The Shift

Much has been written about the concept of a shared collective consciousness, the idea that although we appear separated by our names, bodies, race and identities, that we are all in fact connected on some higher level by a unified consciousness.

Its been given many names, The Super Conscious Mind, The Unified Field, Universal Consciousness, even God.

Is it possible as many have suggested that humanity is experiencing a collective shift in consciousness and that this is accelerating, a shift which involves humanity beginning to recognize the inter-connectedness of all living things and that the actions of one small part affect its entirety.

Global Events

Events that take place on one side of the globe can no longer be perceived as happening only to ‘them’ they are also happening to ‘us.’

What happened at Fukushima or may yet happen at reactor No 4 does not only affect a small Island it affects the whole planet. What is happening as the European debt crisis unfolds affects us all. We are bound together by our atmosphere, our economic and monetary system, and in ways we could not possibly have imagined as little as 100 years ago.

Is it possible that what we perceive to be disasters are serving to elevate our level of consciousness allowing us to see our connectedness more clearly and giving us the opportunity to demonstrate our collective human empathy.Are we being given an opportunity to evolve?

Counterbalance

Despite all the global negative news that seeps into our living rooms each night or perhaps because of it, a leaderless movement of groups and individuals are coming together from all walks of life from all across the globe in an effort to provide counterbalance. Wiser, the social network for sustainability estimates there are one million such groups now in existence “actively working towards economic justice, human rights protection, political accountability and peace.”

The notion of helping others or service to others is not new but gaining traction in a number of arenas. To help others is a form of helping yourself. Many describe it as making them ‘feel good’. Simply by knowing they have helped gives them a sense of achievement, a sense of who they truly are.

Competition or Co-operation

Is our genetic predisposition that of giver rather than taker, one of co-operation rather than competition. Many who feel under pressure to ‘keep up’ to obtain more’ things’ which will surely ‘prove’ their worth to themselves and others, often find themselves stressed, out of balance and suffering from dis-ease.

Are we are starting to remember that our greatest sense of satisfaction and worth comes from giving, or at the very least giving and taking in equal proportion.

How Different Are We

The breakneck speed of advances in global social networking has allowed us to see in great detail the day-to-day lives of others. The world has become smaller. The person on the other side of the planet who might look very different from us in fact worries about and wants exactly the same things we do.

The majority want to live peacefully and feel they’ve achieved something with their life from whatever position they find themselves on the planet, just like us

Time Speeding Up

It appears to many that time is speeding up with more events seemingly taking place in shorter amounts of time.

Is it possible that our sense of collective unity is speeding up simultaneously. Is this what the Mayans were trying to tell us when they predicted the end times. Not the end of time in some form of cataclysmic event, but instead the merging of time, events and human consciousness. A time where we begin to truly see how connected we all are and that the actions of each and every one of us in some way affects the performance of the whole.

To What Extent Can We Make A Difference

As we look around it becomes increasingly evident that no one individual or group is going to save us.

The stark reality is that if we want things to change we must do it ourselves, beginning with the recognition that as individuals we matter, you matter, you count, you make a difference. You are part of a unified whole and every thought action and choice you make however small, like the pebble thrown into the pond causes ripples out through the rest of the whole.

So many people today believe they are powerless, caught up in a series of events over which they have no control.

Perhaps we have more control than we've given ourselves credit for and the simple act of believing this is power in itself.