Who is Atlas Teru?

Like all of us, my life created and shaped my insights – though in my case, from universal perspectives.

Being all of American, African, and Japanese, I was born to live, love, and survive, all sides, of the effects, and affects of the blend – including later in life when the banks crashed, homelessness, as a single father with a young daughter.

Being American, equals to culturally European, when combined with African, and East Asian – while living near and with Latinos, lends a human-centric outlook – to nuanced experiences and perspectives, on histories and heritages.

These multiple vantages formed a base, a starting point – in a fifty year global search of humanity’s common ground – extensive travel, and deep, literal, research through 315,000 years of human history – with a goal to discover core human beliefs and habits – instincts if you will.

Owing to life experience, I recognized the necessity, of pushing past the tribal boasts, the smears and propaganda, designed by those who find themselves momentarily in control, and seek to retain that stolen power, by justifying the crimes against humanity – that always precedes the hijacking, of human communities.

If not, I could never reach to the universal human wisdom that had allowed us as a species, not only to survive – but to beautifully thrive.

What I’ve found is this,..

First – Despite the pushed rhetoric that says, humans are innately violent, and thereby in need of control, which excuses that control – There was a time, when human to human encounters, each interaction, was recognized as a godsend – a stroke of luck.

Why?

Because for most of our human timeline, we were hunted, by beasts, disasters, and weather.

Many of our gifted days of life, were on account of the uncounted miracles – like when being chased by a lion, or the numerous other beasts that hunted us – but just when it was about to pounce, we were unexpectedly saved by an unknown human, who just happened by, who then shot the animal with an arrow, or speared it with a masterful throw.

The medicine from a strangers bag of herbs, just as a human was about to expire, or being carried from a burning fire, or the strong hand that grabs an arm, just before the tumble off a cliff.

Our ancestors have all been rescued, by our innate human culture – we can see the same today during disasters, when all our petty divisions dissolve, and heroic humans emerge – to rescue humans.

This family bond, not wars, is why we’ve survived as a species.

As such, our default mode, is to trust in our fellow humans, and is why 300,000 years ago, humans had set up continent wide, information, insight and trade networks.

Though is also why, we’ve been taken advantage of – by humans who have forgotten, what human means.

Yet, in our natural state, we see each other – as the powerful allies, the connections, we are meant to be. The more connections – the more life protection, knowledge, assistance, and potential.

Second – Since Life was so precarious, it was once understood, to be precious – which meant, that human life, was sacred.

With all the natural obstacles against us, it was insane and totally lacking human foresight – for a human, to take advantage, or ignore the plight – of another human.

Humans, had no right over another respected human life, neither to control, to use – nor to take.

This seemingly basic human code, was recognized – as a mutually beneficial circle – positive for all humans.

The greatest deception, the most damaging belief that humanity has ever encountered – was the one that told us, that our human connections – were threats – and that priceless human life, was worth no more – even to ourselves – than its use, to the inhumane – because it normalized, abnormal, anti human behavior – and our enslavement.

There’s a growing recognition, of the golden reality of who we are, as humans – and of our natural earth granted rights, as humans – and of the vital importance of our relationships, with all of life, especially the human life, as the precious connections they are.

This collective urge, this yearning instinct, is calling for a return – to our garden, where we were grown and raised as cultivators and caretakers, of a global greenhouse.

Today, there are humans on all sides, stepping over of the artificial divides, wanting nothing more than to regain our species reins, over our human trajectory, our human destiny – as is our human right.

The Caucasian Winter, is first release of a four part volume of literal human history – exploring the hidden human stories, that knit humanity – back together.

In researching this volume, beyond the surprising and profound encounters of my life and cultures, beyond the loud and scarlet examples of the obvious, there was, just waiting acknowledgment, a most deep, heartwarming and intense human story, of humane, socially brilliant, interesting and interested people labeled as ‘white’.

Brave and beautifully noble humans, struggling no less strenuously, against the forces which enslave us all – and not only for themselves, but for humanity.

By Volume Four, it will be clear that we, the 95% of Humanity – holding out hope for the lost 4% – are Misunderstood, and striving for Magnificence.

We have all been mistaken, mistook, ignored, or slandered – and it’s long past time to set the record straight, so we may, as a species – get to work on the issues that threaten our species, and taints or destroys the awesome potential, of what should be ~beautiful human lives.

I hope you will join the Human Reunion.

Sincerely,

Atlas Teru