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How to Gracefully Walk into the Emerging New World...Now

Change is happening! A sweeping, life-altering transformation is well under way. Even as old-world structures crumble around us, a new world–bright with possibilities–is already rising. We can begin walking in this beautiful new world, this spiritual renaissance, now.

What will it take to make this shift? Our old assumptions no longer serve us, and we’re looking for new and better explanations and laws to apply. In a nutshell, we’re entering a period of love, brotherhood, and peace. I know, that’s still really hard to believe, but it’s true. It’s essential that we move from a focus on the material to a focus on the spiritual, that we move from competition to brotherhood, and that we move from fear to love. So, here are some steps you can take right now to begin living in the new world:

Here are five steps you can take now:

1.) Release all of your outdated beliefs and attachments (the things you cling to to define yourself)–all of them.

2.) Open your heart. Go into your heart and embrace your brothers and sisters, Mother Earth, and Spirit or Being.

3.) Simplify your life. Reduce your consumption, your use of resources, and your dependence on others.

4.) Harmonize with the earth and Spirit. Reconnect with the natural world around you and open yourself to guidance.

5.) Recognize and accept grace–trust! Open to the possibility of receiving even more grace.

Stay in the Present

Years ago, Ram Dass urged us to "be here now." To be present in any moment, all you have to do is stop thinking--period. Stop thinking about what you did in the past--no replaying or regretting. Stop thinking about what you have to do in the future--no anticipating or worrying. Paradoxically, you must even stop thinking about everything right in front of you--no analyzing or judging.

Once you stop your thoughts, you become a still point in the middle of the storm. You open yourself to the flow of intuition and inspiration that can guide you in ways your rational mind simply cannot. Once you become quiet enough to hear that guidance, it will help you to recognize the course you should take to navigate your way through these shaking, quaking, and uncertain times.

Being present is a skill that you can learn with practice. Any activity can serve as an opportunity for that practice: walking, doing the dishes, driving, even answering your cell phone. The activity itself is not the practice: The practice comes from emptying the mind...while doing any activity. Some call this state "being."