Healing Our World
by Eve Wilson

Our world is obviously undergoing a huge transformation at this time. In my work as a healer and trainer of healers many people ask me to help them understand just what is going on here. Is this change positive or is this really the end of the world? My response to this question is yes. The change is positive and this is the end of the world as we have known it.

The consciousness of humanity and all of planet earth is moving to a new level. We have exited the world contract that was in place for the past 2000 years which was known astrologically as the "Piscean Age". We have recently entered a new 2000 year contract which is the "Aquarian Age".

The world contract that existed in the Piscean Age embodied an attitude of self-sacrifice in service of the collective group. Individuals were concerned with supporting the societal structures of family, government, church, etc. The needs of the individual were sublimated to the larger intention. Individuals were discouraged from independent thought and action and, overall, people accepted that. In this earlier period, people also lost the sense of the presence of God/ Goddess within. It was generally agreed that if we wanted to connect with the higher power we had to go through the intermediary of the priesthood, or if we wanted to make a decision, we had to inquire of an authority outside of our own self.

The Aquarian Age holds a world contract of individual responsibility and free choice. In this age there is an awakening to the power within each of us to recreate our world and the responsibility for being true to our inner sense of what is right. We no longer believe in the infallibility of our parents, teachers, religious leaders or governments. We have a sense of individual choice and responsibility and an awareness that God/Goddess is as close to us as our own heart.

There is another, deeper level of awakening going on as well. The old way of viewing the world held the narrow belief that "Man" had dominion over all the earth. This attitude gave implicit permission for men to do whatever they wanted with the earth and its resources including and especially their own wives and children. In the Aquarian Age we are seeing an increased consciousness that all of life is precious and to be respected whether that be women and children or wildlife and all of nature. We are awakening to the divine presence and intention within all of life.

The shift in consciousness that we are seeing at this time in the world began in fits and starts as long ago as the late 1800s. It became extremely evident during the 1960s and continues to grow. One of the things we see happening at this time is the conflict between the old status quo and the awakening consciousness of humanity. Those who have been in control through the old ways are naturally resistant to letting that go. Another way of looking at this apparent conflict is to think of it as growing pains somewhat akin to the relationship of adolescents to their parents. During adolescence a person's consciousness is growing into self-awareness. There is a battle within the young person between the way they have been raised to be and the desire within them to become a unique and responsible adult and to be true to their self. There often is also a certain amount of judgment by the elders of this new and not easily controlled person. They have difficulty trusting the new emerging consciousness. If we look at the body of humanity at this time, we see a similar dilemma. We are pulled by the well established forces of the Piscean Age and the burgeoning self-awareness of the Aquarian Age. We are struggling to redefine ourselves.

Much of this pull needs to be resolved within the individual. There is only so much we can do to directly influence the world at large. But one of the gifts of the awakening Aquarian consciousness is that not only is the divine presence existing within each of us, but the world exists within us too. We are each a microcosm or miniature of the macrocosm, or whole world. What changes within us, likewise changes within the world at large because we are each intimately a part of the world. As each of us takes responsibility for being true to our own self we will learn to resolve the conflicts between our old habitual ways of doing things and our higher vision of how we would like to be. One by one we are changing the world. The key idea here is resolving conflicts. In Aquarian consciousness, there is an awareness that everything has a purpose. Rather than making everything that I don't agree with into something evil, we need to find a harmony between the different extremes within us so that all of the power that we have works together instead of fighting. When enough people learn to resolve the extremes within ourselves human kind as a whole will step into a totally new reality. The new world will be born without need for many of the conflicts and problems we are experiencing at this time.

When we look at the world with the attitude that everything has a purpose, we begin to see that even the stressful circumstances which are occurring at this time have the effect of moving the world in the general direction that we need to go. Like the conflict between the adolescent and their parents, the strength that it takes to resist the status quo moves us into our new life with the clear intent not to give in to the pressures to conform but to be true to our hearts. The more obviously insane the world around us seems, the easier it will be to resist the allure of the status quo and make different choices. I feel confident that we'd all enjoy a world where change happened easily and sanely. Since that world isn't here yet, we will do what we need to do to create it. Meanwhile, try not to be too anxious. Be true to yourself in all the ways you are able and envision the world you would like to live in. Hold that vision with all your heart. Imagine it, dream about it, believe in it. This is how it will come to be. That is the message that our dear friend and author James Twyman brings in his new book Emissary of Love.

Another author Doreen Virtue envisions the world as a cell dividing. That those who desire to stay in the old world will, and those who believe in and choose a world of harmony, wisdom and love will emerge into a that new world, like a new cell being born only this time it will be the beautiful world that we have envisioned in our hearts. She says that people may not even notice that this change is occurring; it will seem like such a natural thing.

I was given a very strong message preceded and followed by the calling of my animal guide last winter. Three times I received this message and three times a red tailed hawk circled above me and called out it's squeaky kee-ee-er over and over again. The message I received in my heart is that humans have already succeeded in raising our consciousness past the point of failure, as a race of beings and as part of this world. We have only to go through the process of becoming that which is already within us. It takes courage for me to keep my heart open and trust the process as it unfolds in our world when people can be so hateful toward each other. But I believe that many of us will live to see a world far better than the one we have known.

Hold the vision and I'll see you there!