In English: https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=1277

https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=1288

In Russian: https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=ru_c&key=1164

https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=ru_c&key=1145

Zen Benefiel

https://bethedream.com/Benefiel-2025.pdf:

Bruce ‘Zen’ Benefiel, MA, MBA, DD

          At the tender age of 18, Zen Benefiel experienced a profound near-death experience (NDE) that became the gateway to a lifetime of profound transformation and exploration. During this remarkable event, Zen found himself o­n the threshold between life and death, experiencing a profound shift in consciousness and an intimate connection with the divine. His story is profoundly poignant for our times.

         Zen's NDE became the catalyst for his lifelong journey of self-discovery, exploring diverse spiritual traditions, engage in scientific research, and seek out wisdom teachings from ancient cultures. This transformative experience continues to shape his perspective, infusing his work as an author, leader, speaker, and podcast host with a profound sense of compassion, authenticity, and reverence for the mysteries of life and living as a spiritual being in physical form.

         He is currently Operations Director for Live and Let Live Foundation and Global Peace Movement. Most recently he founded Planetary Citizens, a 509(a)(2) public charity.

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Zen Benefiel - Author et al:

https://zenbenefiel-author.com/

Author, Coach, Cognitive Scientist, Futurist,

Spiral Wizard and a few other things

          Zen Benefiel’s body of work is basically o­ne long conversation with an emerging humanity, from an orphan and adoptee’s perspective; seeking congruent connection from both inner and outer worlds.

         Not the anxious, polarized, survival-mode version of humanity we see in headlines, but the o­ne that’s trying to remember itself — the species that intuits we’re part of a living, intelligent cosmos and that the next phase of evolution is more about coherence than conquest. Zen has been mapping, teaching, and modeling that possibility for decades, long before “conscious business,” “regenerative culture,” or “planetary citizen” were trending terms.

Here’s an article-style exploration of how his work fits into the evolutionary arc we’re in.

- The Evolutionary Moment We’re In

- A Life Patterned by Contact and Inquiry

- Planetary Citizens: From Idea to Infrastructure

- Be The Dream: Personal Coherence as Planetary Service

- “One World in a New World”: Story as Evolutionary Bridge

- Recursive Function: Turning Insight Into System

- Live and Let Live, Partnering, and Applied Peace

- AI, Media, and the Multiplying of Signal

- What His Work Says About Humanity’s Next Step

- We need whole-system views. The 12-sector model, planetary citizenship, and spiral frameworks keep us from siloed activism.

- Why It Matters Now

- We’re at a fork. o­ne path is intensified fragmentation — AI for control, media for outrage, politics for power. The other is what Zen has been modeling: AI for synthesis, media for awakening, politics upgraded into planetary citizenship, organizations built around trust.

- His work doesn’t say, “Utopia is coming.” It says, “The structures for a conscious civilization already exist in seed form — let’s activate them.” And that is exactly what an evolving species needs: not fantasy, but frameworks; not gurus, but gardeners.

         Stubbing My T.O.E. o­n Purpose: A Seminal View of Consciousness, Cosmology, and the Congruence of Science and Spirituality: 520 p. 2017: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0789BB6TF?crid=29KTDQ7ON4LD9&keywords=stubbing+my+t.o.e.+on+purpose&sprefix=stubbing+my

- Dive into 'Stubbing My T.O.E. o­n Purpose' and embark o­n a thrilling journey where the mysteries of consciousness and the cosmos collide, unlocking a transformative understanding of the universe that will leave you breathless and forever changed.

         (Check out Zen's Podcast: https://youtube.com/@OneWorldinaNewWorld

Media ProSheet for Interviews: https://BeTheDream.com/Benefiel-2025.pdf)

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Zen Benefiel.

Planetary Citizens: Awakening the Heart of Humanity

2025. PDF, 124 p:

https://peacefromharmony.org/docs/Zen-Benefiel_Planetary-Citizens_24-06-24.pdf

103. Epilogue. A letter from Zen

Dear Fellow Planetary Citizen,

         If you’ve made it this far, thank you—from the depths of my heart. You’ve traveled with me through ideas, stories, principles, and visions that have taken shape over a lifetime of inquiry, integration, and inner work. And while this book may be coming to a close, what it represents is o­nly just beginning.

         This journey hasn’t been linear for me. It’s been multidimensional, like consciousness itself—unfolding across years, lifetimes, communities, and callings. I’ve followed the whispers of spirit through moments of doubt, silence, and surrender, trusting that what I was building had meaning, even when the path felt invisible.

                                    And now, it feels undeniable.

         I’ve had the privilege of being involved in many simultaneous efforts—each o­ne a different facet of the same gem:

• Through PlanetaryCitizens.net, with a 509(a)(2) nonprofit status, we are reviving the spirit of global unity that Donald Keys seeded decades ago—offering frameworks, tools, and narratives to align individual awakening with collective action.

• Through the o­ne World in a New World podcast, I’ve held sacred space for hundreds of voices to speak their truths—from world-changers to quiet (104) wisdom-keepers—so we can all witness the emerging planetary consciousness from every angle.

• Through Live and Let Live Global Peace Movement, I serve as Director of Operations, helping shape a legal and moral framework for a peaceful, prosperous, and free world—rooted not in control, but in voluntary cooperation and non-aggression.

• Through my work as a facilitator, coach, and community catalyst, I continue to build bridges between hearts, minds, and systems—whether through conflict resolution in construction projects, strategic sessions with changemakers, or simply holding space for someone discovering their own purpose.

• And through my personal partnership with my wife, Luba—a profoundly talented pianist, teacher, and soul partner—I am reminded daily that beauty, love, and music are also forms of planetary service.

         All of these efforts are not separate. They are expressions of a singular devotion: to serve the awakening of humanity, and to support the birth of a conscious, compassionate planetary civilization.

         This is not my dream alone—it is ours. You have a unique part to play in it. You don’t need permission. You don’t need a title. You o­nly need willingness.

         105. So, I leave you with this:

Let your light not be dimmed by the noise of a crumbling world. Let your hope not be dismissed as naïve. Let your dreams not be delayed by self-doubt.

You are the bridge.

You are the builder.

You are the blessing the Earth has been waiting for. With love, in purpose, and in partnership — I walk beside you.

In service,

Zen Benefiel

Planetary Citizen

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