{"id":11933,"date":"2025-11-19T19:44:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T23:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/the-next-evolution-of-consciousness\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T19:44:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T23:44:00","slug":"the-next-evolution-of-consciousness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/the-next-evolution-of-consciousness\/","title":{"rendered":"The Next Evolution Of Consciousness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/hop.clickbank.net\/?affiliate=infohatch&amp;vendor=J1R2C\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10614 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png\" alt=\"Profit Gen\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png 400w, http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Two weeks ago, I landed in Miami.<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t expect to be greeted by two FBI agents with the politeness of yoga instructors and the curiosity of philosophers\u2026 but here we are.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve recorded what happened and posted it to the world\u2014the video you\u2019re about to see got 1.3 million views on Instagram.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRAmz9KAalG\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>Here\u2019s what happened.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI agents asked me about my recent travels\u2014Brazil, Istanbul, Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil?<br \/>Rock in Rio.<\/p>\n<p>Istanbul?<br \/>Gates of Agartha Festival. Satori was playing; the only thing I was conspiring with was great music.<\/p>\n<p>Dubai?<br \/>Well, Dubai is the global center of capitalism and one of the most innovative cities in the world (of course I go there).<\/p>\n<p>Then came the question:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave you consorted with any politicians?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I said yes\u2014last year I was at a dinner in Mar-a-Lago.<br \/>They nodded, handed back my passport, and welcomed me to the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>No drama. No hostility. The agents were doing their job.<\/p>\n<p>The real issue isn\u2019t the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>The real issue is the culture of fear America has fallen into.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fear-the-last-refuge-of-leaders-with-no-vision\">Fear: the last refuge of leaders with no vision<\/h2>\n<p>Tourism to the U.S. is down 15%.<br \/>International students are down 20%.<br \/>Immigration demonized.<br \/>The world\u2019s most iconic \u201cnation of immigrants\u201d now treats newcomers like threats.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because fear is the cheapest political drug.<\/p>\n<p>Pushing the fear button is the last refuge of leaders who have no talent, no vision, and no solutions.<\/p>\n<p>And nowhere is this more obvious than in the stories being sold to Americans daily.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-night-at-mar-a-lago-that-explained-everything\">The night at Mar-a-Lago that explained everything<\/h2>\n<p>I was invited to Mar-a-Lago by a Mindvalley member.<br \/>I was truly honored and grateful for the invite.<br \/>And I want to say that the people there were genuinely nice to me.<\/p>\n<p>While we disagreed on policy, we got along as friends.<br \/>But I\u2019d like to share with you some of the things I heard.<\/p>\n<p>I sat next to a Christian woman who believed abortion should be banned nationwide.<br \/>I disagreed\u2014but I respected her conviction.<\/p>\n<p>Then a senator told me:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are 300,000 Chinese migrants at the southern border waiting to be activated by China.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I asked for evidence.<br \/>He admitted he heard it as a rumor.<\/p>\n<p>Fair enough.<\/p>\n<p>Another person told me that there are 2 million potential terrorists in America after what happened in Israel.<br \/>Of course, there was no supporting evidence for this.<\/p>\n<p>Now let me tell you what I did not hear.<\/p>\n<p>No one was talking about:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Healthcare<\/li>\n<li>Lifespan<\/li>\n<li>Cost of living<\/li>\n<li>Education<\/li>\n<li>Economic mobility<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There were no ideas. No policies. No strategies.<br \/>Just fear.<\/p>\n<p>And yet fear won votes. Millions of them.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-but-let-s-look-at-the-hard-proof-the-republican-party-is-actually-bailing-on-business\">But let\u2019s look at the hard proof: The Republican Party is actually bailing on business<\/h2>\n<p>Now, let\u2019s step away from fear, rumor, and political superstition\u2026 and look at actual numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Because when you examine the last seven decades of U.S. economic performance, a very uncomfortable truth emerges:<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. economy performs dramatically better under Democrats than Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Take these five core indicators that economists use to measure national performance:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Real GDP growth<\/strong><br \/>Since World War II, America\u2019s GDP has grown at about 4.3% under Democratic presidents versus 2.5% under Republicans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job creation<\/strong><br \/>Job growth averages 2.6% per year under Democrats and 1.1% under Republicans, tens of millions of additional jobs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Unemployment<\/strong><br \/>Under Democrats, unemployment usually falls by about 0.8 percentage points. Under Republicans, it typically rises by about 1.1 points.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stock market performance<\/strong><br \/>The S&amp;P 500 returns roughly 8.3% per year under Democrats and only 2.7% under Republicans. If you invested based on party alone, you\u2019d retire in a hammock on a beach.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recessions<\/strong><br \/>Ten of the last eleven recessions began under Republican presidents. That\u2019s not ideology. That\u2019s math.<\/p>\n<p>You can fact-check them by asking AI in regards to what I\u2019m talking about. Feel free to research them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Most American entrepreneur friends of mine still believe the myth that when Republicans are in power, business is better.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That myth is the exact opposite of actual facts and data as stated above.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Democrats do better and business. And they do so without having to blame immigrants and others.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Republicans do the opposite.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-and-here-s-where-maga-makes-it-even-worse\">And here\u2019s where MAGA makes it even worse<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s not just that Republican economic myths don\u2019t hold up. Trump\u2019s current strategy is actively harming America\u2019s economy and global brand.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s vilification of immigrants\u2014and the violent ICE raids flooding Instagram and TikTok\u2014are already hitting the U.S. economy like a slow-motion avalanche.<\/p>\n<p>Obama deported 3M people. But he did it without harming America\u2019s image.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what we\u2019re seeing:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tourism to America has fallen by roughly 15%. That\u2019s billions of dollars lost annually because visitors no longer feel welcome\u2014or safe.<\/li>\n<li>Foreign graduate student applications have dropped by about 17%. This is catastrophic. These students often stay, innovate, start companies, and build the industries of tomorrow. They\u2019re the future builders of Silicon Valley, healthcare breakthroughs, AI labs, and biotech.<\/li>\n<li>Forty-four percent of American unicorn companies were created by immigrants. Nearly half of the most valuable companies in America exist because of immigrant founders.<\/li>\n<li>Every ICE raid you see on Instagram isn\u2019t just traumatizing undocumented families\u2014it is damaging America\u2019s global brand, driving talent away, shrinking innovation, and weakening long-term competitiveness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fearmongering may get votes. But it is a horrible economic strategy. You cannot build a future-ready nation by scaring away the very people who create the future.<\/p>\n<p>If we agree that diversity is beneficial, that unity matters, and that racism is something that belongs in the garbage bin of history.<\/p>\n<p>When we stop falling for these myths, we stop allowing politicians to use them as weapons.<\/p>\n<p>I created the video to dismantle many of these myths.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRMv4SQkTKH\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-darwin-and-the-diffusion-of-sympathy\">Darwin and the diffusion of sympathy<\/h2>\n<p>Let\u2019s zoom out to science.<\/p>\n<p>Charles Darwin wrote:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs man advances in civilization, he extends his sympathies to all members of the nation, and then to all nations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He called this the diffusion of sympathy\u2014the expansion of empathy.<\/p>\n<p>This is evolution.<br \/>This is progress.<br \/>This is how civilizations rise.<\/p>\n<p>Shrinking empathy? That\u2019s regression.<\/p>\n<p>Fear shrinks empathy.<br \/>Unity expands it.<\/p>\n<p>Darwin knew this.<br \/>Walsch knew this.<br \/>Wilber mapped it.<br \/>And the world desperately needs to remember it.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-spiritual-perspective-why-unity-matters-the-most-right-now\">The spiritual perspective: why unity matters the most right now<\/h2>\n<p>Neale Donald Walsch wrote:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cThe highest virtue of highly evolved beings is unity.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And another:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cIn advanced civilizations, unity is not a dream\u2014it is their natural state.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is the future of humanity.<\/p>\n<p>From egocentric to ethnocentric to world-centric to cosmocentric.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s the work we\u2019re doing at Mindvalley.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-mindvalley-spiritual-summit-a-leap-beyond-fear\">The Mindvalley Spiritual Summit: a leap beyond fear<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindvalley.com\/summit\/spiritual?utm_source=blog_campaign_vlnl_nov19&amp;utm_campaign=launch_spsm_oct_2025&amp;utm_content=content_vlnl&amp;utm_medium=lp&amp;otag=blog_campaign_vlnl_nov19&amp;otag=launch_spsm_oct_2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" alt=\"Mindvalley Spiriual Summit Nov 22-23, 2025\" class=\"wp-image-78609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/mv-prod-blog-en-assets\/2025\/11\/11ac9790-mindvalley-spiriual-summit-nov-22-23-2025.webp 1920w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/mv-prod-blog-en-assets\/2025\/11\/11ac9790-mindvalley-spiriual-summit-nov-22-23-2025-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/mv-prod-blog-en-assets\/2025\/11\/11ac9790-mindvalley-spiriual-summit-nov-22-23-2025-1536x864.webp 1536w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/mv-prod-blog-en-assets\/2025\/11\/11ac9790-mindvalley-spiriual-summit-nov-22-23-2025.webp\"\/><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/mv-prod-blog-en-assets\/2025\/11\/11ac9790-mindvalley-spiriual-summit-nov-22-23-2025.webp\" alt=\"Mindvalley Spiriual Summit Nov 22-23, 2025\" class=\"wp-image-78609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/mv-prod-blog-en-assets\/2025\/11\/11ac9790-mindvalley-spiriual-summit-nov-22-23-2025.webp 1920w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/mv-prod-blog-en-assets\/2025\/11\/11ac9790-mindvalley-spiriual-summit-nov-22-23-2025-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/mv-prod-blog-en-assets\/2025\/11\/11ac9790-mindvalley-spiriual-summit-nov-22-23-2025-1536x864.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Our upcoming Spiritual Summit is a gathering of the world\u2019s nine top spiritual teachers committed to unity consciousness:<\/p>\n<p>Regan Hillyer (#1 Manifestation Coach), Lee Holden (Medical Qi Gong Master), Marie Diamond (Feng Shui Master), Dawn Hong (Kundalini Master), Shi Heng Yi (35th-generation Shaolin Master), Dr. Peter Levine (Psychologist and Founder of Somatic Experiencing\u00ae), Sensei Zen Takai (16th-generation Samurai), Dr. Tara Schwartz (Neuroscientist), and myself.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-get-your-spot-at-the-spiritual-summit-here\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindvalley.com\/summit\/spiritual?utm_source=blog_campaign_vlnl_nov19&amp;utm_campaign=launch_spsm_oct_2025&amp;utm_content=content_vlnl&amp;utm_medium=lp&amp;otag=blog_campaign_vlnl_nov19&amp;otag=launch_spsm_oct_2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Get your spot at the Spiritual Summit here<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Happening this weekend, November 22\u201323<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll talk about a powerful and interesting idea by Ken Wilber (the world\u2019s most cited academic)\u2014called <em>Stages and States<\/em>\u2014which helps you understand how we can bring unity consciousness within ourselves and the world. We will go deeper into why unity is important for the progression of humanity.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t just an event. It\u2019s an energetic consciousness activation.<\/p>\n<p>If fear is the virus, unity is the medicine.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-my-declaration\">My declaration<\/h2>\n<p>People have asked whether speaking openly like this on my Instagram might jeopardize my O-1 visa.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not afraid.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve done nothing wrong.<br \/>I\u2019ve built companies, created jobs, supported communities, and obeyed the law.<\/p>\n<p>And America\u2019s greatness lies in its protection of honest speech\u2014especially speech meant to heal, unite, and uplift.<\/p>\n<p>I love America. I want it to thrive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And because I care, I will not stay silent when this country is being misled.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not by rumor, fear, propaganda, or leaders who cannot govern, cannot unify, and cannot offer real solutions\u2014especially Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time for something higher. Something wiser. Something rooted in unity consciousness, not fear consciousness.<\/p>\n<p>P.S. <strong>I\u2019d love to hear your thoughts on this.<\/strong> Unity, fear, immigration, evolution\u2014what part of this message resonated with you most? Share it in the comments below. I\u2019ll be reading every single one.<\/p>\n<p>Vote for pragmatism. Vote for unity. Vote for evolution.<\/p>\n<p>Humanity is ready for its next leap.<\/p>\n<p>With love,<br \/>Vishen<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"200\" alt=\"Vishen Lakhiani signature\" class=\"wp-image-76162\" style=\"width:280px\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/mv-prod-blog-en-assets\/2024\/12\/99dc1d9d-vishen_signature.webp\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/mv-prod-blog-en-assets\/2024\/12\/99dc1d9d-vishen_signature.webp\" alt=\"Vishen Lakhiani signature\" class=\"wp-image-76162\" style=\"width:280px\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>REFERENCES AND SOURCES OF DATA MENTIONED IN THIS NEWSLETTER:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.princeton.edu\/~mwatson\/papers\/Presidents_Blinder_Watson_July2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Presidents and the U.S. Economy: An Econometric Exploration (July 2014)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._economic_performance_by_presidential_party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. economic performance by presidential party<br \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.princeton.edu\/~mwatson\/papers\/DemRep_BlinderWatson_July2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Presidents and the U.S. Economy: An Econometric Exploration (July 2015)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalaffairs.com\/publications\/detail\/presidents-as-economic-managers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Presidents as Economic Managers (article in the National Affairs magazine)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hop.clickbank.net\/?affiliate=infohatch&amp;vendor=J1R2C\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10614 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png\" alt=\"Profit Gen\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px.png 400w, http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/profit-gen400px-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two weeks ago, I landed in Miami. 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