“All we are saying, is give peace a chance.”
~ John Lennon
Interesting song lyrics hearkening back to an era when “peace” was the password of an entire generation. And here we are 45 years later at a crucial time in history waiting to see if we will finally accept this invitation.
“Finding peace in your world” is entirely dependent upon remembering where you last put it! It’s about creating peace so that we all can find more of it. And peace is truly an inside job, for each and every one of us.
Very recently I attended a seminar with co-presenters Gregg Braden and Howard Martin. The central theme was related to 2012, or “the shift” as many are calling this current time in history. Gregg’s latest book Fractal Time brilliantly illustrates that cosmic functioning is cyclic and thus so is everything in our individual lives. (As above, so below.) This current window of time, 1980 to 2016, to be more precise, is the powerful era the ancients told us about in their prophetic glyphs and mystic texts. The most well-known is the famous Mayan calendar. Our ancestors have known for thousands of years that now is the dawning of a new potential for human kind, and the choice has never been more clear or more possible. Each one of us has an imminent responsibility to rise to a higher level of ourselves in living a truly heart-centered life.
I used to quip that “The magic bus is coming, and you’re either on it or you missed it.” I have since revised my statement to “The magic bus is coming, and you’re either on it or under it!” Fractal Time explains that we are precariously poised at a key point in an amazing cosmic cycle. We are at the end of a 5,125 year World Age (which began in 3114 BC) and also at the end of a 26,000 year Precession (huge galactic orbit!). If that’s not exciting enough, we are also at the point of crossing the galactic equator! For those of us who were not science majors, this adds up to major global changes in climate and resources which in the past four World Ages has led to the rise and fall of civilizations. It is important to note that it was not the changes themselves that resulted in the demise of these civilizations, but how they reacted to these changes.
The good news is that we are currently moving from third to upper fourth dimensional consciousness, often referred to as “the shift.” This is the largest single leap and highest level ever reached by humans, and is marked by a totally different fabric of understanding and functioning. The third dimensional paradigm has been in force for about the past 2,000 years and is marked by judgement (good/bad), duality (either/or), egocentrism (narcissism), and reliance on technology (mechanistic). The fourth dimensional paradigm brings a holistic perspective, and a focus on care and compassion. Upper fourth dimensional consciousness brings intuition, unconditional love (less attachment), appreciation, and rewards those who are heart-centered (rather than more profits to the ambitious). We are now taking a dimension and a half leap — 2001 began this current shift; 2008 was a hinge-point year; 2012 is another hinge-point year; and in twenty years our world will look very different from the one we see today. Indeed in eighty years humans will be living in a totally different dimensional reality.
We must begin now to look at things differently, through the “eyes” of our heart. A host of studies document the powerful influence of creating a peaceful and compassionate energetic field. Studies of the effects of Transcendental Meditation repeatedly show that the square root of 1 percent of any given population can shift the coherence rate in that size field. Crime and accident levels dropped significantly in studies where a group of meditators gathered to meditate for periods of time in selected locations of various big cities. “Doing the math” powerfully brings this home. In an area of population 50,000, only 23 meditators are required to create a positive energetic shift affecting the entire geographic area and the people in it. More recent quantum studies are revealing that this equation may indeed be a linear understatement of the true possibilities of shifting energetic coherence. One great global intiative to assist with “the shift” has been launched by the HeartMath Institute in California. It is called the Global Coherence Initiative (GCI) and is a web-based connection teaching heart coherence techniques developed by the HeartMath Institute. (I recommend that you check this out at www.glcoherence.org.) There is a “Global Care Room” where you can see the location of anyone in the world who is asking to receive care and compassion, and those who are sending it.
So we return to our theme of “finding peace in our world.” My message is that you will find peace only by creating peace. And my hope is that this article will serve both as education and inspiration. I extend to each of you the sincere invitation in 2010 and beyond to truly “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” (Ghandi) The heart of the cosmos beats through your heart, and Divinity lives in each of your relationships and in every moment of your life.
