We need to find ways to help more and more people actively shift their attention to creating a different world – a parallel world in effect – one that can emerge out of the disintegration of the old world and serve as a viable transition for enough people. Their message will emphasize different facets of a whole, depending on who they are trying to reach, for some combinations of these will be necessary in gaining a positive resonance:

• Service to others will be important in bridging to some who are very relationship-oriented, be it individual, community, or global.
• Service to the planet and environment in cleaning up the extensive environmental damage humanity's childhood has inflicted upon its earthly home.
• Connection and community will be an important step toward healing for those people who have felt cut off and disconnected from self and others. This can lead to their engaging in some form of spiritual exploration, service, or both.
• Spirituality and connection to higher consciousness are already important for many. Those people who have shied away from religion know that spirituality is important for their own growth but do not know where to begin. Others who have long sought something more expansive and enlightening than the familiar religious doctrines would welcome spiritual perspectives that do not directly threaten their religious traditions. And there are those who are spiritual seekers who would welcome being part of a larger community of others and engaged in service to the world.
• Forgiveness and reconciliation will be important factors in bridging to many people's situations, irrespective of their personal belief systems. Truth-telling, forgiveness, and reconciliation can allow organizations, societies and individuals to, in effect, "come clean" and acknowledge what needs to be acknowledged without being in a position of blame and retribution. Reconciliation can take place where there is enough mutual recognition and desire to move ahead, comparable to putting society and its organizations and institutions on a "twelve-step program."

These factors help broaden the opening for social and spiritual awakening, a powerful positive future theme, that includes most all religious and non-religious beliefs sharing common elements that have been described in A New America.

They can provide an important foundation for national and global dialogue. That in turn could encourage a new type of leadership to emerge.

Where there is resonance, there are those people who can bridge to others in the communities of people with whom they naturally associate. In this way, even individuals who may feel limited or contracted in their views can be touched in some direct and positive way by people whom they trust.

It is the contention of A New America that U.S. society is ready for such a conversation for action. However, the opportunity must be well presented if it is to be realized. If established institutions are focused on fear and disinformation, then new institutions and leaders are needed to make present new opportunities for people.