A REAL Unicorn: Leaving The Silicon Valley Elite to Serve Humanity w/ Steve Farrell
A conversation with Humanity's Team co-founder Steve Farrell on his unconventional and inspiring journey from successful entrepreneur to uplifting human consciousness
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At a certain point in your consciousness journey there may come a point where you “receive the call.”
If you aren’t familiar with this phrase, I interpret it as recognizing the imperative to expand beyond focusing on your own growth and step into the broader scope of serving others and humanity at large.
In the 1990’s, Steve Farrell had started two high flying Silicon Valley businesses doing $75 million in revenue each when he recognized his call to serve humanity. By all traditional definitions he had “made it,” but realized that his soul’s purpose for coming into this plane was more than just being a serial entrepreneur.
He left Silicon Valley and started his non-profit Humanity’s Team with Neale Donald Walsch, author of the seminal book series Conversations With God.
Humanity’s team’s mission is to make conscious living pervasive by 2040 through helping educate people to awaken to the interconnectedness and oneness of everything. Over the last 20 years, they have created the #1 non-profit in transformational education bringing together some of the biggest spiritual leaders, scientists, and educators in the world.
When I learned about Steve’s work, I was very excited because it seemed as though he had experienced somewhat of a similar career arc. His passion for business evolved to reorient his talents towards the mission of raising of global consciousness.
This type of move takes courage. It takes knowing people around you are whispering about how you’re wasting your career or throwing your life away and being okay with it. The irony is that when this type of call is on your heart, the scarier thing is not doing it!
This conversation covers Steve’s journey and how he plans to do his part to transform the future of humanity. We discuss:
What it was like achieving the American dream and then leaving it behind
How he practically was able to move towards this decision
How soul integrity results in provision from the universe
Why his life is far richer now than when he was flying high in Silicon Valley
The myth of consciousness evolution meaning you need to forego things
Advice for anyone looking to move into their unique contribution
Steve’s story is amazing and documented in his new book A New Universal Dream: My Journey from Silicon Valley to a Life in Service to Humanity.
I think Steve serves as a role model for many of us who have accumulated a vast number of skills and are looking to answer the call of helping humanity and earth move into greater levels of awareness and harmony.
If you are interested in spiritual education, I highly recommend checking out all the amazing programs on Humanity’s Team, including their free content to get your feet wet!
I hope you enjoy this conversation!
-Scott
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It's inspiring to see people like this move from silicon valley into the consciousness space. I suspect there are far more folks in the corporate world who are moderately successful and interested in doing work to help heal our society, but are financially constrained.
To me it's obvious that the biggest problem with convincing the average technocrat that there is valuable knowledge outside the standard rational framework is that so many people who go into this consciousness space tend to go way overboard. We need to do a more step by step, piecemeal approach if we want to convince people.
I respect what Steve is doing, but despite my own mystical experiences I can't help but cringe when I look at his website:
https://www.humanitysteam.org/
The first blaring message you see in large bolded font is: GET YOUR OWN PSYCHIC INSIGHTS
Scott, I hope it's clear to you that if any of your peers that have power and influence in the tech world saw this, they would run screaming the other way.
If I had millions of dollars to throw at the problem, what I would do is fund people who are highly rational and skeptical but still open to mystical experiences. From there I'd work to build a bridge slowly from the rational materialistic mainstream worldview, to a more nuanced and spiritual one.
People like Jonny Miller (http://www.jonnymiller.co/) are a good example of this.
For folks reading this who had the same reaction as I did to the website Scott linked - you aren't alone! And Scott I hope you understand all of this is said in a constructive mindset. I truly want more people to open themselves to new experiences, but I am tired of seeing poor messaging around this topic. We won't get anywhere if we keep jumping overboard off the ship of rationality the second we find something that doesn't make sense.
Hi Scott, I'm a fan of your work, and I've noticed our newsletters have some similarities :) Let's connect and support each other! Keep up the great work!