The crisis of humanity is not biological or technological but perceptual and psychological. Transhumanism treats the measurable residue of suffering as its cause. It tries to edit chemistry and circuitry while ignoring the movement of thought that creates fear, comparison and division. Enhancement is the self trying to upgrade itself. Transformation is not becoming more. It is the ending of the self, and in that ending there is intelligence.

This essay explores why even our most advanced frameworks and systems thinking cannot lead to transformation if the self remains the center. True change begins not in design, but in the ending of the observer.

By Devesh Gupta For Citation Gupta, D. (2025). Harmony of being: Bridging science, spirituality, and public policy for a unified world . Emerge Publications. https://doi.org/10.65169/devesh-gupta-harmony-of-being-bridging-science-spirituality-and-public-policy-for-a-unified-world To even begin writing, it is important to understand who the writer is, who the reader is and what the nature of thought is. Is the writer or reader separate from thought, or does thought create the