There is no such thing as darkness, only lack of light. When a light is turned on what we perceive as darkness is immediately transformed into light. Of course the brighter the light, the darker the other outside of the light appears to be, bringing it to the attention of the light in a spiralling circle. Through intentionally working with the light we can heal ourself, others, the Earth and beyond...

We are currently living in a great time of change which may be exciting to some and induce fears in others. According to Mayan, Egyptian and Vedic traditions there will be a transformation of consciousness which coincides with the end of a 26,000 year cycle. This great cycle has also been well chronicled throughout time by amongst others the Babylonians, Norse, Celts and Chinese. Some say this will culminate at the Winter Solstice A.D. 2012 with the present world age ending and a new world age beginning with the ascension of Planet Earth and its inhabitants. An essential part of the successful ascension will be our Lightbody activation from the current 2 strand DNA to 12 strand DNA enabling us to hold more light, move outside of linear time and move our resonance from individual to collective consciousness. This ascension is not about us rising to meet spirit but spirit moving down into matter to be grounded by us in Gaia thereby raising our vibrations and those of our planet. Vibrationally we are ascending and crystals, as holders of energy and clearers/transmuters of negative energy, play an important part in the ascension process for the planet and all of its inhabitants and in fact Crystal Ascension has become a new keyword.

There is much variance and debate about the actual date of this ‘change’, linking in with the Dawning of the Age of Aquarius where humanity on the New Earth realizes that all is connected and that the Earth is a living planet currently undergoing a process of spiritual awakening (called The Gaia Hypothesis). The Earth and all of its inhabitants are stepping up their vibrational frequencies and this has also been linked to the current heightened Sunspot activity altering the Earth’s magnetic fields. Many are calling this a return to the Golden Age with the 2004 Venus Transit being the starting point which concludes coincidentally at the next Venus Transit in 2012.

However, alongside this optimistic view, apocalyptic doomsday prophecies abound which include a reversal of the Earth’s magnetic poles and other predictions of Armageddon-type super catastrophes in the year 2012 which will wipe out the entire human race and end time as we know it. Conspiracy theories are rife and we are encouraged to be aware that the news and media reports are biased and impure, feeding and spreading more negativity and psychological fear.

Whichever view one takes, these are polarised views from a polarized three-dimensional world observed in linear or horizontal time. As soon as we engage in this either/or scenario we are firmly placing ourselves within the 3-D limitations of duality - fears and expectations being projections into a ‘future time’. The future and past only exist in this mundane world and to move out of this paradigm we have to expand our consciousness into the present – the ‘Here and Now’ as it has been referred to since Aldous Huxley’s innovative book ‘The Island’. Psychological fear is time-based and does not exist in the present as it is based on what 'might' happen as opposed to what is happening NOW and this creates what Eckhart Tolle in his excellent book 'The Power of Now' describes as an 'anxiety gap' which affects us very strongly and can be very debilitating. When we are in real danger our body naturally provides us with more energy to fuel our fight or flee response. In current times however this automatic response is being initiated by imaginery fears and it is a major cause of stress. The brain and its powers of reasoning, when not under our control, can create and recreate acute feelings of danger which do not relate to real life situations.