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The Shift - Part I
The Shift Unfolds
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      The Shift to the New Reality
The Shift is the mass
awakening of humanityâs heart. This transformation of consciousness, the
greatest one ever recorded, first became apparent in the mid-1960s and has been
building momentum ever since. The Shift is a collective transformation
consisting of the sum of each individualâs step forward into the New Reality.
Each person, in their own time, is moving forward into a new stage of
consciousness, one which brings a wider vista and an awareness that springs
from the heart. In the early 1960s, just one in fifty adults had reached this
new awareness. Today, according to extensive surveys, more than one in four
adults in the United States and Europe have moved into the heart space which
forms the nucleus of The Shift. The New Reality is not something vague. It is
as real as the notes on a piano keyboard. It has a specific frequency, as
this book will reveal. Each stage of human consciousness resonates to a
specific note within the musical octave. This new stage of consciousness
resonates to the note F sharp. When a personâs consciousness reaches a
frequency that resonates with F sharp, then - and not before then - they
discover unconditional love and the ability to envision a future filled with
hope and peace. The New Reality is about discovering your true potential, about
living your highest joy and serving others in the way that best fulfils your
highest purpose. Itâs about cooperation instead of competition. Itâs about
becoming a whole person in mind, body and spirit. The Shift to the New Reality
brings to each individual a sense of greater freedom, greater joy and personal
fulfillment. The Shift to the New Reality is all about heart-powered
consciousness. Â Are You A
Cultural Creative?
Over fifty million Americans fit the definition of a newly emerging
type of humanity, a culture that hardly existed prior to the 1960s.In a 1990s
study of more than 100,000 adults in the United States, Paul Ray and Sherry
Anderson reveal that a huge 26 percent of these adults have made a
comprehensive shift in their worldview, values and way of life. In Europe, the
story is very much the same. A 1997 survey conducted in fifteen European
countries shows figures that are very similar to the United States. In their
book, The Cultural Creatives, Ray and Anderson summarize the typical values of
this new, leading-edge group of people that they call Cultural Creatives. The
Cultural Creatives are people who love nature, respect the Earth and are deeply
concerned about the environment. They like to develop close relationships with
each other, and to help and encourage other people to develop their abilities.
They care about personal and spiritual development, and want more
equality for women and all cultural groups. Cultural Creatives would like to
develop a new way of life. They are cynical of media-fed information, and want
to find a new political philosophy that works in todayâs reality. They are
not materialistically driven, and typically have their finances and spending
under control. They like traveling to other countries to get to know new
cultures and they want to develop a sense of community where they live.
Authenticity is important to Cultural Creatives - their actions have to be
consistent with their words and inner beliefs. This means that if you are
searching for better quality of life, less stress, better health, and a simpler
lifestyle that includes more spirituality, then you are one of a growing number
of people who have already become a part of the greatest social transformation
of all time.[Chapter continued in the book...] Â
The Dawning of the New Reality
The Shift into the New Reality is
a consciousness revolution. It dwarfs all previous and current revolutions,
including the Industrial Revolution, which swept through Britain in the
eighteenth century bringing massive social and technological changes. Todayâs
information revolution, made possible by computers and telecommunications, is
transforming the face of society at an even more dizzying rate. However, these
changes pale in significance when compared with the consciousness revolution,
which is transforming our very perception of the nature of the universe.
Identifying Trends In Thought
A keenly insightful social scientist, Clare W. Graves (1914-86), identified the
historical phases of social progress within civilization. He came to the
realization that, today, mankind is preparing for a
momentous leap. This leap, he said, would be a mega-change within society
which would dwarf all previous changes. [Chapter continued in the book...] Â
The Shift into the Second Tier of
Consciousness The Shift
is the mass migration of humanity into the second tier of consciousness.
Millions of trail blazers have already made The Shift. More follow them every
day. The second tier is the New Reality. When you understand the nature of the
second tier, you will understand tomorrowâs world. The first tier develops
intellectual skills and emotional contrast. The second tier changes the focus
of personal growth to a spiritual context, expanding the vision of what can be
achieved through reaching ever greater heights of human potential. In the
second tier we become less personally identified with the thought and emotions
which pass through our awareness. We see emotions more as things
that hold our attention, rather than as things that identify who we are. This
opens up the doorway to the enjoyment of an unconditionally accepting view of
life and of other people. With the new, second tier of consciousness comes
freedom from all of the fears of the prior memes, and, finally, the freedom for
human cognition to focus upon its true possibilities in the world. Clare Graves
identified and cataloged two of six memes of the second tier.
Meme 7.
Responsible freedom.
This meme is about flexible flow, about adapting to a world
full of change. With it come big-picture views and the discovery of
self-accountable, personal freedom. [Chapter continued in the book...]
 A Meme-Related
Definition of Spirituality
Basic consciousness is associated with the
first tier of six memes. Its function is to provide learning from the diversity
of experience in the world and to gain definition as an individual. In
particular, it explores duality; the idea that opposites are separate from each
other, rather than facets of an underlying whole. The duality of good versus
evil, for example, is made possible by a belief in the existence of an opposite
pole to goodness and wholeness. This belief, or expectation, creates the
possibility that evil can exist and manifest in a world of duality. Evil cannot
be conquered via conflict, as the act of conflict only adds power to the
illusion which generates its existence. It can only be resolved by adopting a
consciousness of unity rather than separation. Then, lasting solutions to the
illusion of duality become possible. Spiritual consciousness
is associated with the second tier of six memes. With it comes the developing
awareness of the oneness of all life. Spiritual consciousness starts with an
appreciation that all people are facets of the one underlying consciousness of
the universe. Along with this comes an understanding that we each have our own
unique viewpoint of the universe. It is through our individual diversity that
the whole consciousness of humanity gains an infinite range of experience of
all facets of life. As a person becomes more at one with all of existence, they
do not lose any sense of individuality. In all of Creation, diversity is the
rule. Just as each snowflake is unique, so is each person. Â
The Mystery Meme
The authors of Spiral
Dynamics have identified the existence of the
next, new meme. This ninth meme, which they call âcoral,â has not yet been
observed in large quantities of people, so they have been unable yet to
summarize its characteristics. Before we examine how to successfully operate
within the New Reality, which begins primarily with meme number seven, letâs
look ahead and examine what discoveries await us within the mysterious ninth
meme.Second tier memes are reminiscent of their first tier cousins. The first
tier of six memes is a basic, or physically-oriented, set while the second tier
is creatively or spiritually-oriented. The second tier, being of a higher
frequency band of consciousness than the first tier, will exert considerably
more influence in the world as its activation becomes more widespread. As the
popular use of the second tier of memes only began in earnest in the mid-1960s,
we have yet to see much of its influence manifest in the world. Meme number
seven (responsible freedom) is related to its first tier
equivalent, meme number one (basic, personal survival). Meme number seven
means having a viewpoint from a much wider vista of consciousness than meme
one. It deals with flexible flow and with adapting to a world full of change.
Meme number seven is like learning to survive all over again, but this time
through a global viewpoint. It is the starting point, and the orientation
course, for the entire second tier of memes. [Chapter continued in the book...]
 The Nature of the Mystery Meme
The new meme - number nine - will be
like meme number three (courage, survival of the fittest), only in a higher
form of manifestation. Meme number threeâs courage brought about adventure,
exploration and mastery of the physical environment. As the second tier memes
all have a creative or spiritual orientation, this means that the new meme
number nine will bring about adventure, exploration and mastery of
the holistic environment of mind, body and spirit. It will do this while
encompassing a global scale of awareness.The new, ninth meme will bring
exploration of the spiritually-inspired use of the power of the mind to
transform reality for the better. It will create a strong demand for spiritual
and creative freedom on a global basis. This far-ranging, inspiring meme has
the power, quite simply, to transform the entire world as we know it. The
keywords of the ninth meme will be âPowerful creativity.â This is not just
the type of creativity that uses the imagination to create new ideas,
inventions and works of art. When this meme eventually unfolds on planet Earth,
its higher form of creativity will come fully-primed with spiritual power -
enough power to transform life on this planet into a whole new level of joy and
harmony. [Chapter continued in the book...]
 Maslow
Predicted The Shift
Abraham Maslow (1908-70) was a psychologist who
became famous for his hierarchy of human needs. When he developed his theory in
the 1950s, he predicted the transformation of humanity into a realm of
spiritual transcendence, but he had no idea just how soon this would develop
into a major movement. Little did he know that, in the mid-1960s, the shift
towards transcendence would suddenly take off and never look back. Maslowâs
hierarchy of human needs shows that basic human needs have to be fulfilled
before people can attend to higher needs and values. First, the basic
physiological needs of food and shelter must be met in order to ensure
survival.Second, once food and shelter are obtained, safety and security must
be achieved. Third, acceptance by others is sought, in both the social and
romantic sense. To fulfill this âbelongingâ need, people become part of a
group, a tribe, an extended family or a community. When these outer-directed
needs are satisfied, then the individual works to acquire self-respect.
Recognition by others produces self-esteem. [Chapter continued in the book...]
 The Cosmic Calendar
Why
should society be rushing headlong into a New Reality of awareness at this
particular point in history? The sudden awakening of holistic, spiritual
thought in the 1960s affected the younger generation of that era. Those who
were impressed and changed by, for example, the Summer of Love in the year 1967
will be at the peak of their economic and political influence by the year 2010.
They will, by then, be the Elders of society, the wise ones that younger
generations look to for guidance when things go wrong. If
society is ready to start moving en masse into The Shift after the year 2010,
you have to wonder what cosmic events might be in synchronicity with such
timing. Could there be some grand, cosmic event about to occur? How about an
imminent event which occurs just once every 26,000 years? Would that pique your
curiosity? The ancient Mayan civilization existed up until 830 A.D., when they
suddenly disappeared from their cities, leaving no traces behind as to where
they may have moved. Despite an apparent lack of precision instruments, the
astronomical knowledge of the Mayan culture exceeded todayâs level of
knowledge in many ways. They not only knew the precise orbits of the planets in
our solar system, but also the orbits of the stars in our galaxy. They had even
cataloged major cosmic events going back more than 400 million years. The Mayan
calendars are masterpieces which illustrate the repeating time-spirals of
cosmic cycles within cycles within cycles. The Mayans spoke
of waves of influence which pass through the galaxy; waves which are so
influential that they are capable of triggering the formation of suns from
collections of gases. They also spoke of waves of galactic influence which have
a profound effect upon human history on planet Earth. One such critical point
is a major galactic synchronization which is due to occur in the very near
future, on December 21st, 2012. This date marks the end of a 26,000 year cycle
of a style of human experience, as well as the end of a 5,200 year cycle within
that, and also the end of many more sub-cycles, all in synchronicity with each
other. On December 21st, 2012, when the Mayan calendar again resets to zero, a
new 26,000 year cycle begins. Now, 26,000-year cycles donât suddenly change
from an old cycle to a new cycle in the blink of an eye. Such a huge cycle
influences a period of overlap, both before and after the exact date of the
change to a new cycle. The overlap period before the year
2012 would have included its early influence upon culture in the 1960s, when
the current transformation in consciousness began in earnest. The question is,
when future generations look back on our current era, will they see the year
2012 as the pivotal point within The Shift? Could the year 2012 mark a turning
point where the old type of humanity, Homo sapiens (âknowing manâ), shifts
into wholeness as the second tier of consciousness begins to reach popularity?
Will the second tier be seen, in retrospect, as a new phase of human evolution,
a kind of Homo holisticus?One thing that is certain at this point is that The
Shift is a real phenomenon and, as the Cultural Creatives and memes studies
demonstrate, it is happening today. The Shift is not a temporary by-product of
the baby boom generation, or of any other generation in modern society. It is
not a passing fad and it is not going away. The Shift is the result of a cosmic
cycle which is unfolding and, slowly but
steadily, increasing the frequency of all consciousness upon the planet. The
Shift is, to put it simply, the most wonderful transformation in recorded
history. This is where humanity gets to build, literally, Heaven on Earth. Â
 Excerpts from The ShiftPart I - The Shift
UnfoldsPart II - New Discoveries Part III - What it Means to be Living in the
New Reality  To order The Shift
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