Well, just about everything right now is surprising on some level, and completely understandable on another. But here's the specific thing on my mind this morning...
I'm surprised by how many of the folks in the New Age world are finding it hard to hold onto (understandably fragile!) threads of unity consciousness. I'm seeing a lot out there about "how to protect yourself" (from negative energies), the existence of dark entities, and other topics that feel very, very old paradigm and dualistic to me. This isn't a criticism, just an observation. We were all trained so effectively weren't we? When there is a problem in the world, we need to fight it. We need to find an outward cause, and fix it. We need to buy this and do that and change what's happening from the outside...and I think all of us fall into that trap, especially now.
But the only real "protection" (and that is a completely outmoded word) is to glow with joy, love, beauty and truth from within...old-fashioned "dark" entities (human or otherwise) cannot stand goodness, and won't willingly approach it. I suppose the hard trick is that these good qualities have to be completely genuine and spontaneous, not put on like a protective cloak.
For many of us, these times can feel like an exam, although even that old paradigm lingo is inadequate. Can we remain genuinely joy-filled and love-filled when the world seems to be falling apart? Some days I can, some days I cannot...I get a different grade every day! We don't have the luxury of studying a subject for three months or so, then taking a test. The "testing" is coming just about every other minute.
