About us
Level Up Humanity is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit experiential think tank (more on that later) whose mission is contained in the name: It is our belief that we can end much suffering, raise consciousness, and level up humanity by turning to ancient teachers and wisdom to help identify eliminate the things get in the way of experiencing the gift of community, compassion, and connection.
What gets in the way? Typically these include, but are not limited to, government programs, agencies, laws, and their related institutions that block the path of one’s own potential.
Examples:
The education system is designed to train workers, and this has been so since the Industrial Revolution. Not everyone fits neatly in the box of the system that governments maintain across all 50 states. Children that do not fit the mold generally are required to become something they are not in order to fit in. Others are medicated so that they’re able to appear to have adapted to the constraints imposed on them.
The welfare system is supposed to help people meet certain needs but in doing so, it necessarily requires a third-party intermediary (usually government agencies) to transfer resources from people with the capacity to help to people with the need for that assistance. This delegation of compassion eliminates a very basic and innate need that humans have to build community, connect, and be in service to others.
Western medicine often insists that solutions can be found in pills and procedures. This is why today, as much as 20% of American women (according to one estimate) are taking psychotropic medication in order to manage a mental health diagnosis. Yet this is a symptom of a greater problem, one which can be managed more effectively using the natural tools that our ancestors relied on for awareness, and wellness including plant medicine, breath, yoga, and meditation. Coupled with welfare systems, western medicine often leads participants down a path that does not serve their best interests.
A different take on think tanks
Most (really all) think tanks in the public policy area examine policy through an economic lens. Level Up Humanity is offering something very different and more powerful. We aim to:
- Show the myriad ways programs and policies keep humanity from flourishing. The who, what, why, and how are explained in commentaries, videos, and newsletters, allowing people a chance to fully peek behind the curtain at the drivers of human behavior and wellbeing.
- Engage with people and groups that are looking to help level up humanity using their own healing modalities. We hope our partnerships will provide a powerful avenue for people to look beyond traditional governmental and institutional methods that have heretofore been touted as solutions but have only kept humanity from flourishing.
- Heal the people in our midst who need our support today. We host our own community gatherings, and we also work with other groups and organizations that are doing their part to build connection and community wherever they can in their own way.
- Teach the ancient wisdom, lessons, and modalities that show light the path toward the leveling up of humanity. The teachings of Jesus Christ, the Buddha, Lao Tzu, indigenous chiefs and medicine workers, and sacred plant and animal teachers and healers such as Ayahusaca, Huachuma, Bufo, and Kambo, guide our way.