Leap of Perception 1 Acceleration and Transformation The global recovery of archaic memories is causing a mind-bending spiritual crisis that is reaching its apotheosis due to time acceleration. It is so important to realize that time acceleration is causing old ways to end, not our planet. Of course, many people cling to the old ways. Barbara Hand Clow A new time is upon us! Whoo-hoo!! If you''ve been paying attention, you''ve certainly noticed the volatility, dramatic ups and downs, sudden breakthroughs and life changes, and the widening gap between fear-based people and compassion-based people. Large segments of society are progressing steadily into chaos as old systems and ways of thinking fail to produce results. At the same time, other segments are progressing toward spiritual and mental clarity, innovative solutions to societal problems, and greater peace and abundance. It''s an amazing drama to watch and participate in. These symptoms are the early signs of a sweeping change that is transforming us into a new kind of human being, living in a new world, with new rules.

We are just now realizing that the changes afoot are different than documented historical changes; we are participating in a profound process that has never been experienced en masse on earth. We are experiencing the acceleration, or increased vibration, of individual and planetary consciousness-and this is giving rise to a new reality that will eclipse the pain, suffering, and density we have always accepted as normal. This is transformation. I want us to be able to navigate this transformation process smoothly so we can come out the other side all wide-eyed and bushy-tailed, with a big grin on our faces! Then we can cocreate something truly amazing together on this lovely planet. This chapter summarizes the process of acceleration and transformation so you can recognize it in yourself, others, and society and not be disoriented or stalled by it. By understanding the overall transformation process, you can move through it and be a "thought leader" and role model for others. Then you can develop the new attention skills that will bring success in the new reality. We''ll start by examining the beginnings of the transformation process, then look at what we''re transforming into.

After that, we''ll explore what happens in the process itself and how to navigate the various changes involved with the least amount of confusion and negativity. The points I mention in this overview will be fleshed out in depth in subsequent chapters. Life Is Accelerating and So Are You Transformation begins with an acceleration process; the vibration of the earth, and of our bodies, has been steadily increasing for many years. We''re not sure why this is occurring-perhaps it''s a cosmic source of high-vibrational energy that''s flowing through our solar system-but it is measurable; the vibration of the earth itself, called the Schumann Resonance, has been increasing. When the frequency of matter increases, so does our ability to access a matching vibration of consciousness. Our minds expand. Life itself speeds up. Barbara Hand Clow, in her enlightening book Awakening the Planetary Mind, describes a phenomenon predicted in the Mayan calendar concerning "time acceleration"-a function of the earth''s increasing frequency.

The Mayan calendar delineates cycles of time covering more than 16.4 billion years, divided into nine periods called "underworlds." The length of each underworld, or period of development, is twenty times shorter than the previous one, with the completion date for all nine occurring at the end of 2011. That means time on earth has accelerated twenty times faster in nine different increments, and the last was just one year in length. Obviously, we''re now living in an extremely accelerated period. The future has a way of arriving unannounced. George Will The Mayans understood the increasing frequency of the planet. What''s interesting is that the dates of these underworlds relate closely to the earth''s biological and evolutionary cycles, which science has just recently documented.

Now that the vibration of the planet is moving so fast, everything seems to be happening in the present moment. With that speed comes emotional intensity. Things we haven''t wanted to deal with-our fears-can no longer be denied, postponed, or kept in the past; they''re immediate and in our face. Hand Clow says, "The Ninth Underworld during 2011 rips open the full vibrational response to nature, so our unresolved inner traumas are arising like great monsters in our hearts and minds."1 For years, you and I (and other energetically sensitive people) have intuitively experienced this acceleration as it increased the subtle frequency of our bodies. While on the surface it may have worried you, deep down you probably suspected you were preparing for something exciting and good-a shift in consciousness toward enlightenment, a new reality that might resemble heaven on earth. You probably sensed it wouldn''t come without consistent work on clearing yourself of the unresolved inner traumas Hand Clow mentions, and certainly not without some upheaval in the world. It may seem odd, but I''d bet most of us have been secretly looking forward to it.

It''s a Vibrational World Now As you and the world vibrate at a higher frequency, your perception naturally expands; your worldview shifts as your vibration shifts. At a higher frequency, you become conscious of the nonphysical world and can now perceive yourself, everyone, and everything as energy rather than as slow, solid bodies or objects separated by empty space. In effect, you can "see through" or feel into the solidity of matter to experience the energy patterns inside. Everything is vibrating at its own particular frequency, and the world is full of a symphony of tones. You notice energy inside and between everything; there''s no space devoid of it. Then you discover that energy is connected to consciousness. You notice that when you change your energy level, your consciousness changes; when you shift your consciousness, your energy shifts too. You can feel how the resonance of different forms can be harmonious or dissonant when combined, and how there is a natural tendency to seek vibratory coherence.

As the world increases in vibration, processes become more instantaneous. Cause-and-effect ceases to be the primary rule for materializing results. What you want to create happens effortlessly, miraculously, with no logical explanation, in a twinkling. Everything is faster and easier. You experience the fact that much more is contained in the present moment than ever before-it is mushrooming to include increasing amounts of the past and future. If everything is in the moment with you, you don''t have to wait for answers, assistance, or results. You just need to ask and receive. Evolving from the Information Age to the Intuition Age It may help to understand transformation by seeing it as the natural continuation of an evolution process that''s been steadily progressing on earth for ages-literally 16.

4 billion years, if we are to believe the Mayan calendar-makers. We know that adaptation and growth are inexorable. Species evolve, life evolves, and with evolution comes expansion of knowledge, greater functionality, more connectivity, and speed. Just looking into the recent past, we can trace our evolution from the Dark Ages to the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution. The acceleration has now brought us from the relatively slow Industrial Age, with its emphasis on physical, mechanical, linear (cause-and-effect) processes, into the Information Age, which emphasizes knowledge, access to increasing amounts of information, the speed of mental processing and data delivery, and multidirectional, simultaneous interconnectivity. Television and computers-high-frequency machines-marked the end of the Industrial Age and shot us into the Information Age. Now the internet and global communications media have accelerated life even more. The Information Age is so fast, and we have access to so much data, that we can barely keep up.

Our minds, dominated by left-brain compartmentalization, are still trying to integrate the vast amounts of information in a linear way by multitasking insanely or by skimming along the surface, sacrificing depth for speed. This creates myriad stresses, from hyperactivity to bloated workdays (with insomnia at night) to "nature deficit disorder" as people remain glued to electronic screens. As the Information Age speeds toward its leap into hyperspace and to the next breakthrough experience, we see that the old physical and mental realities are no longer expansive enough. They''re too slow and antiquated; their methodologies are malfunctioning and failing to produce results. What used to work is now being superseded by a new age-a new reality with new methodologies. As this happens, the old constructs slowly integrate into a larger, more comprehensive context. My term for the emerging, transformed reality is the Intuition Age because unlimited, holistic, direct knowing is its hallmark. The Intuition Age focuses on spirit, and you may already be experiencing its nascent stages.

You''ve known yourself as a body in the Industrial Age and a mind in the Information Age, and as the Intuition Age begins, you''re remembering that, above all, you''re a soul. One of my colleagues calls this flow toward tran.