In addition to the founders Juliana and Jim, thousands of people worldwide
from many spiritual traditions co-created a unique event on January 23rd
1997. Grassroots awareness spread globally as co-creators shared information
about the event with others by word-of-mouth, email, fax, mail, community
bulletin boards, etc. It has been estimated that millions of individuals
and thousands of groups from around the world participated and organized
gatherings on January 23rd.
The GaiaMind Project is dedicated to exploring the idea that we, humanity,
are the Earth becoming aware of itself. From this perspective, the next
step in the evolution of consciousness would seem to be our collective recognition
that through our technological and spiritual interconnectedness we represent
the Earth growing an organ of self-reflexive consciousness. One of the most
effective ways to intentionally participate in this process may be simultaneous
global meditations. We hope to serve as a catalyst for global healing by
bringing forth practical, creative, spiritually-based solutions to the challenges
before humankind and the planet. The Project serves as a bridge to explore
the interface between science, medicine, philosophy and the world's spiritual
wisdom traditions.