The year 1988 will be remembered as the year the earth spoke back.

With floods, droughts, hurricanes, earthquakes, and fires raging

throughout the United States and the world, and in our own backyard

medical waste and sewage washing up on our shores and ruining the sum-

mer for many--we have been forced to look into the mirror and ask:

what s going on?

Old ways die hard, it seems, and for us all; we are witnessing the

death of our old ways. Resisting has only made us suffer, and we see and

experience so much suffering as we hold on to old habits and forms that

just don t work for us anymore. The world as we ve known it is rapidly

changing, and what beauty and joy we can look forward to!

Until now, we have believed in a world of separation and division--

and this has been the world we perceived and created: a world of fear

and hatred, of jealousy and suspicion, of isolation and protectionism.

And out of these have sprung wars, crime, racism, sexism, hunger, home-

lessness, and so on. Brother against brother, "us" against "them": a win-

lose situation.

We are entering a season where Unity and Love is the new paradigm

on the planet. A very ancient understanding is emerging, so ancient that

it goes back to Creation. And that understanding is: there is no and

never has been a separation. No matter how much we elose our eyes and

sleep, dream and believe in this separation and all that comes from it -

the Reality remains the same. We cannot change, alter nor destroy that

which is forever and ever.

We are now awakening from the big sleep, like being reborn. Some-

times it is so very hard to distinguish what is Real from what is illusion.

But it s all right. This is our healing. The only thing that heals is the

unification of our souls with God and each other. Through Love, this

Unity, mutual respect and support is emerging. We are all beginning to

hear the same song.

It s all about Love. There is hope and there is nothing to fear. We

need to force nothing, just listen. Follow your heart. All else will shift in

consequence.