A Shift

Another cool, clear morning where the trees and the light are coming out to play and the day is opening into another adventure.  The temperature is in the mid-forties and an early morning walk among the trees seems right.  A stop at the earth shrine will be where thanks will be given for all that this land has given.  

The feeling of grace, and gratitude is arising.  Time in the natural world, where there are fewer built structures and more spaciousness to receive what the earth has to offer, provides renewal.  Both the body and the soul have a chance to reunite and a kind of wholeness comes into being.

It has been only a few days, and in those days so much has happened - seen and unseen.  The time shared with people who know something more is happening that is essential to all life, has brought about a shift.  That shift has connected those who know they have to re-engage with their work in a different way, with a deeper appreciation for how all things are connected, across generations and time.  We must learn from the wisdom of the trees, the ocean, the moon and sun, the ancestors who have never left us.

The thing about the mysterious is that one cannot really describe the phenomenon. Something has moved into existence that is not a thing or an object.  It is a way to be and do, with a greater sense of purpose because the world literally needs this to happen for it to survive.  Its survival in turn, has meaning for human existence.  A recognition of a shift that cannot be seen but can definitely be felt, has arrived.

It's strange to think that the existence of the world itself depends on the shift.  But many people have already had the intuition that they must join in helping, without even knowing what that might mean.  There is just a sense that change needs to happen in the midst of much change already taking place.  And there is a strong sense that the energy has to be in the direction of listening more deeply - not just to the words, but the conditions the world is facing.

Today's news is about a disaster because the earth shifted in Turkey and Syria - taking more than 7500 human lives.  There is a shift in the nation's politics, creating deeper divisions among the people.  There is even a shift in local culture that made today's news:  a beloved conductor will move across the continent from Los Angeles to New York.  How will all of us process what is happening and what will be the thing that one identifies as the work needed in this moment?  It's a big question, and it arises as the world itself is getting smaller and smaller.