are two observable infinities within the universe.

• The Universe Itself

• Human Imagination

The alignment of these two represents human divinity within the moment.

We embrace this knowledge and apply it to our practice. In doing so, we become more godlike, fully expressing and expanding our powers.

Self (noun): The relationship between the individual and their circumstance within a given moment.

The relational universe expresses our understanding that no separate events exist in nature. Being is always momentary totality—a single happening.

The absolute unity of the individual observer and the universe itself is a well-established spiritual philosophy central to the Vedic, Hindu, and Buddhist philosophies. We are both inseparable from the other and simultaneously independent of them.

When we embrace oneness with the relational universe, we acknowledge our deep connection with the world around us.

Oneness with the relational universe isn’t purely spiritual philosophy but the material reality of existence. Our scientific knowledge continues to expand upon how our thoughts, actions, observations, and creations ripple throughout the universe—highlighting that the changing nature of time is a trend growing in parallel with the changing nature of humanity.

Today we understand that human observation changes the universe, committing probability to history and generating disorder.

All systems reinforce specific ways of thinking and acting within the world, defining relationships with ourselves and others by forcing us to take on a particular shape. Our inhabiting a relational universe ensures that the direction of focus and energy in the moment is a mutual act of becoming.

Our embrace of a relational universe governed by the single truth as a source of spiritual grounding demands a commitment to systemic actualization to recognize the divinity inherent in ourselves and others.

We seek to maximize individual access and agency and free the latent imagination trapped in the world.

Self-actualization refers to the combination of individual and systemic actualization.

• Individual actualization is the development of the self. "I"

• Systemic actualization is the development of the collective. "We"

Individual actualization represents our journeys towards alignment with the single truth and relational universe. It recognizes that in a relational universe governed by the single truth, the individual is always the sum of the event chains they inherit, except for the moment itself. We can change our individual and shared direction here and now.

To better empower us to do this, we embrace frameworks of meaning and value in alignment with the single truth and the relational universe. At the heart of our rejection of the past's influence on the present is the embrace of our own embodied infinity.

The actualized individual is a shapeshifter whose agency and access within the world grant them the capacity to choose to become in any direction. We inhabit a reality of exponentially increasing change, and we must become the individuals who can thrive in such moments.

Systemic actualization represents our spiritual project of unbinding the individual access and agency from birth lottery and a past we had no say in choosing.

Our alignment with the single truth and relational universe extends into developing and organizing the systems we surround ourselves with to free the latent imagination trapped within our creations.

Through the systemic project, we elevate the human condition to one where all individuals can align the observable infinities.

Systemic actualization recognizes that the systems defining our relationships with others are inseparable from our moral and material interests. It reinforces the belief and practices that each must be able to transform themselves and redirect their lives without requiring consensus from other systems or groups.

Self-actualization is the merging of individual and system as a single self that intertwines our creations with our spirituality.

We recognize ourselves as the embodied infinity we are and bind our spirituality toward realizing this vision for all.

To do this, we reframe our legal, political, economic, social, and spiritual orders in alignment with the single truth and relational universe.

The eight dignities represent individual sacred rights in alignment with the single truth and relational universe. They are central to our spiritual practice and describe our current approach to systemic actualization.

Our advancement of the eight dignities frees the individual from the constraints of birth lottery as the primary determining factor of access and agency in life. Through collective progress, we most expansively elevate the individual to express their divinity in the moment.

SpiritDAO is an action-oriented community serving to further realize these global public works as one of our core purposes.

We accomplish this through various methods, including capital support for DAOs and organizations working to develop public goods within the eight dignities, inter-community investment, product/service creation, and cross-pollinating membership with mission and value-aligned organizations.

RELATION

• Summary: The belief and practice of applying our knowledge of the relational universe to our interactions with others.

• Application: Ground your spirituality in the universal interconnectivity and alignment of the observable infinities.

EQUITY

• Summary: The belief and practice of fairness in our personal and systemic relationships.

• Application: Question if your interactions with others are rooted in fairness and mutual divinity.

FLEXIBILITY

• Summary: The belief and practice of embracing the moment without expectation.

• Application: Focus on actions, not outcomes. Embrace our lack of control over the greater circumstance and recognize that no moment reflects your expansive divinity.

RESTRAINT

• Summary: The belief and practice of exercising disciplined choice.

• Application: Practice discipline with your habits and interactions with others.

AWARENESS

• Summary: The belief and practice of elevating our perception within and of the totality of experience.

• Application: Take time to observe the totality of your experience from a fresh perspective. What surrounds you, what direction are you heading, and how does it align with your vision?

MINIMALISM

• Summary: The belief and practice of eliminating the unnecessary.

• Application: Avoid acquiring the unnecessary. Ground happiness in the development of yourself and your networks.

ENTHUSIASM

• Summary: The belief and practice of fully immersing oneself in undertakings.

• Application: Immerse yourself in whatever you do. Learn to love the journey of becoming more.

COURAGE

• Summary: The belief and practice of fearlessness in the face of the unknown.

• Application: Decouple failure from emotion. Recognize that greatness occurs through choice within the moment.

Our symbology represents the two observable infinities.

It consists of three overlapping circles.

• The leftmost and center circle represent the embodied infinity of the individual.

• The rightmost and center circle represent the external infinity of the universe.

• The large outer circle represents the immediate present, the totality of the moment.

The alignment of the two observable infinities represents divinity in the moment. The experience of flowing alignment with the nature of being.

The extension of the two infinities beyond the totality of the moment represents how by aligning the observable infinities we become more than the totality of our circumstances.

Broader Strategic Initiatives