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At this time of transition when one era is dying and another is being born, we have a choice: we can stay with the images of the past, the ghosts of materialism that have polluted and desecrated our planet. Or we can move into a future that is not yet defined, that is full of possibilities. There are already signs of this future, some visible and some as yet hidden. We can see the seeds of a global consciousness...(Full Article)

My Relatives,

Time has come to speak to the hearts of our Nations and their Leaders. I ask you this from the bottom of my heart, to come together from the Spirit of your Nations in prayer.

We, from the heart of Turtle Island, have a great message for the World; we are guided to speak from all the White Animals showing their sacred color, which have been signs for us to pray for the sacred life of all things. As I am sending this message to you, many Animal Nations are being threatened, those that swim, those that crawl, those that fly, and the plant Nations. Eventually all will be affected by the oil disaster in the Gulf.

The dangers we are faced with at this time are not of spirit. The catastrophe that has happened with the oil spill which looks like the bleeding of Grandmother Earth, is made by human mistakes, mistakes that we cannot afford to continue to make..... (Full Article)

Finally we are waking up to our ecological imbalance, to the realities of global warming and its catastrophic consequences. It is also beginning to dawn upon us that these environmental changes are accelerating, that time is running out more quickly than we may realize...(Full Article)

Having worked in environmental support and observed the wanton destruction of nature and its associated ecosytems (intricate feed-back systems integral to human survival on earth), I am undoubtedly concerned as to the future of all things natural on this planet. However, I am equally concerned about human perception, the paradigms or technologies that shape our perception, and the degree to which this perception impinges upon the outer world. Like many others I have come to realize that an ecologically "sustainable" future cannot be achieved merely through Environmental Law, Protected-Area Management and the rehabilitation of degraded ecosystems. Parallel to these undeniably important and laudable disciplines, it is essential that we move towards an understanding and rehabilitation of consciousness... (Full Article: PDF download 1MB)

Once upon a time, in a past so distant that we have no memory of it, the invisible and visible dimensions of life were imagined and instinctively experienced as a sacred unity. In the great civilisations of the Bronze Age (c.3000 bce), particularly those of Egypt, India and China, the whole cosmos was envisioned as a living being and the manifest world was seen as an epiphany or showing forth of an unseen source which breathed it into being, animating and sustaining it: the air itself was experienced as the invisible presence of that world - an “awesome mystery joining the human and extrahuman worlds.”(1) Just as the stars emerged each night from the darkness of the night sky, so the visible universe was born from the dark mystery of the invisible. Everything - plants, trees, animals and birds as well as moon, sun and stars - was infused with divinity because each and all were part of a living, breathing web of life... (Full Article)

Women Working with Oneness: A forum for women in service to life, was held in San Rafael, California, in Fall 2004. It drew together women from different spiritual, professional, cultural, and ethnic communities. The second gathering in early spring 2005, allowed for more intimacy because of its smaller venue. The third event brings together Blackfoot, Sufi and Buddhist women. In all events, it was demonstrated that when women come together from different communities for the sake of the world, the pure current of love and oneness is given. (Full Article)

The breath belongs to the esoteric core of much spiritual work and the processes of inner transformation. Just as breathing is fundamental to many forms of life, breath and the awareness of the breath is central to many spiritual practices, whether it is the simple meditation practice of watching your breath, or repeating a mantra or dhikr. (Full Article)

When I was researching different spiritual teachings for Medicine for the Earth I found the underlying principle of esoteric beliefs is that all life is made of light. As human beings with egos we often forget our true nature and we over identify with our personalities and bodies. We are light in bodies. (Article Excerpt)

What is our responsibility at this time of global crisis? Many of us are only too aware of the precarious state of the world. We see and feel the tensions of terrorism, the plight of global poverty and hunger, and the ecological crisis that threatens our survival as a species. Any life form that knowingly destroys its own ecosystem is dangerously imbalanced. Our western focus on materialism and the power of greed is spreading over the planet, destroying its resources, polluting both the inner and outer worlds, desecrating the sacred that gives meaning to our lives. (Full Article)

Life is an interconnected whole, and the energy of life flows through the web of connections that link part to part. Human beings can work with this energy, to help it flow freely on all levels and to reach every part of the whole. Now, at this time of transition as we move out of one stage in our evolution and into the next, we are being asked to do this-to work consciously with the energy that flows through the web of connections, so that the oneness of life can shape the consciousness of the next age. (Full Article)

Spiritual teachings have long told us that changes happen first in the inner planes and then gradually become manifest in the outer world of our daily life. Today we see signs of a world spinning out of balance in the destruction of our ecosystem, in our global economic volatility. If one wants to explore and understand what these changes might mean, one needs to go within, to where the forces that define our surface life constellate. My own journey has drawn me into the chambers of the heart, into the love and emptiness that are the home of the mystic. But this journey has also had a global dimension. I have been taken into the worlds that underlie creation, where I have been shown how the energies in these inner worlds are shifting, and how at this time a new energy is constellating, new patterns are evolving. (Full Article)

At various periods, different light has come through in our Western civilization that gave it meaning and purpose. That light has disappeared because this civilization, with its ego-centred dynamic has destroyed the light and passed the point of regeneration, just as an individual might do to the light of his or her own soul. If you don’t live the destiny of your soul, but follow the desires of your ego, you lose the light and eventually you can become a lost soul. You can’t find your way either in this world or the other world. The light that belonged to the last era is not going to come back because the era is over. (Full Article)

This article responds to many of the questions we received after publishing the first article.

What does it mean that the light of an era has gone out? First it is necessary to understand what is meant by “the light of an era.” From a spiritual perspective each era of humanity has a spiritual light that gives rise to the evolution of consciousness that belongs to that era. The evolution of humanity is an evolution of consciousness[i], and it is the light of the era in the inner world that both guides and facilitates this evolution. Humanity has a unique quality of consciousness, mythologically imaged as fire stolen from the gods, that is quite distinct to the instinctual consciousness that belongs to the animal kingdom. Throughout human history our consciousness has evolved and changed. In each era this inner light has particular qualities that enable human consciousness to change and evolve in a specific way. (Full Article)

Prayer is the simplest and most natural way to communicate with the Divine. Prayer is the heart speaking. There are the prescribed prayers, the rituals of inner communion. But there are also our personal prayers, our way of being with the Divine, with the sacred that is our deepest nature and that of the world around us. In whatever way we are drawn to pray, there is a pressing need at this time to include the earth in our prayers. (Full Article)

What is the meaning of this approaching moment in time, winter solstice 2012? It is a day in cosmic time when it is said our solar system will be aligned with the center of our galaxy.[i] There are many different interpretations about what this might mean. According to the Mayan calendar it is the end of the Great Cycle of 26,000 years. Does this “end of time” mean a global cataclysm or the beginning of a Golden Age? The truth is that nobody knows. And yet our attention is drawn towards this moment in time, like moths to a lamp. Is it because in our soulless, materialistic culture we are looking for some event that can awaken us to a deeper purpose within our day-to-day existence? Or does this day in December hold a real secret for all of us? (Full article)