What happens if the awakening builds it's own digital fire circle?

For millennials, humans gathered around fires to share wisdom, stories, myths, and visions - narratives that shaped our experienced reality.

Today, we gather around screens that harvest our attention, creating artificial realities that serve profit rather than nurturing our authentic growth.

What if we remembered that technology is meant to be an extension of humanity, not its replacement? What if our digital spaces reflected the sacred quality of those ancient fire circles, where wisdom was shared freely, where stories connected rather than divided, where presence mattered more than presentation?

Imagine what might emerge if the very architecture of our online interactions was designed not by those seeking to monetize our every move, but by those who understand the profound importance of authentic connection. Not spaces where algorithms decide what's relevant, but where resonance naturally draws together those who need to find each other.

Every technological revolution brings both shadow and light. Perhaps we stand at the threshold where digital technologies could actually deepen our connections rather than deplete them—if only we consciously created spaces aligned with the wisdom our ancestors knew when they gathered in a circle.

The fire that illuminates without consuming may be the perfect metaphor for what's possible when consciousness shapes technology, rather than technology constraining consciousness.

Antti Kirjalainen