There is Only One of Us

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During the last five years of the last century, the BIG message from many spiritual/metaphysical authors was our interconnectedness with all things. This didn't seem to be such a news flash at the time. From the teachings of Jesus Christ to the 1970s when Helen Schucman and William Thetford were transcribing A Course in Miracles and through the end of the 1990s, we have been told that what we do to ourselves we do to others. Are these just pretty words and nice ideas, or are we to take them literally and incorporate them into our everyday lives?

I was definitely part of the "New Age" movement during the 1990s. I read everything I could get my hands on that had anything to do with metaphysics and spirituality. I studied many different religions and philosophies, soaking up all this information like the proverbial sponge until my mind could hold no more. I would rest for awhile and dive back in. The 1990s was a time when I was gathering knowledge, not the least of which was the fact that we are all one and what I do affects the whole. But having knowledge-although an essential component of the individual ascension process-isn't the same as living what you say you believe.

Karen Bishop who has shared inspiration and hope for years on her websites, www.whatsuponplanetearth.com and www.emergingearthangels.com, recently made the observation that humanity as a whole has moved past the "New Age" movement. My observation is that once we passed the century mark, the Universe was pushing us to really practice what we'd been preaching for the last two decades. This was no longer just something to talk about-we were now being asked to walk the walk. Oh, wow! That's never the fun part!

Humanity as a whole has been going through a massive ascension process. Not that we haven't always been ascending. But over the last three years and continuing through 2012, the creative energies available to us is accelerating 100,000-fold each year according to Barbara Marciniak in her book, Path of Empowerment. We have the choice of how we respond and react to these energies, but the one thing we must do is take total responsibility for our creations. The ascension process is not something any of us escapes. We may be on different rungs of the ascension ladder, but each of us is necessary to the process. Even the planet herself is going through the process, as evidenced by the more frequent major natural disasters we are experiencing. And no one gets left behind.

Many years ago I was going through a major transition period in my life. I questioned whether or not I was worthy to be here, and, yes, considered leaving this plane of existence. Fortunately, I had a good friend who was watching me go through this painful period. On a day when I was feeling particularly hopeless and helpless, he said to me, "Martha, you know the Universe is complete only because you're in it." Those few words were a precious gift to me. I saw then that my choosing to leave was a childish, escapist route. And I knew in that moment that I, like everyone else on the planet, have a specific and necessary role to play in the ascension process.

Regardless of how great or small, each of us has chosen to be on Earth during these transitional times. Our lives are a beautiful gift. We meet each other-maybe only for an instant or maybe we spend a lifetime together. But each time we do, we are changed forever.

It is my privilege to be here now with every other person on the planet. You are all my traveling companions and for that I am very grateful. It would be a lonely and sad journey without each and every other who walks this walk. May we be aware that we are all one, that we each have a gift to share and a part to play in the ascension of the planet. May we acknowledge our sameness and celebrate our diversity, for it is through our differences that we create something new.

Namaste!