One thing I enjoyed before COV hit, was participating in a group, watching a TV series and having online discussion with people all over the world.  To me, it was special because we connected over so many common impressions, and then shared how we saw things differently because of our cultural differences.  Our uniqueness added depth and color to the conversation.  We valued them.  If the episode played earlier in the week in another country, the group waited until we Americans caught up because they said that was when the discussion really got good.  That is who “we the people” of the world really are.  Now, I know there are numerous examples of the opposite, but, what I’m pointing out is what I experienced as a subtle indicator of our global basic nature, without the influences that pit us against eachother.

I remember last year when we went into lockdown to flatten the curve.  We were doing it together as a world, working in solidarity, supporting eachother to get through it.  There were a few incidents here and there, but when the George Floyd unrest occurred, I remember seeing a post from someone in another country disappointed that we broke our unification saying, “Come on, America, we can do this!”  We were all shocked at the suddenness in Minneapolis.  I saw video clip of a bewildered woman, describing how the local Minneapolis residents, blacks and whites together, were hugging and helping one another through their shock and grief.  Then she described how unknown people came from outside their city and caused a lot of damage.  I also remember seeing a video of an older gentleman telling a young man not to participate in the unrest, to look at what was really going on, and to ask himself if that is who he wanted to become. 

What shines forth is who we are as “we the human race.”  At our true core, we are peaceful, loving, caring for our families and about our communities.  We do not want damage or unrest or war.  I know in my lifetime there has always been some sort of war going on.  I may not have always understood why, but I always thought there must be a better way than war.  After 911, I, like many others felt action needed to be taken to deter another attack.  So at the time, I did feel better knowing that we were disabling “the enemy.” Now we know there may have been a different story going on below the surface.  I now have to ask myself a tough question… what mechanisms led me to believe the surface story, the one that put me in so much fear that I would go along with the first action our government took.

From where my consciousness is now, I look back and shake my head.  My understanding of worldly things has completely evolved.  My viewpoint has widened from the knowledge I accumulated from education, news sources, conversations, literature, movies, TV, music, life experience, even our family church.  My views have even evolved from things that I wrote years ago in this blog.  Kind of amazing, really.  I knew that we, as a collective, would go through changes.  I even knew that those changes would emerge in surprising ways.  I knew that darkness and density had to be released, as individuals, as a collective, as well as from inside Mother Earth.  But, I was not prepared for my perception of reality to be completely upended. 

I knew what we were going through on an esoteric level.  I had a vision of making it to a bridge, which is an actual term used to describe this transition phase.  But then in my vision, from the middle of the bridge I grabbed a rope and purposefully jumped off and back down to where I started.  I then witnessed what was happening in our nuts-and-bolts waking reality and new perception unlocked for me like an intricate puzzle opening a door.  I followed my nose and observed and assessed and studied.  I had to go inside myself and forgive what I didn’t know, what I misjudged, and what I didn’t want to look at.  I had to go inside and connect with God Source and use my own discernment as I waded through huge amounts of truths coming to the surface.  This process brought me to a clearer knowing of myself, a deeper connection with God, and a stronger inner peace. 

It’s been almost a year since COV hit.  Connecting with people in other countries today, I find they have just had enough.  We’ve been in various stages of lockdown, we’re confused about what information to trust.  We’ve lost homes and businesses, friends and family members.  Some of us want it all to go away and go back to the way things were so we can get on with life and some of us want to rip off the bandaid and get it all over with.  But like it or not, change is here. The old system will just not do anymore.  We are evolving and shifting.  It was subtle at first but now it’s become blatantly obvious.  Many systems have to change to accommodate “we as the new humanity.”  As we are seeing all over the world, the common people are beginning to stand in their strength.  As a result, governments are changing.  Old regimes are stepping down and new ideas in ways to conduct ourselves are emerging.  The world is changing. 

We that fondly remember the “make love not war” sentiment of the hippie generation still believe there are better ways than bombing and killing.  After being so proud last year that we finally had solid peace in the Middle East, hearing that we may now be getting back into war hurts my heart.  My flower-child self sheds a tear over the potential loss of our precious progress toward world peace.

As I’ve said before in this blog, there are many truths.  Each person has their own truth based on their own individual beliefs, and God grants each of us the free will to have them.  Can I expect another person, with totally different life experiences, values, backgrounds, thoughts and beliefs to adopt mine?  No, I cannot.  But if we could have a calm conversation, a discussion without getting defensive, we might learn that we have more in common than we believed.  We might even gain more from different viewpoints in renewed appreciation for eachother.  Can we as a community, a state, a country, a world… find a common value in something such as peace?  Can we reach out to one another across the world as brothers and sisters and stand again in solidarity to tell our governments that it is the will of the people of this Earth that we do not wish to continue funding endless wars on this planet and we want new ways to insure prosperity and true world peace for all.