De-Evolution: Reflecting on Humanity’s Path and Future Potential

Have you ever looked at the marvels of ancient civilizations and wondered, ‘How did they do it?’

From the precision of the pyramids to the cosmic alignment of ancient wells, our ancestors achieved feats that still leave us in awe.

But have we, in the age of technology, lost something profound in ourselves?

These questions form the core of De-evolution - a reflection on humanity’s journey, our potential, and the powers within us.

All the while I marvel at the brilliance of our ancestors and all they achieved, from the Sumerians to the Egyptians and all of the other civilizations that have advanced humanity.

How did they achieve the things they did? Did they have help from the outside? Or did they tap into their INSIDE and use abilities we don't even know we have?

Jenn and I have talked at length many times about these so-called 'abilities'.

From manifestation to energy to vibes, there are just so many ways we can change our realities without any dependence on others.

We are fooled into the notion that we need our governments and society to flourish, but the truth is that as a collective, that favors the few on behalf of the many.

Yet there is something that can change the game. Something innate inside of us that once tapped into, can LITERALLY change shape and mold our lives into whatever we desire.

Now THAT is something that the 'few' have learnt how to suppress in us. From the outside!

The Baalbek Stone [Photo credit - middleeasteye.net ]

Is it possible to carve, lift and shift a giant rock that weighs 300 tonnes like at Baalbek (Lebanon) as part of a construction project? Thousands of years ago? Could it be possible?

Maybe the question is not HOW they moved it. More like why.

For example, 3000 years ago people constructed a well at Santa Cristina that is aligned with a solar event that occurs once every 18 and a half years.

The Santa Cristina Well, Sardinia, Italy

When the moon is at its highest point in orbit, it does so directly above this place, shining through a 2ft hole to illuminate a perfectly cylindrical well into a glowing white magical chamber.

There are so many questions attached to the reasons this place exists, but back to my point. Like damn, they were using their MINDS to do all this stuff I could barely even do in my dreams.

I can just about remember my PIN and that's only 4 digits! Me? Move a rock? Manifest my desires? Somehow figure out how to build a place that could do who knows what?

Well that's a fantasy, a movie, a pipe dream. So they say. But perhaps there was once a time when these powers were unimpeded...

Life begets life. Energy becomes energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich - Sarah Bernhardt

So this piece is about the connection to our past, our connection with technology today and how we can change our realities in the future.

We have the power within us and even if modern living does not encourage that, we can still find it if we search deeply enough! I hope you enjoy the read!

De-Evolution

Egyptians, Mayans

The great civilizations

Way back when

Way back then

Out of nowhere

(Relatively)

They start building pyramids

(Literally)

Moving gargantuan stones and rocks

Calculating

Maths

And clocks

Precise measurements

Pinpoint precision

Feats of engineering

Innate intuition

They changed the face

Of humanity

They set the bar

Of who we are to be

Prosperity

Art

Society

Begin

Build

Legacy

A beacon

A light

Of what we could become

Planet masters

The best bar none

With no tech they mastered this

No help

They started this

Or maybe

Who knows

Hieroglyphs

We know

We've studied

And wondered

Marveled

Reveled

To this day we visit

Their stunning legacy

And so what next for us

This new humanity

What is next

What shall we see

Well, I guess the Egyptians

Were the spark

They were the start

We learnt

And built

Enhanced their teachings

We built new empires

Brilliant and fleeting

For bad or worse

For good or better

We learnt from their laws

We still write their letters

But for us

Now maybe

The de-evolution has begun

For way back when

Some dude pops up and says hey

Let's build a pyramid

That will take over a thousand years

Untold wealth

Staggering masses of humanity

Tremendously incredible engineering

And a future proof structural integrity

For all of humanity

To reveal and see

Now I wonder

What is meant to be

Are we now losing our abilities

Enslaved to technology

Is this digital world

The future story

For have we left behind

Our powers to compute

In our minds with no assistance

Have we now embraced a time

Where 'virtual' has no resistance

Is this our new

Shared existence

AI is aligned

And will only get stronger

And the thoughts that we once thought

Get less and less

With less need to compute

There is less need to think

An even lesser need

To use pen and ink

So transfer your thoughts

To the online device

Free your mind

From those stresses and vice

Let the screen takeover

This mini computer

It is what we need

We need it the most

So with my free mind

I remembered to see

A time I remember

Of how it used to be

Before the internet, you see

We had no ability

To be connected

In any way

I remember payphones

Was the only way

You would remember phone numbers

Like it was your last day

For you had to memorize

To check in or seek help

11 digit numbers

Etched into mind

Now tech came along

And freed that mind

Tech came along

Oh so kind

And the friendly tech

Can store and replace

The friendly tech

Can copy and paste

Now I can't even remember

A four digit code

That comes on a drop-down

To be entered below

I copy and paste

For fear of forgetting

And getting it wrong

So I guess in some ways

We have

We have devolved

Numbed down

Just a little

Subservient to our master

Not the government

But the tech pastors

Preaching their desires

Playing their worth

We evolved out of nowhere

Got whacked with the intelligent stick

Time to pass on the baton

We have run our race

Let the tech takeover

And take our place

© Leon Gregori 2025

I believe we have powers beyond our wildest dreams that are vulnerable to being suppressed and dumbed down.

I know that is no groundbreaking notion but that's where the poem went towards the end! Tech, fluoride, haircuts, food and water... so many channels into us that can dampen our powers (so I am told).

Yet I have come to truly believe in manifestation and positive energy and I genuinely feel desires coming into being every day.

I am no expert and I credit these discoveries entirely to Jenn! I love her even more (if that was possible) for it.

Learning to understand is translation for POTENTIAL. Potential because every moment has potential should the desire to activate it be uncovered.

The process is only hard until it is not! To this day I often struggle to believe I have the life I do. Waking up to new vibes every day with the love of my life is a path I imagined in the far reaches of my mind when I was younger.

A place like the wizard of Oz walking hand in hand with my true love down some sort of yellow brick road with birds fluttering and criss-crossing above our heads as the clouds part to reveal a rainbow!

That was some dream, but now it IS my reality with Jenn and what's more our traveling and path IS the yellow brick road!

The more we reduce ourselves to machines in the lower things, the more force we shall set free to use in the higher - Anna C Brackett

What do you think? Have we traded too much of our humanity for modern convenience, or does technology simply amplify what’s already within us?

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I have been writing poetry since I was in my mid-teens and find it completely natural to express myself through written word.

I am from the UK but I am now a full-time slow traveling digital nomad after meeting my amazing fiancé Jenn on Instagram, as part of my journey as an author.

My writing has always been unpredictable and without structure; it is freestyle from completely random moments when I feel compelled to write.

My content is mainly long form and focuses on love, heartbreak and life.

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