by Kiara Windrider
Will we destroy ourselves in ecological catastrophe, human misery, and war, or will we be transformed in a great quantum leap of consciousness? This, I believe, is the ultimate question before humanity today.
We are in a tremendous ecological crisis. There are a variety of serious environmental issues facing us today, from global warming to the thinning of the ozone layer, from massive pollution of our atmosphere, soils, and oceans to the rampant deforestation and destruction of species, from the wandering polar axis to the potential of massive seismic upheavals. Any one of these phenomena alone, in the course of the next few decades, could be enough to terminate all life on the planet.
In 1992, following the Earth Summit in Brazil, the Union of Concerned Scientists, including 99 of the 196 living Nobel laureates and 1600 other scientists from 69 countries, announced that drastic and immediate efforts would be required worldwide to avoid ecological catastrophe. Soon afterwards, Dennis and Donella Meadows’ landmark book Beyond the Limits asserted, based on highly sophisticated computer projection models, that our chances for avoiding environmental catastrophe appeared slim to none. A decade has passed since then, and we continue to live in denial.
The bad news is that if these were the only factors determining our fate, our future would be bleak indeed. The good news is that there is a bigger picture at work. I feel it is -important for us to face the possibility that “reality,” as we know it, is about to end. Human beings are constituted such that we seldom are able to hear a “wake-up call” unless we are in extreme crisis. We would rather live in collective denial until the floodwaters have swept through and it is too late. Again and again, the indigenous people of the Earth have warned the governments of humanity to reverse their destructive ways, with little effect. So what happens next?
I have spoken about various cosmic events that are intersecting at this time. We are making our precessional journey across the galactic equator, simultaneously conjuncting the galactic center and encountering the next galactic superwave. We are experiencing the intensified radiation of the Blue Star. We have entered a new spiral of fourth dimensional time. We are moving from a Kali Yuga to a Satya Yuga, from the Fourth World of the Hopis to the Fifth World. The Mayan underworlds are synchronizing towards a grand finale of third dimensional creation. The prophetic timeline of the Great Pyramid has ended. And, according to Sri Aurobindo, the “Supramental Descent” has begun. (See Sri Aurobindo’s The Life Divine, Satprem’s Mind of the Cells, and Georges van Vrekhem’s -Beyond Man.)
Near the beginning of the 20th century the great Indian freedom fighter and yogi-sage, Sri Aurobindo, began to express a truth which had not been expressed before. In his high states of divine union he saw that the time had come for a new stage in the evolution of mankind. He saw that the divine was to manifest right here on Earth and that the time for this divine emergence into Earth life was now. He spoke of heaven descending to Earth, even as Earth experienced a breakdown due to the intrinsic resistance held within her material body towards this “descent.”
Sri Aurobindo was joined in Pondicherry, India, by a French mystic, Mirra Alfassa, who later became known as the Mother. Together they embarked on a journey of intensive cellular transformation that is very relevant to the colossal uncertainties we face today.
Sri Aurobindo saw that the divine force permeates all matter, and that all matter therefore has a force of consciousness. The process of the divine spirit descending down into matter is called involution. The process by which the divine ascends back upwards out of matter is called evolution. According to Sri Aurobindo, humanity has reached a stage where these two events are occurring simultaneously, and in his inner visions, he foresaw that we would soon be experiencing a descent of what he called “supramental (or monadic) consciousness” that would entirely change everything on Earth.
Man’s greatness is not in what he is, says Sri Aurobindo, but in what he makes possible. An immortal soul is somewhere within him, even if seldom active in most people, while an eternal spirit overshadows him, even if obstructed from descent by the hard lid of his constructed personality. There is a great divine plan in motion, even if the evidence of the outer senses seems to contradict it.
Sri Aurobindo recognized that humankind is going through an evolutionary crisis. A stage has been reached in which the human mind has made tremendous strides on the one hand, but is left hopelessly inadequate to prevent its own extinction as a species. Meanwhile, as the Mother testified before her death in 1973, a consciousness higher than the human rational mind, what may be termed the Supermind, has recently been established in the fields of the Earth, and is active there. Our task now is to bring it down into cellular consciousness.
Evolution took a great leap forward with the origins of Life, and later with the emergence of Mind. We are now at the threshold of another leap forward, even more momentous, as we prepare for the emergence of the Supermind. Sri Aurobindo speaks about four stages of human evolution, which we will soon be starting to experience concurrently upon Earth. The first is “animal human,” our current species, a rational being possessing an individualized soul, but largely obstructed from contacting and merging with it.
Next is the “human human,” a species that is spontaneous-ly coming to birth under the influence of an ever-expanding supramental field, a being that is largely able to merge and live from soul-consciousness rather than mind-consciousness. Is the current generation of Indigo Children the first representatives of this root race?
Thirdly is the “Overman,” who will still inhabit a dense physical body, but will be in possession of the Mind of Light, which is supramental consciousness that has begun to merge with cellular consciousness. Are the Violet or Crystal Children being born today the precursors of this root race?
Finally, our ultimate goal as a species is the “Supramental Being,” divinity incarnated fully within the subtle realms of matter. This will be a race of what we could call “Descended Masters.” In this species, the unity of matter and spirit would be fully realized upon Earth.
The great work of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother was in bringing supramental consciousness down into the cellular consciousness of their own bodies. Since this is a unified consciousness, this meant that the supramental consciousness was simultaneously being brought into the consciousness fields of the Earth, awaiting the moment when it would flower into its full manifestation in collective matter.
Whenever there is a “descent” there is corresponding resistance. Sri Aurobindo and the Mother speak of their experience with the four “Asuras,” essentially anti-divine forces, at work in the world today. There is the Asura of Darkness, the Asura of Suffering, The Asura of Falsehood, and the Asura of Death. These are the forces that are so outwardly apparent, and which seem to be in control of current global events. According to them the Asura of Darkness (Lucifer?) has gone through a transformation recently, and the Asura of Suffering has returned to Source, and so only the latter two still remain to wreak havoc on Earth. Interestingly, they spoke of the Asura of Falsehood “channeling” through Hitler during World War II, and of their own intensive inner work in countering his influence. It would not be difficult to see how this same Asura may be influencing other world leaders in the current political sphere.
With the descent of this new vibratory consciousness all our old obsolete human structures will be demolished. However, Sri Aurobindo emphasized that although the changes will be enormous they would not be necessarily catastrophic. The power of Truth automatically erases Falsehood, and our world for the most part consists of Falsehood. Yet, the Supramental, he maintained, carried a power of harmonization which could overcome this resistance by means other than dramatic struggle and violence. The Asuras will eventually be absorbed into their original emanations of Light, Life, Beauty, and Truth. It may be interesting to speculate, with all the violence in the world today, the destruction we might have experienced if not for this power of harmonization!
When does all this happen? Sri Aurobindo and the Mother believed that the world stage was set for this quantum descent, and that it was quite imminent. The Mother said in 1968 that the supramental transformation was a certainty now, and that it would come about with a minimum of destruction, “although this minimum is still considerable.” She said that the year 2000 would be a turning point. We discussed earlier the exponential evolutionary progression latent within the Mayan reckoning of time. Could the completion of the “Nine Underworlds” in 2011 (or 2012) indicate the timing for this Supramental Descent?
Sri Aurobindo, before his death in 1950, gave five indications that would precede the dawning of the New Era. To summarize them briefly: the knowledge of the physical world would increase exponentially, people would start becoming more psychic, there would be a concerted effort from the dark forces to maintain control, the world would move towards increasing unification through technology, and finally, many such as Hitler would rise up with the power to influence large numbers of people.
As we have discussed in earlier chapters, there are many more indicators for a massive Shift, whether in ancient calendar systems, geological records, mystic prophecies, or cosmological research. When I confront the ecological and political realities of our modern world, I realize that our third dimensional problems cannot be solved through third dimensional means. I find myself greatly comforted by spiritual researchers like Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, whose visions and under-standings derived from a direct experience of a more expanded cosmic paradigm.
We cannot remain in denial about the ecological and political realities on our planet. However, the pathway to the Age of Light is in affirming the new realities that are emerging among us. Somewhere between an ungrounded spiritual escapism based on denial, and a narcissistic preoccupation with gloom and doom, we can choose to intentionally and -purposefully envision a brave new world based on the deepest truth of our being. In order to do this we must consciously face our own shadows, seek a genuine hope, commit to rebirth, and open to the light of our guiding truth.
We can only go as high as we are willing to go deep, and it is often in the very depths that we find the greatest light. This is where we find the power and the hope to sustain us. For it is only as we are willing to see and to embrace all of our deeply human fragmented realities that the light of grace can shine upon us.
As we enter a new spiral of time, I feel that we will be seeing increasingly rapid expansions of consciousness on our planet, accompanied by correspondingly stronger resistance. As I connect with my deepest truth, I know that we will make the Shift, although there could also be many who choose to leave. The emerging consciousness may trigger the last dance of a polarized worldview, but we will override the third dimensional ecological and political realities on our planet.
The “Great Purification,” the Hopis say, will bring wars, hunger, disease, and Earth changes. These have already begun. We have transmuted much, however, and the transition is likely to be gentler than previously expected. This is a time when we will experience a great transformation of Spirit. Vast numbers of people will choose to awaken into their spiritual mastery, and merge with their lightbodies. Healing gifts will awaken. We will learn to walk between worlds. As we move through these times, let us keep our eyes fixed beyond the appearances to what is real. The pathway through the valley of fear is in embracing a larger planetary and cosmic perspective. “Lead us from the unreal to the real,” said the ancient Hindu sages, “Lead us from darkness to light. Lead us from death to immortality!”
The nature of most spiritual initiations is the experience of a gradual ascent of consciousness followed by a quantum leap. It is like the phase shift that takes place as water slowly heats up and suddenly becomes steam. When the time is right, the Shift could take place “in the twinkling of an eye.” This is becoming extremely likely now as we align with the galactic center, and enter the birth canal of a new Earth.
The realities portrayed by our news media are becoming increasingly fearful. When rightly understood and attuned, however, these same events can be cause for great celebration! I have spoken often about averting the Earth changes through our collective intentions and prayers. While I believe this perspective has validity, we cannot pretend to understand what evolutionary transformation must look like. There are certain cycles of death and rebirth that serve our evolutionary growth, and this next cycle of evolution may be accompanied by a massive dissolution and restructuring of our planetary realities.
The easiest way to make the transition is to understand it from an evolutionary perspective, so that we can choose to joyfully align with the process, rather than resist in fear and contraction. With all the apparent realities of terrorism, war, and tyranny in the world today, it is yet possible to live with increasing fearlessness, joy, and excitement. My hope for the world comes from a place deep within me that understands fear and denial, yet no longer lives there. As long as we are in denial we are not going to want to see either the darkness or the light, and I see that many of us are on a journey of embracing our fears fully so that we can let go of the illusions.
Once we understand the nature of illusion we realize that anything we perceive as a “threat” from the outside, whether it is Earth changes, terrorism, political repression, or war, is ultimately about our own unowned shadows being reflected back. Once that understanding comes, we can choose with the enormous power of the newly emerging “world soul” to co-create a new unified reality! Beyond any outer appearances, even beyond any cosmic or planetary cycles, we are each responding to the Supramental Descent, the In-breath of God, the return of all things back into Oneness.
The Maya say that the last four world ages ended in fire, wind, ice, and water. The current world age will end in “olin,” which could be translated as “the great shift.” It could refer to a magnetic pole shift, or a geographical pole shift. It could be tectonic plate shifts. It could be a shift in consciousness, or all of the above. It could even be a dimensional shift. Whichever way we look at it, we stand at the threshold of a massive shift—a shift of the ages. Beyond this Age, ending in 2011 or 2012, nothing is known. It is a blank slate and we hold the chalk in our hands.
Something very spectacular is happening on the Earth today. The Supramental Transformation is imminent. Will the human race as a collective rise up together into the supramental level? This seemed unlikely to Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, who saw this as an achievement of a few beings initiating a new order of things, while the majority would be passed by. Perhaps this is so, and perhaps we will find ourselves separating into multiple timelines in Earth’s future. Or perhaps we will make the collective transformation as a single timeline, which could well be the case if Sri Kalki’s mission in southern India is successful. I will address these themes in later chapters. But first, who are these special children newly arriving on Earth?
Excerpted from “Doorway to Eternity: A Guide to Planetary Ascension”, available through www.doorwaytoeternity.com
