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Mystics, Visionaries
and Holy people have been predicting this next great age of humankind.
Many believe that we're now in that age, or at least at the very beginning
of it. As we are all aware, many changes have taken place over the past
years and continue to do so. These changes are that which prophets herald
as the signs of this new age. Some of the changes have been good, some
bad and some were neither, but just happened. I think it would be of little
help here to overly rehash such things as Earth Changes, human issues,
pollution issues, and all the suggestions toward solutions that have been
laid on the table in the past twenty years or so. Nor does anyone want
to hear again about what we all supposedly need to be doing. Since there
are those who feel we have indeed improved things and others who feel we
have only slid deeper into the abyss which we ourselves have created, my
conclusion is that most any measurements of our success so far has been
based mostly on that of personal opinion.
However, as I review numerous works, articles, letters and personal stories
on the matter, there seems to emerge several basic themes of what people
feel should be happening and is most needed in these times of change. The
path one chooses to follow, whether it be one of the many of the Native
Americans, those of the middle east or those of the dominant society is
totally up to the individual. The basic elements of these themes that emerge
are very much "cross cultural" and clearly workable regardless of the path
followed. These themes, I'm sure, could be divided into categories and
sub-catagories, but I'll not attempt that nor will I attempt to list them
in any order of importance which I'm sure would only be again, a matter
of personal opinion. And I know of no one other than our Creator who would
have the authority or knowledge to decide which would be most important
to us and when. Even then, I feel the Creator would show each of us differently,
according to our individual needs as it would be applied in our personal
lives.
Balance and harmony seems to be the most repeated theme and
then ceremony. Other issues such as brotherhood and community
are there for certain and then there are the concerns of the environment.
These are all big issues! Now which of those individuals are just being
hip with the lingo and those who are serious and have applied these things
in their lives, I really cannot say. Just what these words and phrases
really mean must be left up to the individual to define according to their
individual path and personal interpretation. I'm sure if asked, a hundred
people would give at least 90 different explanations and 10 other variations
and each could be as valid as the other. Perhaps it would be much the same
with any situation.
If we look at these words as more than catch phrases or buzz
words, in order to be politically correct, we will see that not only
can a picture be worth a thousand words, but sometimes a word or two can
have the same thousand fold value.