Shift Happens

The thought came to me this morning during meditation that shift happens. In fact, I think that shift happens all the time. It's just a question of which direction the shift is going and what we can do to help it along. 

I think that this photograph is a metaphor, I suppose you could say, for shift, for that liminal space where things change from one thing to another. I firmly believe that we are in a liminal time. A time where things are moving, possibly swinging one way and then another. The energies are shifting. Energies are waking up, or rather people are waking up to the energies around them and making decisions about which energies they want to stand in, to work with. 

My friend Dorothy Morgan's latest astrology forecast (here) talks about the current astrological energies that are shaking things up, moving out the old right at this time. I certainly want to be one of those shaking out the old, and not just right at this moment in time. I want to continue to shake out the old; the old order, the old story of how we live. I want to make room for the energies of love, kindness and compassion to enter into the hearts, minds and souls of every living being and thing on earth. 

So, shift keeps happening. About 5 centuries after justifying the decimation of indigenous peoples, Pope Francis now says that indigenous rights and lands must be respected. (here) Think about the huge number of US military veterans who turned out to help protect the protesters at Standing Rock. Or the indigenous peoples from all over the world who came to show solidarity and support. It was, seemingly, the first time that the US tribes had come together in support that had not done so before. People forget that the tribes had had warfare long before Europeans showed up. Cooperation wasn't necessarily widespread across all of the continent. 

Despite the current climate of some denying climate change and the need for producing energy differently, the Southwestern United States briefly generated more renewable power than nonrenewable. (here) And, interestingly, Texas is the largest generator of wind power in the country despite going for Donald Trump in the election (who has been anti-renewable energy). This is because ranchers and farmers are leasing out land for wind turbines to make sure they are financially stable and keep their land. (here)

People are exploring their inner worlds and how to connect the inner and outer worlds. People are learning to make decisions with their hearts as wells as their minds, as well as asking for guidance from the metaphysical world. People are becoming guardians of the land. People are returning to ways that help protect their health and the health of the earth, but without necessarily abandoning all of the modern world. Things are blending, mixing, changing. 

So yes, shift happens. I just try to be mindful of how I live my life that I can help the energies move toward growth, health and transformation, rather than towards stagnation, fear and greed.