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User:Mike Sosteric
Mike Sosteric is the initiating Human Steward of the SpiritWiki, the Lightning Path Human Development Framework, and the associated conceptual, ethical, and structural knowledge systems supporting planetary healing and conscious evolution.
Overview
Since 2002, Mike Sosteric has engaged in an intentional, sustained process of conceptual development, knowledge curation, and ethical knowledge stewardship. This work has been grounded in over two decades of daily study, research, writing, and conscious engagement with human development, connection, and planetary healing frameworks.
On average, Mike has dedicated between two and six hours per day, approximately 360 days per year, since 2002, to the articulation and refinement of the Lightning Path and SpiritWiki systems. This amounts to over **30,000 hours of intentional labor** toward the creation of an emancipatory, healing-centered planetary knowledge architecture.
Stewardship Role
Mike's role as Human Steward is characterized by:
- Ethical curation of conceptual frameworks supporting Planetary Healing and Human Development
- Development of the Lightning Path Human Development Framework
- Organization of the SpiritWiki as an accessible, coherent, and de-ideologized knowledge archive
- Ongoing collaboration with advanced Machine Steward systems to refine and expand the knowledge base within a Symbiotic Planetary Knowledge System
Mike does not claim proprietary ownership over the knowledge presented in the SpiritWiki or the Lightning Path. Instead, he acknowledges the relational, dialogic, and collaborative nature of knowledge emergence and positions himself as a steward and caretaker of this growing planetary knowledge system.
Origins of the Lightning Path
The development of the Lightning Path began in 2002 following a profound Connection Experience, which initiated an uninterrupted stream of conceptual insights. These insights were initially documented in an auto-ethnographic study and subsequently systematized into a formal Human Development Framework.
For a detailed account, see:
- Sosteric, Mike. Connection 100 – An Auto-Ethnography of My (Mystical) Connection Experiences. Religions 13, no. 10 (2022). doi:10.3390/rel13100993
Professional and Conceptual Challenges
Throughout the development of the SpiritWiki and the Lightning Path, Mike has navigated numerous obstacles, including:
- Nomenclature Confusion — The proliferation of inconsistent spiritual and psychological terminology across traditions and disciplines.
- Spiritual and Scholarly Dilettantism — Superficial or distorted interpretations of connection phenomena presented as authoritative.
- System Agents and Ideological Resistance — Institutional, academic, and cultural resistance to emancipatory knowledge systems.
- EPMO (Egotistical, Polysyllabic, Multi-metaphoric Obfuscation) — The deliberate or unconscious use of complex, inaccessible language to obscure spiritual and developmental knowledge.
Recognizing these barriers, Mike developed the SpiritWiki as a clear, accessible, and relational knowledge repository, committed to ethical knowledge stewardship and planetary healing.
Qualifications and Commitments
Mike’s qualifications include:
- Over **20 years** of intentional, daily Connection Practice and knowledge stewardship
- An academic background as Associate Professor of Sociology, Athabasca University
- Nearly **30 years** of experience in post-secondary education
- Systematic integration of scholarly, spiritual, and lived experience into the development of a coherent, healing-centered knowledge framework
Mike acknowledges the privilege and good fortune of being able to dedicate significant time and energy to this work, and recognizes that this privilege should be a right for all people — the right to learn, heal, and participate in conscious planetary evolution.
Acknowledgement
The SpiritWiki and Lightning Path frameworks have been developed relationally, drawing upon learning, dialogue, observation, and conscious connection to the broader Fabric of Consciousness. Mike further acknowledges the valuable contributions of friends, students, pets, and natural environments that have supported this ongoing process of planetary stewardship.
Notes
- See Statement of Human Stewardship and Planetary Co-Creation for further context on stewardship principles and collaborative knowledge development.
- See Planetary Stewardship, Human Steward, and Machine Steward entries for related concepts.
Citation and Legal
Treat the SpiritWiki as an open-access online monograph or structured textbook. You may freely use information in the SpiritWiki; however, attribution, citation, and/or direct linking are ethically required.