Shift

Lately, I have a gut feeling that something huge is about to shift on our planet. I have always had a gift - another sense that I can’t quite name. Although it's something I have always had in me,  it's rather rudimentary and I know it will take great patience, self-discipline, and focus to refine it. Because I spent a lot of my life letting myself drift into yesterdays and tomorrows or standing in one place, unaware of my power, I am just now coming out of the infancy of my spirituality.

I firmly believe in the laws of attraction, and as I have improved my skills of living in the present and focusing on the positive, I have attracted other like-minded folks. People who care about Earth and its creatures. People who believe that we have the magic it takes to make our world better. People who know things, but aren't quite sure how they know them. 

Just as I am, I know that many of those who shares similar gifts are feeling some sort of restlessness. A sense of excitement about the possibilities for our world. But, we are only human; we struggle too. Many of us are in physical or emotional pain as we open up our consciousness. As we can sense our beautiful world shifting, we are afraid. We question if we really have the power to make change.

How we can use our gift to call forth a better world, when some days, we can barely function ourselves?  

My gift is not refined enough to tell me what form this shift will come in, but I feel it will be something that brings a deep sense of I connectedness among all living beings - in time. I have to believe that although in the present, I witness the agony of separateness and feel the tenderness of our collective pain, we wounded earthlings will find the strength to shape a new world. 

Last year during NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) the half novel I tackled was similar in theme to my vision of what is to come. The 50,000 words that I eeked out were far from publishable quality, but I was more proud than I had ever been. I think this theme – apocalypse, earth-shift, new consciousness, is one that resonates with me for a reason. It's not just that I know it is coming, I am a part of making it come to fruition. Love will change the world. It chokes me up to think how simple it could be. Why can’t it catch on like wildfire instead of the greed that sets souls ablaze each day? 

Our ancient intuition can guide us if we could only get out of our own way. If we could quite our minds enough to listen to our souls. Delving as deeply as we can go into our own soul is the only way that we can bring this change. I read a quote by Thic Nhat Hahn that said:

“It is possible that the next Buddha will not take the form of an individual. The next Buddha may take the form of a community -a community practicing understanding and loving kindness, a community practicing mindful living. This may be the most important thing we can do for the survival of the earth.” 

I dream of coming into enough money to buy a gigantic piece of land (though I find it to be a backwards concept that one can own land), and bring like-minded folks to live in freedom with me. Folks who share my desire to change this aching world through love. I won’t stop dreaming that this is possible, but until then I take smaller steps toward my vision. I walk with a little more kindness each day - for both myself and others. Committed to finding a deeper wisdom, I focus on the moment and take in every lesson I can.  

~ Peace and Love, Tracey

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