The World is a Changin'

I understand that there is a groundswell of change on the horizon, an evolution of human-consciousness. In fact, I have experienced it within various communities over the past year or more myself. In spite of those who hang on desperately to their power, the consciousness of the planet is shifting and something will give.

I read something intriguing today about this in Eckhart Tolle's new book, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose.

A New Heaven and a New Earth
The inspiration for the title of this book came from a Bible prophecy that seems more applicable now than at any other time in human history. It occurs in both the Old and the New Testament and speaks of the collapse of the existing world order and the arising of "a new heaven and a new earth." We need to understand here that heaven is not a location but referes to the inner realm of consciousness. This is the esoteric meaning of the word, and this is also its meaning in the teachings of Jesus. Earth, on the other hand, is the outer manifestation in form, which is always a reflection of the inner. Collective human consciousness and life on our planet are intrinsically connect. "A new heaven" is the emergence of a transformed state of human consciousness, and "a new earth" is its reflection in the physical realm. Since human life and human consciousness are intrinsically one with the life of the planet, as the old consciousness dissolves, there are bound to be synchronistic geographic and climatic natural upheavals in many parts of the planet, some of which we are already witnessing now.