This time on the planet is not about moving away from one thing and toward another--it can be--if we're interested in an unconditional experience, personally and globally--about integrating all experiences as inclusive to the whole, the "oneness" consciousness we're talking on.

Materialistically, beauty abounds, we simply haven't recogized it within and so, we couldn't recognize it as it manifested on the physical plane. Whatever is, is an opportunity to be realized as god, perfection, what is supposed to be arising now.

Crisis is imminent--all things built on an illusionary concept or construct of "who I am" must fall. Our desire to meet the truth, (what's really going on here) is rhe most powerful force that exists- and so, we must burn, we must deconstruct, we must fall down. It is what we are calling in, in every moment of the day. The question is, are we calling it in consciously and allowing, or are we unconsciously resisting it and creatind crisis?

We must die until even the "illusion" is met as god.

This time on the planet is a walk into the "cave" of misunderstanding--the one we have been living out for thousands of years. It's a time of crisis, which is inevitable for the emergence of self-inquiry--"what is really going on here? How can we suffer so? What's the point?"

Crisis is never what we think it is. Crisis is what happens when we resist change. Crisis is the merciful sucker-punch Kiss of God telling us to wake up to the true nature of suffering and remember the true nature of who we are when we aren't fighting the beautiful fluxing of this form.

I found this to be of interest:

Beyond Greed and Scarcity by Bernard Lietaer

http://www.scribd.com/Beyond-greed-and-scarcity-Bernard-Lietaer/d/24588807

""Significantly, we have witnessed in the past decades a clear re-awakening of the feminine archetype. It is reflected not only in the women's movement, in the dramatic increase in ecological concerns, or in new epistemologies reintegrating spirit and matter, but also in the technologies that enable us to replace hierarchies with networks (such as the internet).
Add to these trends the fact that for the first time in human history we have available the production technologies to create unprecedented abundance. All this converges into an extraordinary opportunity to combine the hardware of our technologies of abundance and the software of archetypal shifts."

I think it's a great opportunity to transform our thinking, to increase community engagement, to improve family relationships, to change our priorities, and to increase our spirituality. Hard times strengthen people--so long as people are able to find meaning in such times. Moreover, they help people to develop character. I think that, during the economic crisis, people will increasingly rely upon their social supports and they will also provide increased emotional support to loved ones as well--In sum, they will seek support during the economic recession. By relying upon social support, people will feel a greater sense of connectedness with others in their family, schools, communities, etc. Also people will hopefully see that monetary flourishing is petty when compared to the sense of fulfillment to be had through love.
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The economic downturn is a good thing, not a bad thing. Mankind _urgently_ needs to reorder his priorities. After all, we have all known for some time that mankind was on a path leading to destruction of both himself and his planet.

But, we are too EGO-centric in this age to voluntarily walk about from our ozone-killers and our addiction to wars-for-profits. Hence, the One has given us a little nudge in the right direction.

Note. This is not a case of a vengeful, angry, Old Testament god punishing sinners. This is a case of a loving parent taking candy out of the hands of a child [us] before we make ourselves sick with it.

So, yes, we should actually rejoice and enjoy this time of change. We are not, after all, defined by our physical body anyway. Hence, whether or not we have a job or money will not affect the _real_ you which is neither flesh nor blood nor bone.

Man survived tens of thousands of years without automobile plants or banks or a job. If Homo Habilis could deal with it, surely we can as well.

Came across this in an interview with Tarthang Tulku, in response to a question on economic and social problems:

"Presently people are suffering from lack of resources or from difficult environments. But there again, these are not absolute conditions-they only show up our bankrupt view. If you use higher knowledge to keep abreast of the infinity of space and time, your environment will reflect that. There is tremendous energy available for us if we use time properly. As for social issues, I might just list two points. Those people who learn that everything is “here” will not be able to duck responsibilities for the suffering of other human beings just because they are far away. We are all in this together. That has become a fashionable thing to say, but I'm trying to make this vision available so that people will see what it means, directly. My second point in this regard is that one's self-confidence will necessarily grow along with extended personal responsibilities. We don't need to feel inadequate. Inadequacies are also presentations of space and time-we can work with them any way we want, and instantaneously … this is the idea of self-healing, and even of alchemy, carried into a sphere where they can really work. Which way we want to use our lives is entirely up to us."