Harmonic Convergence is a concept coming out of a book by Jose Arguellos called the Mayan Factor in which he spoke of his thirty year search of the Mayan culture and calendar. He discovered a 5025 year cycle, after which a galactic wave would culminate in a new age. The present cycle began about 5000 years ago. The last 25 year mini-cycle began approximately August 17, 1987, the date of the Harmonic Convergence. In the year 2012 the Earth is supposed to be able to join the Galactic Federation as a member and take its place on the council. This will usher in an era of lasting peace.

Arguellos predicts that the traditional political and religious structures will begin to tumble as we seek a more global value system, based on love, peace and brotherhood. Anything which gets in the way of personal freedom will be cast by the wayside.

Many Native American Indian tribes have a similar prediction in their Spiritual traditions. In fact, several years ago a delegation from the Hopi Indians spoke before the United Nations telling of their traditions of worldwide cataclysms followed by a joining of all the humans on Earth in one large family. They claimed that the polluting of the Earth was the beginning of their prophecy and would make the coming upheavals even worse. They urged the countries to work together to solve their common problems.

The Saturn/Uranus conjunction of 1987 also speaks to this. One planet represents our traditional value system and holds it up to our examination. The other deals in upheaval and destruction of that to which it is connected.

Several people have channeled that the birth of the Christ energy on the planet would occur in 1987. The Christ energy is the awareness that we are God. This is the birth of that awareness in each of us. This does not mean that each of us manifest it in full bloom at this moment, but that the possibility exists for each of us to manifest it in our own lifetimes. The Kingdom of God has truly opened for all.

About the year one thousand, St Brendan, a Christian mystic, named the popes of the Catholic Church until the "end of time" (end of the Church as a viable political structure.) He named them by their family crest or village of origin rather than by their proper names. The current pope, John Paul II, is the second to the last.

Where is this all leading, to the destruction of the earth? NO! It is leading to the creation of a new Eden on Earth. We are about to enter the thousand years of peace long ago predicted in the Bible. The death of one age is always the birth of another. Death is only painful if we try to avoid it and the birth it always announces. The next 5 to 15 years should be very exciting as we see this rapid shift in consciousness and change in how we live our physical lives.

1988 was a fulcrum year for peace. That was the year that a majority of the people on Earth chose an end to war and destruction and created a strong desire to live peacefully on this planet with their neighbors. During that year the Iran-Iraq war came to a close; Russia pulled out of Afghanistan; Cuba withdrew its troops from Angola; and Vietnam declared a desire to withdraw from Cambodia providing a stable government representing all political elements could be drawn up. Look at the drastic changes in Russia, the Eastern Bloc nations and South Africa. Our own nuclear weapons plants were found to be unsafe and poisoning the very people they were supposed to protect. There have been relatively few terrorist acts worldwide since 1988 except for isolated areas of chronic violence.

Starting on the Harmonic Convergence of August 17, 1987, the Spiritual energy being broadcast by the Ascended Masters (those evolved beings such as Jesus and Buddha who have totally mastered the Earth life and who chose to stick around to help with the evolution of Human Consciousness) and those who govern the evolution of consciousness in this solar system, began to increase drastically. This increase, additionally, occurs every three months on or about the 15th of the following months: August, November, February, and May. In the several days leading up to and after these increases, there has been an increase in air crashes, people driving erratically as though they had no clue what they were doing or where they were going, and other such intense phenomena. During these times of increase, people feel their emotions very intensely, notice that their lives are in turmoil, and experience an increase of psychic/spiritual phenomena.

Many of us have been experiencing episodes of extreme emotion. Things have happened in our lives to cause us emotional turmoil. We have been given opportunities to deal with raw emotional energy. Situations and events which would normally not cause us grief have been upsetting our usual calmness. Many people have related to me that they are upset because of their reactions to these situations rather than the situations themselves.

This energy which is moving through us is for change. Anything onto which we are holding is being brought up to us for review and release. For the most part we do not have to "deal" with these feelings. We don't have to think about them and figure out why they are coming into our lives again at this time. We merely have to have the experience, release it and move on.

The energy also has the qualities of movement and change. There has been much internal as well as external change in our lives during the last few years. We have changed jobs, spouses, cities and the way we perceive ourselves and our environment. We have had an upsurgence of New Age awareness. New groups and Newsletters have formed. People are being drawn into the movement in growing numbers. Move with the energy, go with the flow of your internal guidance. If change is easy, go with it. If it is difficult, listen to yourself to see if there is a better way. If you are having difficulty in your present life circumstance, allow the energy to move you to a better situation. You are more than your conscious mind and personality . Allow that higher part of yourself to guide you into what is best for you. And don't be attached to what you think is best for you.

People want to change jobs because their old jobs no longer allow them to express who and what they are. They want their new jobs to be a reflection of their inner selves, consistent with their beliefs. So we quit, perhaps not realizing why or what we want to do next.

We change relationships and friends and spouses because we have grown in a way different than those around us and we feel stifled in the old roles we must play. If our friends and spouses do not allow us to outwardly manifest this inner change and support us in our own personal growth, we feel we must release them in love and let them go.

As you feel your life become tense and issues come up for you and you find yourself emotionally overwrought (full of unexpressed emotion the quality of which you no longer know), relax, release and let go. Allow the energy to move through you. Dispassionately examine it and see what it is telling you. Is there something you are supposed to look at? Is there something you are supposed to do? A change you are to make? A new direction you are to choose? Is it time to move on? If so, do it. Otherwise, let it go and forget it.

There is no one outside yourself, either physical or Spiritual, telling you that you are supposed to do something. There is nothing you are SUPPOSED to do; only things you FEEL like doing. Tune in to your feelings and do what you feel like doing. Be honest with yourself and others. Quit worrying about what others might think of you and pay attention to what YOU think of you. YOU are the most important person in your life. You cannot make other people happy without first making yourself happy. If you give to yourself first, then you will have plenty to give to those around you.

Do not concern yourself that you are being too selfish at first. If you are not used to giving to yourself and take drastic measures to overcome this, then you might at first overcompensate and think of yourself too much. But this is okay and is to be expected and allowed. You will naturally find the balance when you are ready. You have my permission to do this. If anybody comments on this to you, tell them I said it was okay.

It is easy to say to release something but how do we do it? We release a person or situation when we do not hold on to the emotion caused by the person or problem. We accept things as they are and then forget about them; we know that everything is okay because we are okay; we allow the situation to exist; we don't judge it or deny that it exists, nor do we judge our feelings about it; we recognize the emotion but do not take it personally; we laugh at ourselves and do not take everything so seriously; we are centered and have inner calmness. This physical existence we lead is a very small part of our total existence as Spiritual Beings and is the least important part of ourselves. This is experimental theater. We need to put things into proper perspective by focusing on the broader picture. Dare to do. If something gives you an untoward result, then do something else! But don't, whatever you do, take it seriously.

Jump above yourself and see the situation in its entirety. Make a list of things which are really important to you. Then ask why they are important to you and what about them is important to you. For example, your job might be important to you. Why? Maybe it pays your rent and groceries. Perhaps it gives you a social outlet or allows for creative expression or makes you feel important. Is this the ONLY job which could do those things for you? Of course not. Then if things are not going well for you on the job, then either it might still meet the criteria for which you have the job, or you can find another job which will satisfy those criteria.

Many of us are becoming much more sensitive to energy and the feelings of those around us. Some have reported that they see the energy floating in the air as either speckles of gold and silver or wavy lines similar to heat rising off a blacktop road. Others report that time seems to have sped up. It takes more time to do things than it used to. They can't get as many things done.

We seem to be moving in slow motion while time goes on at its former pace. This is an adjustment which we will have to make to the new energies. Allow it to be. Don't fight it. Thought forms also manifest more quickly now. Thought forms are merely the thoughts, ideas, hopes and fears which we have rumbling around in our minds. Use the energy to make a shift in yourself, also. Be the person you always wanted to be. Allow love, peace and harmony to come into your lives. Create a welcoming space for it in your lives. And most important, express it.

Thought forms manifest more quickly now. As energy moves through our Spiritual levels and manifests on the physical plane, it takes on the quality of our thoughts, hopes, desires and fears. They are imprinted on the energy and give it shape and form. Clairvoyants who have astral sight can actually see these thought forms. Our desires can manifest more quickly now, especially if we take some action on the physical level to pull them down into objective reality.

In the mid-Seventies I read that our knowledge was doubling every 25 years. It is probably quicker now. Try to extrapolate what our lives will be like in twenty-five years. Think of all of the changes in technology which you have witnessed in the last twenty-five years. There will probably be three times as many in the next twenty-five. Imagine the changes which are coming our way.

Are we going to be able to survive our own technology? Our automobiles, landfills, power plants and factories are polluting the land, air and water at an alarming rate. Add to that the ozone and greenhouse effect problems. It is apparent that we are going to have to have a MAJOR shift in consciousness if we, the Human Race, are going to survive intact.

We must learn to use renewable resources, live together in harmony and community, and to respect the planet. The Earth is a living being and gives us everything that we need to live comfortably. We must work together with nature and not build large cities in deserts and then decry the lack of water. We must use natural fertilizers and organic farming lest the very food we eat to sustain us poisons us instead.

When we recognize the frailty of human existence on this planet, we need to look within ourselves and feel the permanence of the Soul or Spirit within; that immortal part of us which had no beginning and will not end. Then we will remember whence we came and why we are here. This planet was created as a physical reflection of Heaven for us to enjoy. The re-creation of this Heaven on Earth is what the Harmonic Convergence and the New Age are all about.

Sometimes all of this seems so monumental and overwhelming and we think that nothing we do can make a difference. But it does. In fact, everything we do makes a difference. The Collective Human Consciousness is a group energy which is a composite energy of everyone who has ever lived on this planet in human form. Our thoughts and actions add to it daily. You have walked into a room full of people and felt the "mood" of the group and its effect on you. This is a smaller version of the Collective Human Consciousness.

It exists, it is real; we influence it and it influences us. This is the repository of the new consciousness which we are creating. Everything you do, say, think or feel becomes a part of it. It is five billion of us doing our part to change the human consciousness on this planet. You help when you do or say anything positive and with love. You help most powerfully when you live your beliefs. This is an example to others and can help them change in the only real way that they can: of their own free will.

I know that the last few years have been very intense for me. Personally, I have been very low and also very high. Many of my friends have been going through similar experiences.

We have been forced to look at ourselves and see things we had suppressed or ignored. These are things which are holding us back. We are finding ways to release them. Habits, attitudes and behaviors which prevent us from expressing our true and whole selves are being thrown up to us for perusal and acting out so that we can examine them to see if we wish to keep them or if it is time to let them go. This need not be an unpleasant process. Realize that you are purifying and refining yourself, finding out what is you and what is not you. There is a purpose to all of this intensity.

We are also being forced (or allowed, depending upon your perspective) to find out who we are and to own it. When we own something which we are or do, we say, "Yeah, that is who I am or what I do," and we make no apologies for it because we feel comfortable with it. Others are uncomfortable with things about us only so long as we are uncomfortable with them. You may be psychic, artistic, creative, musically inclined, a storyteller, good with children, a leader, a supporter or whatever. Find out what it is that you are and do and then be and do it.

A problem may arise when your new behavior is inconsistent with your past behavior and you recognize that people will know that we are acting differently, "out of character." They may react to you differently. They may be uncomfortable with this new you because it does not fit in with their preconceived notions of who you are and how you should act. Allow your current actions to reflect the new you. Be comfortable with the new you and, in time, those about you will also accept and be comfortable with the new you.

In 1984 I quit my job of over thirteen years working for an insurance company because I did not get along with my boss. I took six months off and decided that I would commit myself to my Spiritual path. I knew that working full time for an insurance company was not a part of my path. Occasionally since then I have found it necessary to go back into the insurance business, in temporary or part time jobs, when my mortgage company made some dire threats. I always told those who hired me that I was not interested in a permanent job because I am a psychic and am on a Spiritual path and I know my future lies in that area, not in the insurance business on a full time basis. Everyone was comfortable with my being part time and a psychic because I was comfortable with it and because I was up front with it. This is an example of owning who you are.

With the Harmonic Convergence, I had felt we were entering a period of "activation," during which time people would be drawn to the New Age and their own Spirituality for, perhaps, the first time. People would begin to awaken to urges and talents within themselves. This period was to last until November, 1989. Following this, in December, 1989, we entered a period of activity in which people who are already tuned in will take a giant step up in what they are doing.

We will have a heightened awareness of who we are and what we are here to do. Also, and more importantly, many of us will begin to do those things which we came here to do, at least on some basis. Gone is the time for passive awareness. We have shucked off those things which were holding us back and have opened up to those things we are and can do. Now is the time to do and be. No more arm chair New Agers.

This is the time for action. Find the job that feels more compatible with who you are and which allows you to more fully express who you are and what you believe. No more putting up with obnoxious people or being nice because you don't want to cause trouble. Say it! You don't cause trouble for yourself, you free yourself! And you give the other person an opportunity to confront themselves. Be honest and open in all that you do and say. Make every act an expression of the divine being that you are. Start with love for yourself. You will be pleasantly surprised to find how quickly Self love becomes love for others. You know the right thing to do. No more closet New Agers. No more hiding. Trust yourself. Love yourself. And express yourself.