Dear Friend and Reader,
This morning, Eric posed the question: “Why is this an important time in history?” Below is the first response, from Greg M.
Keep ’em coming, and I’ll continue posting throughout the day.
I believe that we are in the midst of prophecy. This is a long time coming, from before the days of white people in the Americas, and it was seen how things would happen and how we would come to a time when we choose between spiritual harmony or material suffering.
So this is what’s happening, and gradually a lot of what has prevailed over centuries is becoming obsolete, and what is emerging is something that connects us all, everyone and everything on this planet and we either wake up to that, take responsibility for what we have been doing here and do what we can to change direction, or we fall away, maybe to a nuclear war, maybe to environmental catastrophe. But it’s a matter of time before we know which way we’ve chosen, and it matters so much what each of us does towards either of these paths.
Sara writes in:
I, too, feel a powerful sense of urgency. I have the sense that we’re teetering on the edge of something, a tipping point, and it’s vitally important that we make the ‘right’ (best, optimal) choice about which way to lean. It seems that if we lean in one direction we will go down the same old paths that clearly do not work anymore.
If we lean in the other direction, we have the opportunity to create new paths and begin to live up to our potential. One direction feels stagnant, dark, stuck, outmoded. the other direction feels open and full of life. I feel this on just about every level, personal to global, but especially right now in relation to this election.
Some days fear takes over, and I lose vision and hope. Those are days when I have probably had a media overload and then have to limit my intake for a day or more. Some days, I am more hopeful.
P.S. — I’m a long-time reader and appreciator of Planet Waves.
Fe writes:
As an avid, I would almost say OC observer of elections and campaigning, I’ve become aware of the meta-themes that pervade over the country. You can see that by the messages the campaigns put out–what they say and don’t say.
Now without trying to sound more alarmist, we can end civilization pretty quickly if we decide to. The only other alternative we’ve got is that swing towards the unknown – what we’re spiritually capable of. There are plenty of people who have been aware of this need since the 20th century and have been eager to enter into the 21st for a good long while.
So this fight is really about this group dragging the other kicking and screaming into the 21st century. Faith in the future versus faith in the past. How Obama sells it is important, but how we sell it to others in our communities is also critical. It really is about the future, not the past. We can’t go back.
Jackie writes:
One of the reasons this is such an important time in history is that we are moving from a parent/child dynamic to an Aquarian dynamic, in which each of us is responsible for our actions and we must work together to survive and thrive. I believe this is true on Planet Earth and also throughout the Universe. This shift extends on all levels.
Our planet has supplied all our needs until recently, when our abuses towards her have become quite evident in her inability to nurture us. This extends into politics, the environment, spirituality and literally everything we do.
If we take the time to notice, we have many potential partners in our growing, learning and developing as a part of the whole of the Universe.
It is about CHOICE.
Hello,
In my state, government is quickly moving to a centralized form. The schools are all now funded at the State level. At first I thought it was great, because our property taxes went down. Now they are meeting to decide whether to do away with township government. This is NOT good. Local governments need to be decided by the communities served, and so does the school agenda. Much as I hate the taxes, I can see no good coming from this. It is the same with our national government – too much is decided at the national level. I am very much a believer in State’s rights, and frankly, I think the Senate should pick a president every 4 years. What have the elections cost us emotionally and financially? How many people know what their congressman is doing, or what his voting record is?
We listen to the campaign promises and then the next 4 years are always something else.
Hello,
The damage done by the 8 years of this administration is vast, deep and profound. It will take us decades to truly measure the true significance and the true nature of the impact this administration’s various failed policies have had on not just the American lives and psyche but the entire human race.
And yet, this moment presents a sense of hope, that may be, just may be a new administration and a new kind of leadership may just be able to undo at least some of this damage and set us on a new and better path.
I think most of us who take time to think, know in our heart, either consciously or otherwise, that if we were to get another 4 (or worse 8) years of the ‘same’, the damage then would be irreparable and we may never recover from it.
If we miss this one, we’re toast!!!!