We’ve all heard of the Great Depression.  Well, in a big way that was one of histories “Great Transformations”.  What if we look at it in this way?  Crisis inspires change… isn’t that the case?

The result of the Great Depression in the United States was one of country wide expansion and transformation.  In our recent ancestors that is apparent in the way they became so money conscious, or “tight” as my generation might call it.  On a governmental level institutions were developed and put into place solely for the purpose of engaging/supporting people financially.  Things like the Public Work Administration were setup to build highways and bridges which now are the building blocks of our physical nation here in the US.  Undoubtedly, this event or the events which took place leading up to it through to its completion or the end of the depression had a major effect on the minds and hearts of those who witnessed it, their consciousness.  It was, in all intents and purposes, a great transformation more than a great depression.  The actual depression was less than ten years, but its ripple is still felt now and will continue to flow outward as long as this nation stands.

So, what is the purpose of my reminding us of this event (me and the one or two others that are reading this, that is!)?  We, this time is all about transformation.  Look at it in any way you choose, politically, materially, technologically, spiritually, mythic-ally, prophetically… the list goes on.  Oh, yeah… personally.

You are transforming right now, as am I and everyone around us.  Every person on the globe is effected, either directly or indirectly, emotionally or mystically.  Pick out a scenario and we can find a link to us… six degrees of separation.

This is the GREAT Transformation, that depression one was minuscule in relation.  Why?  Because that was about one nation; even though it effected more than one nation, those in other nations that were affected were likely of a particular class or group of people, many were likely not touched.  Due to technology and its affect on the world, to all reaches, everyone is affected.

This transformation is not complete, nor will it be for some time, IMHO… but it is under way, and has been for some time.  I believe that the crescendo will require a little help, a crisis.

When asked by Tami Simon, of “Mystery of 2012” pod cast, in a cynical tone if a “moment” of transformation could take place for a mass of people, “…how could that occur”, author and revolutionary futurist Peter Russell pointed out that it is crisis that moves us to act.  We as a species make jumps in our conscious development through crisis points in our lives and as a species.  This might be said of all species, but I can certainly point to the “great depression” as a time of great crisis and great transformation.

I am intrigued by a powerful retelling of the Mayan lore of creation and how the Mayan sky watchers were people who focused on intending the future, the positive light winning over darkness future of the human species.  It is by intent that this positive outcome comes to be.

I am meeting people who can’t wait for the changes of this time to come, meaning they want to have the sh&% hit the fan.  They want disease and earthquakes to rock the earth so that many people will die and we will be left with only a few humans roaming the earth in a blissful state of heightened consciousness.  But what if we intend differently?  I believe that crisis will bring our species to it’s knees, but I don’t wish for that… don’t get me wrong, I have.  But I find myself thinking in this way and step back… why do I think like this?  Why do any of us.  It is a natural rebellion and anger towards our cultural creators.  We are pissed, naturally, that we took the Edison electricity route of power costing money, rather than Tesla’s free energy road.  We are Pissed that our forefathers intended power and greed in their lives which created much of the tumult in our world today.  We are pissed that the church so carefully established control over the people for so many years, that we can not even tell where our guilt, our shame our misdirected feelings even exist.

But I would say that all of this is part of the greater unfolding of what is going on, cause no matter how we look at it, as a species, we require the crisis that looms to assist in our transformation.  As the Mayan sky watchers intend the results of good over evil, so we must intend the outcome when the crisis hits, there are no guarantees.  Who are you or I to think that we will survive it?

Whatever the outcome, transformation is in the air.  We will wash ourselves and this planet with our intentions as crisis comes.  Transformation, renewal… what do you want?  Be careful what you ask for, you might just get it.