2005

These words, very neatly placed upon these pages for your enjoyment are always the most popular of the year, at least until one begins to see how they fit into one's own perspective about what one already believes about themselves and the world around them. Just as reading one's daily astrological forecast evokes thoughts and feelings about what does and does not seem to apply, predictions that encompass an entire year provoke thoughts and feelings as to the accuracy and personal relevancy of what is being offered.

Most of you are certain that you would like to know what is going to happen next month or next year, and given that opportunity, you would ask very specific questions so that you could prepare for what is to come. Yet if I were to make a simple inquiry as to what you will be having for dinner on a specific day within the next year, you might find the question somewhat preposterous. After all, how could you know today with any accuracy, what you will want for dinner on an undetermined date in the future? Do you know now if upon that day you will be dining alone or in the company of others? Are you certain that you will be in good health and unfettered? Before answering, you might want to mentally project yourself into your future social calendar, or take a little time to consider the variables that always seem to crop up when least expected. If pressed to answer, you would more than likely insist that your free will is being undermined by the very suggestion that you could or should know today what you will want to do at a random and currently irrelevant point in the future.

Yet that is exactly what has brought us together to discover. For the most part, humanity relishes basking in the sun while watching the low tide take "what is" out to sea, eagerly awaiting the next swell that may bring "what will be" close enough to shore with the next high tide. The difference between what is and what will be may be as tiny as a raindrop or as vast as an ocean, but after all, that is part of the thrill of being human. And it is a thrill; otherwise you would not have chosen it. A human being is a relatively simple creature as far as the universe is concerned, but the process of stuffing a great being such as yourself into such a basic collection of organic material is altogether amazing, which brings to the forefront of this discussion a salient point that must be acknowledged early on: You are not your bodies any more than I am mine. You are that which animates your body (a vehicle) and assigns purpose to its being. You are a being temporarily being a human being. It is all too easy to lose sight of this, given the dense accumulation of atoms and other physical material indicative of a third-dimensional world. You are not third-dimensional beings, but you have altered (formed) your formlessness into a being that is equipped with unique and specific qualities, one of which is to understand and therefore transcend that which is limiting into that which is limitless.

The third dimension asks, "does the physical world contain you or do you contain it?" It is a question well worth asking, but its answer cannot be processed by the mind, regardless of how expansive it may be. The answer must be arrived at via experience, both physical and nonphysical. That is why the answer lies in the journey and not in the destination. A destination, like and end, is simply a point in time that exists just prior to the next beginning. What is December 31st, for instance, if it is not that which precedes January 1st? Every beginning is an end and every end a beginning. Every inhalation is a birth and every exhalation is a death and vice-versa. This is a universal law and no exception to this law exists; yet the paradox initiated by this very law underscores the very existence of eternity.

Eternity is unaffected by the passage of time. It is everlasting and without beginning or end. At face value it would seem that eternal beingness is akin to immortality, but it is not, because that which is eternal does not require life to define it. If life did not exist, eternity would still prevail. If All That Is had not chosen to experience Itself through the concept of time, It would still exist, because All That Is, is eternal. Immortality, on the other hand, is relevant only as long as life remains relevant, and life is relevant as long as time (expressed in terms of a dimension) remains an agreed upon concept. A work of art, for instance, can be immortalized. As long as it is relevant to life it will continue to exist in the eternal mind. It will be immortal regardless of its existence in the physical. Shangri-la lives as a possibility within you, because it is relevant to your spiritual growth. A less abstract example could be the immortalization of the now long extinct dinosaurs. They will continue to live in immortality as long as humanity finds that they are relevant to its past, not until then will they disappear into oblivion.

Many of the sacred sites around the planet enjoy this same kind of immortality. No exact record of their beginning can be found and there is no consistent explanation for what and why they are. This inability to find a contemporary explanation for their existence makes them immortal in humanity's awareness, and therefore more important than that which seems finite. This also explains why you are more interested in your past and in your future than in the moment at hand. The former and the latter both seem immortal to you, but the present moment seems no more than an imaginary mid-point in an ongoing perpetuity. It is a wonder you bother with it at all! But illusions are powerful and deceptive things, and the illusion of the human being and its drama of immortality is no exception. If it were not for the present moment the next one would not exist, and there would be no future - so the present moment is actually animates, empowers and validates eternity. Better put, you are that which gives meaning and purpose to All That Is. The only way you could do that is if you and All That Is are not separate from one another. After all, All That Is, is eternal. I wonder what that makes you?

The only way you will recognize the beauty of this year, 2005, is if you can participate in it with divided attention. Divided Attention is an intentional effort to be aware of two or more things simultaneously. By contrast, Identification is attention focused on only one thing. It is awareness divided (or influenced) by a subtle understanding of dimensional relevance. For instance, being simultaneously aware of your environment as well as your place within that environment is an example of divided attention. It is not as easy a task as it may seem, because humanity still perceives itself as separate and/or apart from its environment. It over-identifies with how it is perceived by others and under-identifies how it perceives itself. It vacillates between believing that is more or less important than its neighbor, mother, brother, girlfriend, husband, employer, etc. Divided attention requires that you wear at least two different shoes at once, uncomfortable as they may be. In fact, the more uncomfortable they are, the more apt you are to discover just how many environments you are a part of.

2005, as the title of this text suggests, will be a deceptively simple year. From the outset you will know exactly where you stand and almost everything will seem all too obvious. The energies of this year are not vague and you will not have to guess what is happening or what might happen next. Imagine for a moment that you have perused and previewed a book many times without having actually read it cover to cover. You already know its storyline and you even know how it ends because you have skipped ahead to the last page just to make sure. Most of your friends have already read the book, and you have even overheard them whispering about it even though they thought they were out of earshot. It has also come to your attention that a movie project based upon the book is already being considered, one that has been "inspired by actual events". Based on the foregoing, you conclude that this would probably be a good time to read the book, if for no other reason than to stay on top of current events. After all, you wouldn't want to be the last one on the planet to have missed the punch line, would you?

This is how you will begin the New Year, with a yawn and a stretch, and that 'here we go again' feeling. Been there . . . done that . . . searched for your purpose . . . thought you found it . . . sure you lost it . . . found it again . . . lost it again . . . gave up . . . found a new teacher . . . tried to save the world . . . gave up . . . tried to save yourself . . . gave up . . . found faith in humanity . . . lost faith in humanity . . . realized you were in a dream . . . woke up in the dream . . . tried to abandon the dream . . . returned to the dream . . . and are now willing to settle for a version of reality that allows you to feel that you are making a difference in the world while you await the second coming of humanity's awareness.

But now, let's look beyond the obvious and waste few words as we do. Let's reduce the search for meaning to a simpler discovery of truth and your place within it. Truth is subtler than reality and gentler than fact. Truth is the blending filament of life that allows the personal to be both interpersonal and impersonal without breaking any law. Truth is simple enough to be carried in your pocket and complex enough to make it a lifelong study. Most of all, truth is not deceptive. Truth is light enough to float on water while deceptions are so dense they sink like stone.

Humanity, as a whole, is becoming more dense. Obesity is rampant and nearing epidemic proportions. It is not that humanity is consuming too much food; on the contrary, it is consuming too little truth. It has become complacent, smug, cynical and self-righteous. Most of humanity cannot currently recognize truth, because it has bought a lesser version of it -- the one sitting on the shelf just beside its light calorie, non-fat, low-carbohydrate, caffeine free, healthy alternative. This text will not free you from this year's menu of deceptions, but it will make them stand out, so that even after they have been neatly packaged and wrapped in bright colored ribbons and bows, you will still recognize them for what they are: veils, smokescreens and erudite artist conceptions palatable realities. Be vigilant then, and on your honor too, because the tricksters and hucksters have already had their morning coffee, read the newspaper headlines, and are already hard at work!

Paradise Lost

The world remembers that the earth was once a paradise. Even if this memory is lost within your own imagination, it still rings true. The earth is still a garden-like planet, but it is no longer a paradise. A paradise is a place or a condition that offers perfect happiness. In a paradise, a person can find and become everything they desire. The earth was once such a paradise and all who came here long ago still remember this. Like a permanent atom, this memory is lodged within the recesses of humanity's collective cellular memory. But this memory is in danger of being erased now, wiped-out by a virus-like energy that seizes and then stalls the imagination.

Viruses are minute organic and inorganic particles that live as parasites in their hosts. They can lie dormant for long periods of time only to awaken when seemingly ordinary circumstances are triggered by an irregular response. Viruses copy themselves, creating mischievous and destructive clones that consequently insert themselves into uncharted territories. Protection is virtually nonexistent in these areas, because predators have not existed there before.

One of the most dangerous current viruses exists as a belief system within humanity. It was placed deep within your psyche so long ago that you could not possible remember. Way back, near the beginning of your memories, you lived in a virtual garden. It was a virtual garden in the truest sense of the word, meaning that the experience was a holographic one - the experience (physical context) was real, but the reality (physical content) within the experience was not. Many of your current experiences fall under a similar category, and most of the time, your world is more of a holographic projection than you are aware of.

The belief system, or virus whose spell you are currently under, initiates an undercurrent of destabilization that disrupts your thought process. The virus causes you to question and second-guess everything, even what you know to be true. The virus looks for and locates the original truth that has guided and sustained you thus far. It then attempts to replace it with a new, unstable one. If the virus cannot locate the original truth, it duplicates itself enough times to cause layers of doubt where it believes the original truth might have once been. Paradise Lost is the modern day name for a virus that was encoded within you long ago. A virus is not an implant, but it can function as one in order to escape detection. This is an inter-active virus, meaning that its discovery is only the beginning, or introduction to its potentially destructive effects.

Simply stated, Paradise Lost is the belief that you (humanity) have fallen from grace, or been ejected from a paradise-like setting in order to regain entry into the hallowed halls of the perfection from which you once emanated. This virus holds that you are less than perfect, and even less than good. The wheel of birth and rebirth assures that you receive a new and improved dose of the virus before each embodiment, and the world's religions including Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism and others continue the process, reinforcing the belief that paradise is selective, and only available to people of certain faiths upon their death and even then, commensurate with an honorable record and a favorable judgment.

Do you think you have earned exemption from implanted viruses and obsolete belief systems? Think again. Don't subscribe to any particular religion this time around? What about last time and the time before that? This virus has been one of the worst banes to humanity's evolution, leaving death, destruction, misery and ruin in its historical wake. It is poison to the fragile, emerging conscious awareness within you. It is an impenetrable fortress guarded by a military-like presence within you that acts with dogmatic precision each time you attempt to free yourself from it.

Paradise Lost is one of the reasons you have suicide bombers. It is why only a minority among you recognizes that the earth's resources are deteriorating at an alarming rate. Paradise Lost inspires war and salutes authority. It justifies anger and dignifies revenge. It is why you wax nostalgic thoughts for what once was, and long for a future you know nothing about. The present moment offers itself to you boldly, but almost always becomes a sacrificial martyred lamb. Paradise Lost taught you believe in light versus dark. Before the proliferation of this virus, these thoughts did not exist.

The virus is almost as old as you are, which is to say, it is as old as time. It was born when duality was born. It exists as part of you, because you cannot separate yourself from time or its passage. The more you attempt to disengage from it, the more caught you become in its web. The virus it is not separate from the web of life - in fact, it is defined by it. Paradise Lost is the part of you that believes in something outside or beside you. The virus believes in a higher power just like you do, but unlike you, it believes that a Higher Power decides who and what is right and who and what is wrong. Still unsure as to whether you too are infected? If you believe that you are a Light worker but your friend is not, you are infected just like everyone else.

Why has the virus proliferated so? Because at a certain point in time you ceased to be the Paradise Suns and became the Paradise Sons. This was a very important turning point in your history. Organized religion glosses over this fact in an attempt to uphold its power over you. As Paradise Suns you were celestial beings, unlimited in size, scope and dimension; you could not be contained or altered other than by your own choice. But as Paradise Sons, your power was placed elsewhere or surrendered altogether. You became the offspring of another source, one that you believed was greater than you. You forgot that you were as bright and conscious as the Sun, and your dimmed light emerged as the unconscious Son. As sons and daughters, and subsequent generations of second and third class gods, you stepped-down, or fell from a higher place.

The plane of consciousness or angle of declination shifted so drastically, that the celestial poles of consciousness changed their magnetic direction. As declined angles or fallen angels, your consciousness was magnetically captured by the third dimension. In science, magnetic declination or magnetic variation, is the angle or difference between magnetic north and true north at a particular point. Metaphysically, it is the difference between truth and illusion. No better thing could have happened and no worse event has ever taken place. This is the plain and simple truth although it necessitates twisting and bending the mind to comprehend it. As Paradise Suns your purpose was one and Oneness, unchangeable and eternal, without beginning or end. But when Creator (in the form of the Great Central Sun) empowered (radiated) its Suns into becoming creator worlds, time was born and change became inevitable. The divine placed itself on a direct collision course with the mundane.

The Sons of Fohat

With this event, the Suns of Fohat became the Sons of Fohat. Fohat is an ancient mystical term once common to occult circles in Tibet and within other deeply experienced cultures. It is a Sanskrit word, which explains the existence of divine or primordial nature. But fohat is also much more than that, and could even be considered the essence of cosmic electricity, at least as electricity applies to and influences consciousness. Fohat then, is the ever-present, most active form of consciousness. Present from the beginning of time, it will also be present at the end of time. It is a continuum of energy, and adjusts itself as necessary. As time and consciousness evolves, so will fohat.

Primordial energy is, just as Creator Is. It never passes from existence. It is boundless and without boundaries. It can lie dormant or it can be expressed latently; it is an expression of cosmic will and accompanies consciousness in all directions and dimensions. Fohat is incessantly active, ever-moving and changing. It is the impelling urgency in the force called Nature. Fohat is both formative and destructive; it is ceaseless and unending change. It is vital to the universe. It is the active force that facilitates the passing of one phase of manifested existence into the next. This passing or transitioning of phases is true of all things because it is inherently in all things, be they solar systems, civilizations, a single human entity or even an atom.

Fohat is ever present; this fact could not be more clearly stated or more dearly emphasized. Fohat exists in the birth of consciousness, but it is not consciousness itself. In other words, you cannot attain fohat. Fohat is awareness that you cannot touch or see. Uniquely, fohat is the awareness within consciousness and the consciousness within awareness. This is a very important piece of information, because it is the key to increasing the quantity and quality of solar light (prana) required by your essence (soul) to sustain your physical body. Fohat causes you to be and to seek more tomorrow than today. Fohat is the energy that created the original desire that transformed you from non-physical potential into physical purpose. That is why fohat is sometimes called the birth of consciousness, but consciousness must be developed and then purposely deployed, otherwise it will founder and stagnate.

Too much emphasis has already been placed upon awakening the awareness, as if once that were accomplished nothing else need happen. Nothing could be further from the truth! When you awaken in the morning do you congratulate yourself for having done so and then study your navel for the remainder of the day? No, because if you did you would soon fall back asleep. The same is true of consciousness, and while awareness is very good indeed, too many are spending precious time admiring and polishing their charkas rather than expanding them with fohat. Are you waiting for your friends and your fathers to awaken? Are you dreaming of enjoying a new world with your sisters and your sons? Still trying to work it out with your mothers and your mates? So be it, but must you slow down or stop your pace in order to do so? I do not chastise you, for the density of the third dimension is undeniable. But I remind you that time is precious, not because it cannot be restored or repeated, but because it can and it will.

The Time Machine

Time is a little bit like a wind-up alarm clock, or like the gas tank in your car. When you wind up the little gear in the back of the alarm clock, you assume that it will keep time accurately and that it will remind you when it is time to wake-up. You depend upon it to do so and it responds accordingly, but as the gears begin to slow its accuracy seems to become less dependable. A full gas tank will power your vehicle for many miles, but before you know it you have traveled many miles and must already replenish your vehicle's supply. The nearer to empty the gas gauge gets, the faster the fuel seems to evaporate. In both cases time did not speed up or slow down, but your perception of it did. A lifetime has a limited amount of time associated with it, but it can be expanded and contracted as necessary. A common expression says, 'time is money'. Better put, time is energy - and it belongs to you.

For some, time is a gift. For others, it is a commodity that can be bought or sold. More appropriately, time is a vehicle. It can transport energy quickly or slowly, and it can move in any direction. It can also assist you in becoming more present, but we will come upon that subject later on in our discussion. For now, it is important to remember that time can be influenced or manipulated. This subject is not intended be received negatively, and it is important that you expand your interpretation of it, as doing so will assist you greatly. Manipulation is a form of creativity. To manipulate something is to influence it in a clever, ingenious or advantageous way. For instance, if you were clever enough to influence time in such a manner that you would have more of it to spend on leisure activities, you might be quite pleased. But if time were manipulated so that you had less of it, you might feel otherwise. Today, both possibilities exist equally and side by side.

Many say that time is accelerating, but that is not altogether true. The ability to influence time increases in direct relationship to the development of consciousness. Likewise, succumbing to the manipulation of time by others is a by-product of distracted or delayed consciousness. Time is not short and it is not running out. There is no hurry because there is no finish line to hurry to. On the other hand, time is precious. Time is precious because you are precious. Longer ago than you now remember, you created time. You created time as a guide to help you get from here to there and back again. You relied on time and for a while it helped you to manage all of the resources that were available to you. With time as your guide you traveled all over the solar system. You experienced many worlds and many realities. Here and there was as equal to before and after as it was to past and future; it was only a reference. But by the time you had made several hundred trips from here to there and back again, the timelines had become thicker, more dense and difficult to penetrate. Time-travel became slower and you decided that it was easier to remain where you were than to play travel games in hyper-time and hyperspace. By agreement, time remained constant for a long time, but that agreement is no longer in effect. Today, time expands and contracts, undulating and pulsing in accordance with the level of consciousness that directs it.

Time is a perceived unit of time, which is exactly why it can be manipulated. Time is relative to your perception of reality, and reality is an expression of consciousness. The more you expand your consciousness, the more dimensional your reality becomes. Dimensional reality or multi-dimensional reality is not subject to the same constraints and restrictions as linear time and linear reality. Plainly said: Those who choose to remain in linear time will become more susceptible to the slowing of consciousness. This will be more evident in 2005 than at any other time. On the other hand, those who learn to relate to time as a vehicle of energy will influence it thusly. This natural talent, or gift, offers many benefits that will become more evident as the year unfolds. How can you begin to relate differently to time? There are many methods from which to choose, a few are described for you here, more will follow as creativity invites them into your awareness.

Begin by understanding and relearning if necessary, that time is fluid rather than static. If you have made a previous agreement with time to spend a certain amount of it at work, with family, in leisure, etc., remake that agreement. I do not advocate spending less time at work or more time at play. I do suggest that you remake your intention to have enough time to do all that you need to do. Begin with need rather than want, because your human-ness understands need. Later on you can add desire to the mix. Remind yourself that time is a commodity that you have plenty of. You cannot buy time, but you can take time or make time. Allow your awareness to keep time for you instead of a clock or watch. As you experience real-time awareness, you will know exactly how much time you need to get somewhere or complete something. Trust your awareness with time management and you will see that you can trust it with much more as well. Imagine or pretend that there are twenty-five hours in a day instead of twenty-four. That gives you an extra half-hour before noon and extra half-hour after noon and before midnight. Decide how you will spend the extra time, and then make certain that you honor the decision you have made. If you can imagine it, you can experience it - if you can't, you won't.

Begin a project on a different day than you normally would. Change the time that you awaken in the morning and the time you retire at night, even if it is only by a few minutes. The point of this exercise is to observe and relate to time differently. Borrow time from one day and repay it on another. Time is unlimited and ultimately no true debt can really exist, but we are exploring this new concept with small steps. The idea of borrowing and then repaying is all too well understood in today's consumer-driven culture. Imagine that time is more elastic than your current understanding of it. At times, when necessity has asked it of you, you have stretched your budget miraculously. Now you can do the same with time. Stretch it because you can. Give yourself more of it because you deserve it. Ask the universe to cooperate, endorse, and underwrite your desire to exist in dimensional time rather than in linear time. Pledge to continue to develop and expand your consciousness, knowing that as you do, time will also bend to your will.

How many people and things currently influence and manipulate your time, with or without your awareness? Would it not be more beneficial to manage your own awareness instead of having another do it for you? Why out-source what already belongs to you? The benefits of understanding the true nature and economy of time are many, and you will reap some of them as soon as you adjust your thoughts accordingly. Once you learn how to influence time you will be able to introduce more of it into your life. Naturally, new thoughts and possibilities will emerge, as will a new context within which to place them. If you do not have enough time, chances are that you also lack other commodities. Apply all of the examples listed above to other areas of your life. Where is there lack and where is there excess? What do you need and what can you spare? Imagine that your day exists within a fountain. As the energy that is available to you flows from its source beautifully and consistently, it also recycles and regenerates itself. Impurities are left behind, renewal takes place at every level, and each individual process rejoins the flow. Understand that each day a small amount of energy will evaporate, joining a greater flow elsewhere. Do you begin to see? There is not a moment to lose!

Weathering the Environment

Have you ever wondered whether the weather is your friend or your foe? Do you feel personal or impersonal about the weather? Is weather something that just happens to the earth and to you, or do you believe there is a greater force that influences it? Have you ever prayed for good weather to endorse a special occasion? If so, whom were you praying to? Long ago these questions had very obvious answers - textbook, you might say. But today, the answers are not as simple. Humanity and the earth, you and I, are both in the throes of labor. We are both about to give birth to something greater than ourselves. The next generation has already birthed itself and has little need of your vision or my wisdom, but something else is about to take place that we are both very much a part of.

Many ages and sages ago, the stars that form the signs of the zodiac were positioned differently than they are today. Poised in the night sky, they shone so that the naked eye could clearly make out their form. The sky was more auspicious then, and those who interpreted its signs were held in very high regard. This was true of almost all cultures and societies, because it was a commonly held belief that the sun and the stars both guarded and guided the future. The science of the stars was just that, and no other science surpassed it in importance. Guess work and conjecture had no place here and those who dared pretend to know the secrets of this science were soon discovered and dealt with accordingly. Mathematics of measurement, dimensional geometry, progression of planets, and cyclical calendars are only a few of the many subjects that demanded mastery by these ancient scholars. It is no wonder that they were called mages or Magi. In spite of the many technological advances that can be credited to your generation, these ancient mages of science were far more advanced than those born in this current age.

Mages were students of the firmament. The firmament is the all-encompassing theatre that is the universe. The mages understood that this Universe is one of many vast and unknowable mysteries. They made no attempt to unlock all of the Universe's secrets, choosing instead to marvel at the unknown and the unknowable. On the other hand, the local universe, which exists within and as a part of the greater Universe - not only could be studied, but also comprehended. They called the local universe including its galaxies and solar systems the firmament, and it was often depicted as a great arched dome in the sky that contained and received all that was relevant to life on earth. The Sun, for instance, existed within the firmament, but the great and unknowable Great Central Sun did not. In this long ago age many scholars believed that the earth was surrounded by a transparent dome-like, crystalline-scaffolded structure. Like a giant honeycomb, its matrix was thought to criss-cross all of the known worlds whose sum total belonged to a hierarchy of god-like energies that directed the all and The All.

Today, the firmament is sometimes called the region of the mid-heavens. As part of the fourth dimension it exists within context and plane, but not as a specific physical place. It is dimensional but not locational. All that is within and below the firmament, or the mid-heavens, can be defined and understood - it is searchable in the same way that a vast database is searchable. That which exists beyond this invisible barrier cannot be fully comprehended from this angle of ascent because it is cloaked -it is unsearchable. The firmament is a part of a greater continuum, a link between two or more dimensions. It is not solid or separate, but seamless and continuous, gradually and imperceptibly blending the lesser into the greater until it becomes impossible to say where one ends and the next begins. Still, it is a barrier, and its boundaries are not easily breached or crossed.

The firmament is held in place by a nexus, a series of inter-connected spirals of energy that carry associated particles of matter/non-matter between the layers of the firmament. These particles of intelligence maintain the cosmic purpose or "plan" in complete integrity, balance and harmony. The nexus particles are encoded and programmed to detect any anomaly or gap that may exist within the evolutional plan. These variations within perfection are not the cause or result of coincidence, and the variances they produce are not aspects of imperfection. More specifically, they invite higher or more specific energies that create bridges or links within evolutional chains. This is one of the ways in which the earth and all that is related to it expands. Angelic intervention is possible because of the existence of these bridges to consciousness. This may sound a little like science fiction, but it is more like science non-fiction and a subject that merits highlighting. While not directly related to anomalies in weather or distractions upon and within the earth, the nexus helps to shape the future - it is the shape of things to come.

What is the relevance of this discussion within the more formal subject of earth changes? Simply put, the firmament is dissolving. A common theory holds that long ago the firmament shattered, bringing a revolt and subsequent shift of the earth's axis. The theory further suggests that this was followed by all manner of holocaust including earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, monumental flooding and destruction of most or all civilization within the known world. This theory is not completely true or false. It is a compilation of myth and magic, story telling and history, scripture and prose. After all, the final word in history always belongs to the poets and artists, who continue speaking long after soldiers and generals have been silenced.

The firmament as a veil or membrane has always existed. Thicker or thinner, visible or transparent, it is the substance that has held your reality in place. But your reality is dissolving now along with a layer of the firmament. Earlier depictions of the firmament included translations of thinly "hammered" metal bracelets made of iron, bronze and other metals and minerals. Again, these are neither true nor false. They are interpretations of a truth that exists as part of a greater truth, a layman's translation that places science within the context of popular belief. As the firmament continues to thin, previously unknown particles of cosmic material will be discovered and studied. The thinning of the firmament, just like the thinning of the ozone, will at least for a time take center stage. The firmament is thinning because the earth and all that is upon and within it needs particles of matter/non-matter that exist beyond its current boundaries. The lower-heavens (earth) can no longer maintain their vitality or integrity without these particles of intelligence that hold the keys to creation. Therefore, the mid-heavens must now dissolve the layers that stand between the earth and its ability to rejuvenate itself with matter/anti-matter currently residing in the further reaches of space. That which has stood divided, must be reunited, do you see? The effects of this dissolution are many, and wherever possible you are encouraged to refrain from judging them as positive or negative. Change Is. Change is neither good nor bad, but it is necessary and constant. The universe is never haphazard or coincidental; all movement is purposeful.

It is also important to acknowledge the profound changes that have already been unfolding. If the firmament had not been thinning, the recent probes that were sent to Mars would not have found their way there, because too many energetic obstructions would have derailed their path. Energetic obstructions are non-physical particles of light that are less than matter and more than non-matter. It can be argued that everything that has density is a form of matter, but that is not altogether true. These particles are composed of left over thought forms, discarded feelings and irrelevant or discordant patterns of energy. The kingdoms of the earth are each responsible for their own physical and non-physical energy, regardless of it's past, present or future relevance. For instance, the energy that was once the dinosaurs is still responsible for what remains of their essence, even if is only history and fossils. They are also responsible for clearing any waste that may have been inadvertently produced. The earth is capable of recycling all that it produces and of finding multiple uses for all of its resources. The plant kingdom, for instance, offers certain roots for healing, specific leaves for basket weaving, fronds for shelter making, fruits, nuts, seeds, bark, lumber, rubber, etc. The animal kingdom offers its meat, pelts, quills, teeth, tusks, hooves, bones, and much more. Each kingdom is responsible for maintaining an equal and balanced relationship with the other kingdoms, but that is not presently the case, is it?

Residues of toxic waste along with the remnants of planetary resources are filling trenches as quickly as they can be prepared, but where does the energy related to these activities go? Into the firmament, do you see? Everything that is physical has a non-physical counterpart; without one, the other could not exist. Energetically speaking, the skies and the atmosphere surrounding the earth are polluted and nearing maximum capacity. Lest these words are mumbled, they must be clearly heard and understood by all who can act upon them. The thinning of the firmament will allow a temporary reprieve of these energies. They will rise beyond the density and the dross that keeps them encapsulated in the firmament and too near your own thoughts. This process will lessen the toxic affect upon humanity and clearer solutions will be introduced into various environments. Unfortunately, the environment receives measures such as these harshly. Therefore, an unsympathetic response such as anomalies in previously normal weather patterns should be expected and come as no surprise. If a weather prediction is what you seek, know that it will be highly changeable and unpredictable for at least the next two years, however, of necessity, technological advances in forecasting will be vastly improved.

The physical environment you currently inhabit is a rugged one, especially now. You may live in a beautiful environment, nestled in the trees, high atop a mountain, breathing fresh air and exercising regularly - but the earth is a desert now, energetically speaking. It is important that we speak in these terms and that we be completely honest with one another. To do less at this juncture would be a waste, and there is already far too much of that. That stated, there will be a significant increase in all related weather anomalies -- sudden gusts of wind where stillness existed just moments before, thunder where no clouds exist and extraordinary rainstorms in unlikely places, times and seasons. Small tornadoes will give birth to larger ones and vice-versa. The same will be true of hurricanes. The weather is now as unsettled as you are, but it is not your adversary. The Gulf Stream is currently undergoing significant changes that will eventually alter its course. It is best to be aware of these changes now so that you can be in sync with the inevitable. Do your best not to resist or resent these changes, as they are quite necessary. The weather will change drastically from season to season and from year to year for the next decade or so. It is good to plan a year or so in advance, but not to make any permanent changes or decisions unless or until permanence presents itself.

Earthquakes will continue to escalate in frequency and seismicity. The frequency and severity of these is non-specific as of this writing, but an increase in magnitude can and should be expected. There will also be a marked increase in volcanic activity. As humanity becomes less dormant, so will the earth's volcanoes. The media will not broadcast all geophysical events; their agenda is their own and is not always aligned with your best interests. At best, you are being offered selective information, at worst, bias and lack of perspective keeps you blinded from the obvious. Make your homes as safe and secure as possible. Count on having what you need when you need it, and then make sure you do. Have an alternative or back-up plan in mind, even if you have never done so before. Give yourself as many reasons to expect the best of all possible realities by planning ahead. It is better to act than to react, to prevent rather than to resent.

The earth and its kingdoms will be changing much more quickly now. The slow ascent of the roller coaster will reach its pinnacle soon, and the force behind it will propel it faster and faster, catapulting you forward as a jolting reminder of who you are and why you are here. Very specifically, then: Global warming is here to stay. The process that began longer ago than you have been made aware of has already exceeded the expected markers of the science that seeks to monitor it. Nothing can or will change this fact - neither is it something that one can come to terms with easily. Life on earth is in the process of changing and you are a part of the process as well as the change. It is still too soon for you to become accustomed to the prospect of living differently, but it is not too soon to begin to look for ways to make simple conversions in lifestyle where possible. Continue to be aware and seek new frontiers of information as it becomes available.

New building can and should take place away from coastlines and at higher altitudes wherever possible. New and alternate roads are needed in many areas, both here and abroad. Alternative sources of fuel will soon be more available, but not soon enough for the changes that are already taking place. Continue to explore hydrogen technology, but do not invest in it as a commodity until it becomes more dependable and affordable. Electrical power generated from coal or water is not the answer and is a poor alternative to already depleted fossil fuels. Continued drought in many areas will soon reduce available hydroelectric stores. There are not enough resources such as coal or water to facilitate the manufacture of electrical power in safe and affordable ways. Soon, electricity will be as obsolete as gasoline. Solar energy, on the other hand, can be harnessed adequately and inexpensively, and a number of technologies are already on the patent bloc and up for sale to the highest bidder. But who can own the sun? Alas, they will try, they will try.

Melting the Heart and Mending the Soul

Do you know where your relationships currently stand? Is your heart in the mix, or just your head? Are your relationships composed of duty and obligation or comfort and joy? Is a friend someone who is privy to your soul's longings, or simply a companion along for the ride? Have you accepted, forgiven, surrendered, made peace, or advanced your relationships? If not, this a grand year in which to do so, because the prevailing energies will be extremely conducive in this regard.

A mirror is something that offers you a reflection every time you gaze into it, sometimes it will even offer you a bit more. You seek the reflection in the mirror because you believe it will show you who you are, or at least who you think you are, but most often you wind up seeing something altogether different. One of the reasons you do not see yourself as you are is that most of the time you do not offer yourself a fair or objective representation. You judge, criticize, emphasize and ignore your best features and do the opposite with the most inconsequential ones - the ones that others who have little and nothing to do with you demand of you and your culture. Mirrors can be friends or foes depending upon your viewpoint and the level of indoctrination you have allowed. Do you see creases and wrinkles in the face that looks back at you from within the mirror, or do you see a traveler on a journey? Do you see brown eyes or green or blue, or can you see into and through the iris of color? Do you see dark circles under the eyes, a furrowed brow, a down turned smile, or can you see that there are still unfulfilled dreams lying dormant just under the surface? Your life is a reflection of what you see and vice-versa, but your reality is only a mirrored reflection of the truth that you are.

Relationships are mirrors as well. They reflect images of you that two-dimensional mirrors cannot. All relationships are reflections of what you are, what you are not, what you hope to be, what you dread, what you fear, what you deny, what you uphold, what you deify and glorify. They are reflections of your past, your present and your future. They represent your ideals and your misqualifications, your shadows, your beliefs, your shortcomings, and those of your culture and society as well. Your relationships are all of your facial expressions come to life; they are your fallacies, your fantasies and your frailties; your self-confidence and your self-loathing. No mirror could be as accurate as this.

If you deny your relationships, you deny yourself the opportunity to re-create yourself, as you would like. Relationships are like formative mirrors. The reality that they present to you is shaped by your own thoughts and concepts of what you find agreeable and disagreeable about yourself and about life. If you find acceptance within the mirrored reflection one day and non-acceptance the next, then that is your conceptual experience of life. Your relationships have no choice but to reflect that image for you. If you find all relationships superficial, then that which you offer to yourself and to the world will only scratches the surface of what you truly are. More than mirrors, relationships are guides and allies. Some relationships impose distance, others duty or caution. Where do these suggestions come from? If you can remember that all relationships are reflections of you created for your benefit, then you will reap many rewards. If you forget this small treasure of wisdom, then you will invite its shadowed reminder whenever it is least likely or most appropriate.

Mirrors always remain where they are placed -- in the hallway, upon the mantle, behind a door or in a drawer. The same is true of relationships. If you ignore them they will collect dust and become dull. If you leave them in the past they will fade away, and if you sweep them under the rug you will forget about them. Eventually however, you swill step on them and they will crack. Broken glass is difficult to sweep up completely and a tiny overlooked splinter can still draw blood. Shattered relationships have the same affect upon your heart; they can lie dormant for many years until an old feeling inflicts a new wound. Relationships are mirrors held at angles that you cannot or will not hold for yourself. They are the reflections that you reject and those that you covet. That which is most useful is often taken for granted. For instance, your arms and legs are wonderful tools and difficult to live without. Relationships are also useful tools and your life would not be the same without them, but how quickly they are discarded when the reflection they offer does not meet with your expectations!

This year, 2005, is a little different than most in that your relationships will not have that "in your face" quality that you have become accustomed to. To the contrary, this year your relationships will remain in the background unless you choose to bring them into the foreground. This does not diminish their importance in your life. If you ignore your bank account its funds may dwindle and the same is true of relationships, especially this year. If you take your relationships for granted, they will recede into the background of your life and they will remain there while their previous importance fades from memory and slips into a past awareness. At first this may seem like a godsend, but imagine your life without the opportunity to hold and behold your reflection in this way ever again. How many times have you promised yourself that you would fix this, heal that, mend the other or attend to that old wound before it festers? The opportunity to do so is always there because tomorrow is always there, but without that (your) reflection, tomorrow will be much different.

Relationships will be exceptionally in focus in 2005 because they have been out of focus and out of balance for so long. The relationship between the masculine and the feminine is only the tip of the iceberg, with everything else awaiting discovery just beneath the surface. But the icebergs are melting now, and very quickly in case you have not heard. All that has been held too tightly, including your beliefs, will soon dissolve - merging with warmer and swifter waters. All that has lain quiet and dormant under the surface will soon emerge from its solitary quietude in time to make its presence known. Eruptions of the heart will not be uncommon this year, and the mind's ability to distill and process the relevance of these emotional eruptions will be thankfully insufficient. If you attempt to hold firm the same stance you have held for years you will lose ground to be sure. If you dig your heels in, you may find that the sands of time no longer support you. What then, unleash the floodgates that have held back the waters for so long? Why not.

Last year, we explained and explored the concept of companion years. It was said then, that 2005 was the extension of and companion to 2004. This will be most evident in your relationships. What began last year will surface again this year. Incomplete feelings, unspoken words, and unexplored emotions will guide you toward a greater reality this year. Omitted thoughts, unexpressed apologies, unhealed rancor, diluted hopes and deluded dreams will all give you pause for deeper thought. Long ago you were told to forgive and forget, but that didn't work. Then you were told that you didn't have to forget in order to forgive, but that didn't work either. Attempts to forgive yourself and others were further complicated or foiled by painful memories and feelings that just wouldn't go away. After a while, all forms of therapy and healing became just another bandage upon a hemorrhage that could not be assuaged.

Can you truly change the nature of your relationships? Yes, you can. But not by molding them into acceptable likenesses that reflect only a limited projection of you. In order to change your relationships, you must redirect and shift the plane of judgment that currently intersects your soul. Release the contempt that binds you to your own beliefs and you free the spirit within you to seek its true fulfillment instead of the illusion that it mistook for reality. Yes, but how, but how? Plant seeds in the spring and cultivate them in the fall. Honor the cold of winter and wait until the ice thaws before embarking upon too long a journey. Do not walk on thin ice as it will not support you. Even when you walk in silence, the song will still exist in your heart. Speak softly in loud places, for spirit speaks softer still. Look to the horizon for your destination, but at the same time remember the way home. Companionship and friendship are not the same; neither is lust and love. If you tell the truth first, there will be less reason to invent or invite falsities later. Insist upon seeing and being the truth each and every day. Promise yourself that you will present the most whole version of yourself that you are capable of and be an advocate for others to do the same. Refrain from raising or lowering your expectation of them, even when invited to do so. If you have buried others with anger dig them up and brush them off. Also help those who are stranded on pedestals you have placed them on, they cannot get down by themselves.

Consider these words a tap on the shoulder - a gentle nudge from one who loves you deeply and holds only this reflection in any and all mirrors. Look deeply within and without as these words find a foothold in your heart. Reflect upon the depth within your own heart and see how far it extends. Have you traveled far only to find yourself in the same place? You are not stuck, I assure you. You are not mired in consequence, or lacking in resolve. If you remove your human disguise, even for a moment, you will see that a new fellowship guides your presence within. The stains that have staled your past and stalled your present are no more than unnoticeable blemishes in the face of beauty.

Don't look at the reflection that you offer yourself; your eyes will deceive you and will not show you the truth - at least, not yet. Don't look too closely or too deeply at the reflection that others offer you, as you will be equally deceived. Do you remember the story of the Medusa whereupon those who looked directly at her (instead of her reflection) were instantly turned to stone? That is what happens to hearts and minds that see with eyes that have not beheld a deeper truth. Close your eyes and open your heart and you will see how quickly your reality can change.

Begin the year by offering yourself a respite from the thoughts that circle about as clouds that never quite form into anything real, yet never seem to reveal clear skies, either. Make your inner circle a simple one, and then see how far you are willing to extend it. How many concentric circles (relationships) can you draw around yourself without creating intersecting lines of conflict? Walk your path as evenly as possible. Make it a sacred labyrinth that leads everywhere and nowhere, to the center and back out again. If along the way you find something from the past that belongs there, make certain to leave it there. Don't pick it up and carry it, not even for a little while. If your present state of mind and heart suits you, then smile upon it for a change instead of longing for a different one. If your present situation does not suit you, then nose to the grindstone lest you look in the same mirror and recreate the same image at year's end. Do you have a future? Have you planned for one? You will find that a reflecting pool, the kind that is created by nature, is a very fine place to find a calm, peaceful and fruitful future. Bring some pebbles of promise with you to toss into the water, and see if you do not retrieve pearls of wisdom by year's end.

Follow the Money

Where did all the money go? What happened to the economy? Here today, gone tomorrow, back again when? If you don't have the money, who does? If the poor have lost it, does that mean the rich have it? No, not necessarily. The simple truth is that money, a form of energy, is in just as short supply as many of the other resources upon the planet. You might argue that money just doesn't disappear, but neither do resources, unless they are used up, traded or thrown away.

Money is a unit of exchange. You exchange your work for money, and then you exchange the money you receive for something else. If the work you perform is less valuable, then the money you receive will have less value as well. If life has less value, then the money that sustains life also has less value. And that is exactly what is happening. The Law of Diminishing Returns is today's rule of thumb. In other words, a continual increase in effort or investment does not necessarily lead to an increase in result or reward. Energy can be extended or expended, so a lack of energy generates less of a reward. Does integrity count? Yes and no. It depends upon what energy it is associated with or attached to. Integrity is no more its own reward than hard work is.

First, some answers to your questions: Where did all the money go? That who tout the worth and importance of money to others, privately believe that the dollar is less than worthwhile. Mixed messages rule the day and the day's headlines. The experts tell you to spend less and save more. Why then, is the economy measured by how much you spend? If too many are out of work that is quite bad, but if too many are working that is not good. These mixed messages only serve to astound and confound you. Meanwhile, those who offer these prolific public service announcements are quietly maneuvering their holdings in contrast to their words. They are trading their dollars for commodities that will hold better value in the coming years. Unfortunately, these opportunities are not available to you, but that does not mean that you cannot find other opportunities if you apply your thoughts in the direction of broad horizons.

The money went to purchase a bunker of silence and an arsenal of words, a company of soldiers and the research with which to make more. The money was traded to the third world for resources, and to the fourth world for land. While you have been buying homes, others have been buying nations. Do not allow these words to distress you, as they serve only the making of a point and are not intended to tip the scales of concern into ones of fear; they are nonetheless true. The importance of what is being said here is that money is not nearly as important as what one does with it. Money is a tool, but it is an old-fashioned one and will not stand the test of time. Remember these words when an opportunity to trade your money for something else of value arises.

The world cannot pay for the debt it has accumulated. This is a fact. You will not be able to work long enough or smart enough to repay the debt you have incurred. This is not necessarily bad news, because an opportunity to trade in your debt will come soon enough. In the meantime, do not accumulate more debt than would be fair to trade, because you do not yet know what you will be trading it for. Your debt will not be erased completely, and it is best to be wary of those who tell you that it will. Everything has a price, even debt, and the terms of one lien holder may be more or less fair than the next. In all things read the small print and the large, the words and the lack of words. Count the lines and see what is missing or inserted between them as well. A very old widow once said, "Lovers lie well only when they are between the sheets".

The economy you once knew is no longer. That economy was based upon factors that could be controlled and influenced within associated boundaries. The old economy was somewhat able to balance the needs of the lower class with the demands of the middle class and the expectations of the upper class. The new economy is based upon a global class system on a nation-by-nation basis. It is based upon the supply and services provided by each nation along with its willingness to cooperate within an oligarchy; government and control by an elite organization whose members exist behind a screen of power. The world's resources are in short supply. The peasant and the farmer are all too aware of this, but most city-dwellers are not. They consume at the same or higher rate as they always have, even if a few more dollars must be exchanged in the process. Residents of the halls of power also consume without attrition, but they are well aware of what is at stake.

At this point, only an ostrich could place itself upon a small patch of land, bury its head, and pretend the rest of the world does not exist. Your neighbors to the north are concerned, your friends in the south fear the worst, and east and west no longer speak the same language. In the America's, both North and South, the majority of the populace struggles for survival. They earn more than their forefathers, but they see even less. Their eyes are wide open, but their mouths are shut. With much to see but little to eat, why waste energy on words? In the meantime, the more than fortunate and less than honest revise charters and restyle constitutions to suit their own purposes. What hubris has man! The small and weak pay for protection they do not need, while the wealthy avert their eyes from the taxes they rollover from text to deed. Those who are left pay for the consequences of the mighty and the minority, too. All consequence and no gain, they finance their lives and ransom the blame. Reason and logic are no match against such power and fame, at least not yet, but the storm is gathering now just the same.

The old economy was based upon the world's resources and the most useful and necessary commodities, but the gamble was upon next season's yield and the following year's harvest. The new economy is based upon the lack of the same. It is based upon synthetic, copyrighted, trademarked, and owned versions of sustainability. In the old economy, insurance companies feared the worst so that you wouldn't have to. They stockpiled assets and were poised to reimburse yours. Natural disasters were calculated risks but losses were few. Today natural disasters such as earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes and floods are the norm. Insurance companies not only count on them, they gamble upon them in terms of hits and misses. Risk assessment and management teams calculate the odds that insurance companies bet upon with your premiums. In the old system the bank owned your house, but now the bank owns you as well. These words are disturbing, but they are not meant to distress you. They are designed to cause you to act so that you will not need to react later. If it is true that actions speak louder than words, then you will soon be in good company.

The nature of a work such as this where prediction is applied to principle is a difficult one. On the surface it seems sufficient to know what is and what will be. But the true question that rests uncomfortably underneath all the rest is, "What can I do about this?" The answer is that if you believe you are powerless in this and other situations, nothing at all can be done. If, on the other hand, you choose to be aligned with personal and planetary power, everything an all is at your disposal. So the question of what is and what will be rests within the all and the All. The future is not dismal and it is not bright; it is yet to be created. Within that which does not yet exist, the power and the powerless exist side by side, both preparing and predicting based upon the oracle that is the present.

Addressing such a topic without offering guidance to accompany it seems unjust. Clear vision would answer more questions than not, but obscurity reigns today, so doubt is left alone to bargain at an auction where pirates rule without second. "Take notice first and action soon after", a quartermaster would say. "Weigh the truth and make it not a burden upon yourself or others," a wise woman once said to her husband, a king. "Extinguish the match that burns but for a second and light the fire that warms the soul", an Indian chief said to his youngest son. "Quench your thirst but do not drown it", the thirsty man advised the satiated one. "Rumors that the end is near have been overheard by sages and sires", said the prisoner to no one in particular. "Overstated, more like it", said no one in particular to the prisoner.

War, Peace and the Anti-Terrorists

Humanity has almost always been at war with itself. Sons have seen their fathers go off to do battle with unseen enemies and never return. Why then, did they follow the same path? What makes one country, one religion, one sect, one president, or one side more righteous than the next? All of the holy books speak of peace, and all of them speak of battle. In all of the holy books God is understood to be loving, gentle, good and kind. Could he be less than the same to those who live next door? How can you love your neighbor one day and inflict a dagger's wound in his side the next? Questions such as these are difficult to answer, because they are problematic equations that contain more than one answer. They must be worked through and suffered over before they can finally be solved. The world will not lay down its weapons until the righteous and the bloodthirsty tire of bloodshed and their toys of destruction are removed for good. Hardwired into humanity's make-up is the need to discover that all life is holy (whole). Until such time, war is inevitable.

If the earth were much larger than it is, and each sect that had a disagreement with the next had its own continent, would war cease? No. If everyone on the earth owned their own home and had a job would all the wars come to an end? No. If the earth's resources and commodities were shared equally among nations and peoples would there be an end to confrontation of such magnitude? No, because the wages of war are a response born of ignorance, not anger. Soldiers fight because they are asked to do so. Children hate because they are taught to. Mothers cry because they are forced to. The world is at odds with itself because it does not know who or what it is. It does not know its true history, it does understand the importance of its present, and it fears its future. Humanity battles its own ghosts because it cannot see itself through the transparent eyes of the charade that its life has become.

Humankind was created from and evolved into a territorial species. Humankind was not created equally; it has never understood or respected itself as such. Humankind was never introduced to its brother or sister and told to behold its equal. To the contrary, it was told whom to obey, what mystery to never question, what knowledge not to seek, when to avert its eyes, to whom to pay obeisance, and in who's name to take up a sword. True peace has never, never existed upon the earth. Only a handful of cultures have embraced the idea and few were able to maintain it for more than a few generations at a time. Even the Lemurians lost their way eventually; influenced by a utopian vision they could neither forget nor create.

Why were weapons put into humanity's hands and who put them there? When did the first child say, "it's mine and you can't have it"? Who taught the world to hate? Where did your enemies come from? What will happen next? The theater that is war is playing to audiences worldwide now, and attendance is at an all time high. The events of September 11, 2001 brought this theme into every household in the world. Terrorism is the watchword that drowns each dawn before the sun has even had an opportunity to offer its warming rays of light. The stars look down upon a world of fear, insecurity, famine, and bloodshed. Is humanity to become a family of light, or one of artificial limbs, disfigured faces and fatherless children? Must all play yards be replaced with graveyards, before the truth is finally known?

The problem with the truth is that there are few who wish to hear it. Humanity has two ears with which to listen and one voice with which to speak, but all evidence seems to the contrary. One must be able to perceive the truth, before one can hear it and then experience it. Extra-terrestrials, for instance, are now being perceived to a much greater degree. Statistics now show that 63% of the world believes that extra-terrestrial races exist compared to only 47% a few short years ago. 52% believe that humanity will make contact with these races within their lifetime, up 12% or so in only two years! These are random statistics that cannot be attributed to any one demographic group, so it is not the younger generations speaking for the old, but across the board expansion of consciousness. Perception changes everything, even truth.

For the most part, humanity has not been told the truth about itself, and the truth that does exist is sketchy; an oblique projection that makes it seem that life is less than precious and worthwhile. Too much emphasis has been placed upon books thought to be holy, and scholars whose studies and views are too slanted and skewed to be trusted have interpreted these. Many words are spoken but few are heard. Too many ancient texts gather dust; protected from the public they also protect the truth from being brought to light. But in order to understand the truth, you must reject the myths that have guided you thus far, and this humanity is loath to do. The truth is that you are pure consciousness wrapped in the soiled over-wrappings of a past that is not yours. The histories that have been reported and retold to you are inaccurate representations, symbolic myths from another race, another time, and another world strung together to resemble a past, present and future. They are stories whose origins are in the stars, but not your stars, do you see?

In order to survive as a species you must change your future, but you cannot do so without allowing your past to come to an end. There must be an end so there can be a beginning, but an ending need not include the destruction of all things living. You cannot eradicate other species without their ascent, but you can decimate yourselves in the process. This is not clearly understood yet, but it will be soon. Who fights your wars today, do you know? Those who battle today, battled yesterday as well. They are reincarnated souls who have not yet found peace. They take their battle from life to life, from country to country, and from world to world. Are you certain that their war is your war? They bring you war but they beg for peace, can you not see it in their eyes? Their hearts bleed for it, I assure you. If peace has a future then it rests in your hands. Unfortunately, the weapons they have brought with them rest there as well. You will not create the means for outer peace until you find the way to inner peace, and you will not find inner peace until you discover your own truth. The truth is hiding in plain sight; it is everywhere you are. The light emerges as quickly as the shadow recedes.

You cannot fight the shadow with weapons because light has no weapon, and you cannot fight ignorance with information because they are one and the same. Information is not knowledge and it is not wisdom. Information is memorized, passed on, regurgitated, spit out, and recycled in tomorrow's headlines. Seek knowledge and teach others where to find their own; the very best teachers are the ones who work with the blind, for they, above all others, know that if another cannot know it or do it for themselves they will be lost.

Captors often hide behind masks and blindfold their prisoners as well, but secrets rarely last long among the greedy. The blind cannot see and they are destined to follow rather than lead, but the masked see even less than the blind, because their own eyes deceive them again and again. The blind do not know if the sun is dawning in the east or setting in the west, but those who hide behind masks see even less. Who will they trust, who can be believed? Long ago, those who called themselves gods also wore masks. They disguised themselves so that others could not see what was all too obvious. Those who sacrifice themselves to you in this way do so for a purpose. Do not waste an opportunity to remove your own blinders while you still can. Terrorists are messengers. They have delivered fear to your doorstep because bloodshed has been delivered to theirs. For every terrorist there is an anti-terrorist - one who embraces present day truth and rejects a past agenda of fear. Anti-terrorists do not follow the prescribed prophecies of the past, even those set down in stone. When the earth quakes, even stone is reduced to rubble. When true wisdom is spoken, falseness is reduced to ash.

2005 is a year of smoke and mirrors and smoke and ash. If you fail to see one for what it is, you will surely see the other, as the unavoidable stench of war will come closer still. Those who hunger for it can almost taste it now, and no act of contrition will still their hand. The weapons most feared are in human hands, where they have always been. Humanity is both the target and the trigger, just as it is its past and its future. Those who have been elected to speak for you forget themselves now, they blanche in the face of power and their words are too late and too few. When an opportunity to speak your truth is presented to you, do not wait to see who will go before you; regrets do not make good companions. The opposite of war is not peace; it is truth. Humanity will not live in peace until it walks in truth. Truth does not walk alone and its companions are many. Child's Play

A child is a gift that is borrowed from the Universe, a gift that is meant to be returned in better condition than it was received. Children begin as emotional transparencies with open hearts and minds. As they emerge from the womb, they only appear to be solid in shape and form. They come into this world with new vision and unique gifts, but what will they leave with? Your children are not the key to your future and your grandchildren are not either. Today's children are not here to inherit problems they did not create any more than you were when you arrived. It is unfair to think that they can or will save the world, but many are counting on them to do this, just the same. If the foregoing is true, would it not also be unfair to rob them of an expressive childhood while at the same time launching them into a future of technological warfare, unmodulated government and Neolithic education?

Humanity has always celebrated its young and it has always placed its hope in the next generation, but the next generation has learned from the previous one, and rather than becoming the future it has most often become a repeat of the past. Children learn by example, but if the examples are less than exemplary, then what is learned and later demonstrated will be the same. Children are not adults in small bodies, but they are portrayed as such on television and within the ranks of those who construct virtual realities in video worlds of surrealistic wonder. A young mind is purposely incomplete, but it is not less than whole. All of the gaps and inconsistencies between thoughts are designed to allow paths to new realities to form; this is the nature of true learning. A child's natural curiosity will teach him almost everything he needs to know. He instinctively knows what questions to ask and who to ask them of, but all too often these activities are thwarted by well meaning parents, guardians and teachers with tired agendas and rehearsed curriculums.

Today's schools are little more than institutions of imposed learning; testing quarries where survival of the fittest applies to all - student, teacher and administrator. Antiquated textbooks filled with recycled jargon crowd desks, lockers and backpacks while creativity is cast aside. Students have become little more than inmates and teachers their jailers. Minimum standards of education are the norm and memorization techniques designed to increase test scores, but not learning are the rule of the day. Crowded rooms filled with stale air begin the polluting process far too early in the morning, and children who have not yet digested last night's dinner have already skipped breakfast. Without proper energy to burn, young bodies produce frustrated and irregular cells filled with elevated levels of stress. Adolescent stress is unique to its age group and very different from that which is encountered and produced by adults. Apathy, resentment, hate and intolerance are just a few of the outer markers represented in adolescent stress. Inner markers are subtler and barely visible to the watchful, but busy eyes of loving parents.

Your children are not really yours. You may have conceived them, birthed them, adopted or raised them, but they do not belong to you. All parents are as surrogates - placeholders for a new race of beings born into a generation of unprecedented change, mutational shift and dimensional modulation. New generation children resist labels; they do not wish to be classified within the ranks of the very systems they will soon dismantle. They know that they are not "A" students or "B" students, but they have not yet managed to convince those who measure them by these antiquated standards. As long as artificial lessons and truths constitute the bulk of classroom activity, children will continue to regurgitate the misqualified energy that they are spoon-fed, but resistance among them will continue to build. Are all new generation children of the Indigo variety? No, for this would be as much a generalization as the much feared and maligned ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder). Unsafe narcotics influence these wildly creative young minds, inducing them to conform to a reality that they are here to change. Will future drugs also influence an Indigo submission? It is possible, but not likely, because Indigo minds are structured in significantly different ways.

2005 will mark the beginning of a revolution within the minds of the young. Almost imperceptibly, the frequency within their synaptic responses will change. This will occur within all beings of new consciousness regardless of age. Unconsciously, they have been waiting such a time, but only a relative few will be alert to the changes on a conscious level. The change is a collective one and the alteration is permanent meaning that it cannot be reversed, overlooked or forgotten. Immediate effects or changes will be nil for the most part, as this is only a beginning marker and much too subtle to distinguish from all of the other changes occurring within young bodies and minds. Within a year or so, your children will begin to display unprecedented kinetic and telepathic abilities. These techniques, often credited to the more gifted or developed among previous generations will become the norm in all subsequent generations. This will at first be noted on a case-by-case basis and will not be acknowledged publicly. It will be more evident within certain ancestral lines, as well as within certain countries where children are held in high esteem. It will be less evident in rigidly structured environments where conformity is king, as well as in societies and cultures where archaic methods of upbringing and near lethal doses of controlled substances are overly prescribed.

Other races among you will be noted over the next several years. Variances in skin color, height anomalies, specific food preferences as well as previously unknown allergies will startle parents, educators and physicians. The newer generations know your true history and will unconditionally reject that which is offered to them by unnatural means. They will be more interested in geometry than algebra and will find newer and quicker ways of arriving at mathematical conclusions. They will seem less interested in other languages and cultures, but this is only because their telepathic ability will tell them what they need to know when they need to know it - they will not need to memorize information that may or may not serve them in the future. They will reject logic and linear thinking in favor of dimensional tasking, a new way of learning that they will introduce into the consciousness of those who will choose to remain in the educational arenas. They will reward the administrative community with near genius ideas and theories that are poised to revolutionize how learning takes place. They will also march against those who oppose new systems of thought as well as those who continue to enslave them in classrooms of virtual learning.

What can you do to improve your relationships with the younger generations? Understand that they are here with a very specific purpose, just as you are. Even if you strongly disagree with their methods, evaluate their merit as well as any future benefit. Realize that children were not, are not and will not sit still, especially not in sterile and disenfranchised environments. Spend time in nature with children adolescents and teens whenever possible, even if it means eating a meal outdoors instead of indoors. Ask them less about the present, and more about what they think about the future. Ask them to begin envisioning and creating it now. Remind them that the future belongs to them - not to fix, but to create.

On the Verge of Virtual Science

Long ago opposing forces set out to discover and later map the universe. So different were these forces in every possible way that it seemed highly unlikely that they would ever meet, much less agree on anything. But as it turns out, the universe is a rather small place after all, and this local galaxy smaller still. When the subject matter is narrowed even more, such as that which might relate to the earth, it is almost impossible not to bump into another's thought process. Scientists and Engineers, Researchers and Astronomers, Microbiologists and Physicists are now meeting in boardrooms and laboratories all over the world, eager to discover what they have in common with one another.

Unfortunately, the boardrooms and laboratories are owned and controlled by corporate conglomerates - giants of industry whose power rivals a nuclear bomb, literally. The same corporations who fund cancer studies also cause the need for the very studies they fund. Those who fund AIDS projects refuse to release the solutions they have paid for. Results and findings are sequestered behind doors where vaulted contracts prevent the release of life-saving information. Why? Because cures, like other commodities, are auctioned off to the highest bidder, and private auctions like private sales are just that. Until recently, world governments have most often been the highest bidders. Long lasting, high price-tag, federally sponsored studies with expected results are then repackaged and resold to moguls of state who sit upon the boards of well respected do-good companies with consumer-friendly names and faces.

When was the last time a true cure was discovered? At what previous time in history has the pharmaceutical industry both introduced and recalled as many drugs as today? Why are so many drugs being marketed directly to you rather than through medical community channels? When did insurance companies become more responsible for your health than you? Science has now mapped the DNA sequence, would it not stand to reason that it has also mapped much more? Questions such as these bear consideration, as do the thread-like thoughts that cannot help but tag along. Answers are not as easy to come by, but your own imagination is not far from the mark and makes for a good starting place.

Science has many of the answers to your questions, but they are not at liberty to reveal them. Today many freelance writers find employment, but freelance scientists are virtually nonexistent. Research scientists are under contract to pharmaceutical giants in much the same way that physicians are under contract to insurance companies. The price for freedom is unemployment, an expensive and semi-permanent condition. Anonymous sponsors dole out study grants with relative frequency, but demand and enforce secrecy in every way. Behind alabaster walls researchers are persecuted and haunted by memos, reminders, meetings and reviews of goals as yet unmet. Who would deliver themselves into such dens of danger? Believe it or not, they number in the millions, and a veritable waiting list of summa cum laude newly degreed and decorated scholars hungrily wait their turn.

As stated elsewhere in this text, these are unprecedented times, historically speaking. This is the age of information, and there is more of it now than at any other time, however, the problem now as always still remains -- access. Without access to real information, one can easily become caught up in the chaos of misinformation, or worse, the debris of disinformation. Left to sort through the detritus of obsolete and under funded case studies is a fate worse than death itself, which under other circumstances would be considered a worthy cause. The corporate laboratory then, is a necessary evil for an open-minded scientist on a noble pursuit, no less an evil than the corporate ladder is for a young entrepreneur's mind in a land where the two-headed giant, Greed and Money still rules.

Ownership aside, science and health have more in common than ever before. A cure for AIDS exists and radiation will soon be altogether obsolete. Many forms of blindness can be cured and hearing loss can be restored to between 35-50% of normal or better. Science is working to teach the body to grow new limbs and to receive virtual ones without rejecting them. Virtual computer programs that offer a model of perfect health are being evaluated behind closed doors. Imaging systems capable of projecting 3D virtual models are also being tested. Overlays that assist the diagnostic process and show the pathway (of least resistance) to health are already in the funding process and will soon be on the auction block. Why are these computer-age procedures not yet available? Why do hundreds of clone-like virtual imagery computer games find their way to the consumer market long before these life enhancing diagnostic tools do? Unfortunately, the answer is a simple - what will the world do with its healthy when it hasn't yet discovered what to do with its ill?

The world is overpopulated and under-resourced. Automated manufacturing has reduced the need for a significant work force. The wealthy do not work hard, the healthy do not want to work hard, the newer generations are smart enough not to work hard, and the poor and disenfranchised no longer have the energy to work hard. The farmers are paid not to grow, and the factories are paid not to run. Leisure activities are at an all time low and worldwide depression is at an all time high. Humanity no longer believes that it can revive or restore itself on its own and has become dependant upon the medical and pharmaceutical industry for its own well-being. The frontiers of science have brought health to a virtual standstill. Children are drugged before they enter the play yard, wives dose themselves to endure the cycles of their womanhood, and men are convinced that they have or will soon contract erectile dysfunctions. Pills and supplements bring you here and take you there, but rarely do they work well together, if at all.

The medicine cabinet and the prescription counter cannot appropriately sustain you. Your bodies have an elemental wisdom of their own that is vastly ignored. New advents in the fields of longevity can and will restore your wellness, but you must demand and insist the same from yourselves as you do from others, otherwise it will not happen in your lifetime. If you deny your own wisdom in favor of another's, how will you recognize your specific cure? Your bodies are not sacks of cells in chaos; they are wisdom-keepers and code-breakers. You are not physical beings, but you have physical bodies. Your body is not your purpose, but it serves you and your purpose. From time to time, remind yourselves that you are actively freeing yourselves from any and all medical misadventures. The road to health is paved with good intentions - intend to be on that road! Support non-invasive techniques to wellness whenever possible, limit your intake of unhealthful foods and those that barely qualify as nutritional content (you know which ones they are). Become medically intuitive about your own health, there will be less surprises that way. Read labels instead of wearing them or ingesting what is contained within them. Alternative medical practices are better than conventional ones in most cases, but they are still medical; choose health instead. Imagine that when you next return to earth you will inherit the same body you now own, for some of you indeed will. Does this thought alone not merit the benefit of greater awareness today?

Spirited Religion and the New Age

Perfection exists within all things and at all times, even when they are not in evidence or on public display. Perhaps this statement best describes the condition within which humanity finds itself in relation to the world's established religions. The word, "religion" is derived from the Latin religare or religio, meaning, to bind. Originally, all that was considered sacred bound humanity to its creator. Thus, a binding, or a place of acknowledgement, was instilled within humanity. The term sacred, applied to all that was life giving and life sustaining. The sun was sacred, as was the earth. One's mother and grandmother were sacred. Land and all that grew upon it was sacred, so was water, fire and ether (the aspect of spirit that enlivens or gives life to all things). Offerings to that which was sacred marked humanity's binding love for life. When life affirming days such as solstices and equinoxes brought communities together for a few days or a few weeks at a time, a place of acknowledgment was temporarily constructed to offer shelter. Much later, these shelters became churches and temples of worship. Acknowledgment became obligation when humanity became dependent upon gods, demigods, and human intermediaries. In essence, man relinquished his own authority, and instead, acknowledged his dependence upon a Supreme Power that was beyond human understanding or control.

Many more religions existed long ago than have survived today. These were divided into categories such as religio-ethical (having to do with or based upon both religion and ethics), religio-laici (the religion of lay people), religio-political (having to do with or based upon both religion and politics), religio-loci (having to do with devotion to a sacred character or place), and religiose (zealous devotionism). All of the world's religions were at one time classified in this way, and theories as to the divine origin of one religion over another is based upon insufficient and ambiguous data. Codes of faith, values and morals were revealed in all religions. Eventually, the pantheistic tendency to identify the subject with the object worshipped was superceded by the belief that the origin, development and control of mankind emanated from one will. At this point, henotheism (the worship of a universal Supreme Being as a special god while acknowledging or believing in the existence of other religions and gods) was admitted as the more highly developed form of religion.

Christianity, Judaism and Moslem, as monotheistic religions, were called the greatest of the revealed religions, because they were based upon the communication of certain truths as revealed by God to the human race through acknowledged prophets (suns/sons). When the written word became more accessible, those who could read and translate accurately, found positions for themselves in temples and wealthy households. Eventually, instruction in the beliefs of a religion replaced natural communion with one's God. Those who chose not to follow one of the world's main religions were thought to follow paganism (believing in or relating to a religion that is not one of the world's main religions and is regarded as questionable, or worse, having no religion). If you feel unfortunate enough to fall into this category I would remind you that long ago, all of the Greeks and most of the Romans did as well. The North American Indian tribes were thought to be heathens, the Maya worshipped the Sun, the Lemurians worshipped the godhood in what they created, and the Atlanteans worshipped power, grace, and technology. Does this place you in good company or poor company? That is yet to be seen, because who or what you worship is less important than how you apply the knowledge and wisdom you receive from your moments of communion or worship.

The problem with religion is that in this age of information, it has little new information to add. Religion has not evolved or kept pace with human awareness. Humanity is asking questions that religion cannot answer, so humanity is abandoning religion in favor of other horizons. Unfortunately, it is still looking for answers in the past rather than in the future, so it searches in vain - returning to its starting place again and again with more questions and fewer answers. Modern religion is dependent upon its ancient prophets and prophecies. If either fails to fulfill their promise, followers will abandon them in droves. As you can see, they have more than a vested interest in the outcome of this two thousand year cycle of events.

Currently, all established and recognized religions are vying for superiority over one another. Each in its own way would like to be the oldest, the most righteous, the most evolved, the most moral, the most circumspect and the most charitable. Unfortunately, the struggle between the old ways and the new times have succeeded in little else than making them the most political. They would argue that their prophets were also political, but they were not, they were controversial. History has always offered you prophets and prophecies, but it has also offered you messengers and messages. It is for you to determine the difference.

A prophet is not a god, or a mere advocate or spokesman for a cause or an idea. He is not a fortuneteller or a preacher, and he may or may not be a teacher or a good leader. A prophet is someone who can interpret and reveal what may be too complex or mysterious for another. He is a dweller on two worlds, because he does not limit himself to the world of men. True prophets invite change, inciting it if necessary. Their very existence seems to carry an aura that emanates from elsewhere. They care little for themselves - they are not martyrs, but they have become martyrs when forced to. A prophecy is not an admonition, a warning or an indication that something unpleasant is going to happen. A prophecy is a glimpse into a future possibility. It offers choice rather than conformity, creativity rather than conjecture. A prophecy can just as easily be a wonderful or marvelous thing. Why are they so often interpreted as ominous? Because they often describe a time or a situation that is much different than the present. In order for the prophecy to become a reality, something must happen to change the present reality. Change itself can be one of the most ominous and fearful of all things, especially if it applies to you.

The world has never had a shortage of prophets or prophecies, and although great teachers are few and far between, adequate ones are plentiful. The onset of what you call the New Age brought its own share of teachers and teachings. Messages from nowhere and everywhere filled books and volumes almost overnight. Memories that are lifetimes old rekindled old feelings and reignited new passions. The desire to know more and be more was reborn within certain segments of humanity. The differences between the generations became more pronounced as awakened awareness began to permeate the earth plane. What is the New Age? Simply put, it is that which does not follow in linear sequence, that which has come before. A New Age offers a radical shift in thinking; it accommodates new possibilities within old paradigms before they are dismissed as heretic. The New Age does not require followers. In fact, the least the better, lest it is perceived as a religion. Already and all too soon the groundwork for this has been set in motion. The world does not need a new religion, but it could use a few million or so free thinkers. The old prophecies are about to run out, but does that mean the world needs new ones? If the old prophets are proven wrong, will the world believe new ones?

A New Age tends to define itself rather than allowing itself to be defined by others. A true New Age bears no title, has no precedent, and offers no regrets. That being said, how many false starts can you count before the true New Age begins? For instance was the millennium celebration in the year 2000 a false start? Beyond that, were the events of September 11, 2001 a sign that the New Age has veered in a different direction? Is the increased activity in earth changes a sign that the New Age has begun, or does the decrease in the earth's natural resources indicate that it will be a failure rather than a success? Do you expect the worst so that you can achieve the best, or pray for the best and prepare for the worst? Prophecy is not clear on this, and prophets too quickly become poets when forced to attest.

Religions will continue to speak in parables, because true facts are still too dangerous to transmit. Ask yourselves these questions: Are they killing each other to bring the truth to light or to hide it for a little while longer? If one religion is capable of saving the world, isn't it time for it to do so? Is one religion, one people or one culture more important than the next? If the world's religions are so different, why have they always bled to death the same way on history's battlefields? If the Day of Judgment were truly to be upon humanity, what would the verdict be? Is any war or conflict truly final or decisive? Who or what would be left if it were?

Beginning in 2005, the world's religions will all suffer losses. Their members will decline, and they will choose parallel but alternate paths. That which has long been hidden will begin to come to light. It will emerge when least expected and from a corner of the world vastly ignored. Disgruntled investors and unpaid workers will crack the egg, and the cosmic truth will begin to emerge. Fake identities and recovered artifacts will attempt to alter the past, but not for long. Collusion will be exposed at deep levels. Expect apologies, misdirection and alliances from unlikely sources. Do not expect recovery too soon, the wound will be a deep one - fatal to some. Hearts and minds will both ache and remedies will be few. An attack of courage will grip some of the very ones you have already given up on, get ready to catch them when they fall!

Paradise Found

The end of ignorance and innocence will mark the beginning of the end of the third dimension. Is the end of innocence the same as the end of the world? For some, yes, the experience will be that and more. 2005 will pull the rug out from under those whose beliefs have been the most stable, enduring and unwavering. Ignorance knows no prejudice, it moves across all divides including class, race and religion. Humanity must rediscover its innocence before it is consumed by skepticism and cynicism. The energies and events of 2005 will brink this subject to a brink that will last approximately seven years. A time of endings and beginnings, changes of mind and heart and abandonment of beliefs and tenets will signal that the end is near. Beginnings will not be as obvious. In many ways they have already begun, but not noticeably so. The untrained eye may notice small overtures from directions most unlikely, closer observation will reveal nods and handshakes from opposite poles of understanding - it will be that subtle. How subtle have some of your own changes been? What endings have marked your own beginnings?

Every shift in consciousness must overcome its own regrets. But if the regrets are many, the memories may be too few. A shift in consciousness is a labor of supreme desire and is achieved at great cost. A new consciousness will cause the death of the old, and this understandably, offers regrets of a monumental kind. Regrets and suffering often go hand in hand, but needlessly so. Long ago, a word that loosely meant, "to endure, experience or put up with" was incorrectly translated. The word was translated as, "to suffer" and humanity has done that ever since. The belief that humanity can only learn through its own suffering, disillusionment, and dilemma is an old one. It goes hand in hand with the belief that only when the state of ignorance is made so miserable that mankind can no longer remain there, will it choose differently.

Mankind cannot be greater than itself or wiser than its experience, but wisdom is only bought with experience. No other coin of the realm will do. Deny experience and you deny wisdom. Many will purchase information this year. Some will be fortunate enough to afford themselves knowledge. But only those who invite the kind of experiences that come at a cost will know true wisdom. If you fear the end invite it, challenge it, dare it to present itself. The end is always deceiving, because it hides beginning where you cannot see it. Do not be afraid to speak your fears out loud, for only then can they be acted upon.

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