There’s no
doubt: change and transformation are upon us. Well, this is nothing
new. We are always changing and transforming — growing older,
learning more, shifting our beliefs and personal perspectives,
passing in and out and through relationships, and so on.
What’s
different now is that change and transformation are not just upon
us, but also within us — and in a much more conscious way. The top
prediction for 2010 and the next decade is summed up in the word
“transparency.” All our secrets and hidden agendas are floating up
to the surface to meet the light of day. For those who want to keep
their secrets a secret, this will mean one heck of a wild ride. For
those who are ready to embrace planetary awareness and begin our
little adventure of conscious co-creation, this is one welcome sigh
of relief. Not to mention one highly anticipated event.
So, what to
do as we all continue to shift gears and lighten ourselves,
releasing out-dated ways of being, restrictions in the body and
mind, unnecessary weights of the soul? The answers will be different
for each of us. The one-way-fits-all mentality has its limitations.
And, of course, our answers will vary at different times, no doubt
shifting just as dramatically as we do. As always, however, deep
answers come to us when we most need them — through dreams,
unexpected encounters, signs and sightings in the natural world, and
words of wisdom couched in ordinary conversations. Indeed, we are
living the extraordinary through the ordinary — and now, more than
ever, we need to rouse ourselves awake from those old smug dreams of
living solely on the surface.
Whenever
there’s great change and transformation there is often the
accompanying drama of great illusion. In the whirlwind of chaos,
things are not as they seem. And this is where all that practice to
find center and maintain inner balance and listen to one’s small
voice within comes into play. We’ve been training for this for
decades: revving up our psychic engines to see clearly, discern the
messages beneath the words, pierce through the superficial drama,
and meld our senses as we begin to reconnect with each other and
ourselves and the planet once again.
This is not
to say we shouldn’t expect some upsets or bumps along the way. Bumps
as opportunities, as the ancient Chinese saying (loosely translated)
goes. The best advice I’ve found is to not skip over those bumps,
but rather, sit down and have a good ponder. Bring a picnic lunch.
We need those bumps. For soon, through the creative power of
transformation, we find that our bumps yield secret holes,
passageways, tunnels into deeper being that — if we are brave enough
to follow — reveal the treasures of who we really are.
Dawn Brunke is the editor
of Alaska Wellness and the author of Animal Voices, Shapeshifting
with Our Animal Companions, and the newly released Animal
Voices, Animal Guides. See
www.animalvoices.net for more.
