Awake? Now what?

Published in Living Now Magazine March 2016

“At the end of all our journeying we shall return to the place from which we started and know it for the first time.”

(T.S. Elliot – on the paradox of enlightenment)

Having survived the turmoil of the last three years which began with the 2012 challenge, you may now be reading this with a new sense of enlightenment. However, just like a martial arts student doesn’t really know how to walk until they achieve a black belt level, you may also now be asking what should you do with this new sense of awareness.

As your focus shifts from “Me and mine” to “Us and ours” a quick look around the horizon reveals four significant challenges to our shared journey of ascension.

One – the risk that we destroy the very environment that supports us through man made climate change.

Two – the rapidly widening gap between the rich and the poor.

Three – the increased levels of violence and global terrorism.

Four – the security responses to this that are taking away our freedoms and civil rights leaving us wat…