Prophecy

Every new year I read prophecies channeled from some "Light Worker" or "Ascended Master," who is supposed to speak from a "higher plane." These predictions always say the same thing:

We're about to pass through a cosmic shift, a planetary re-alignment, a reversal of earth's "polar field;" and this will transform human consciousness as never before. So prepare, prepare, because its always just around the corner! If it's January, then the "shift" will occur in March. When its March, the "shift" will occur in June. By the end of the summer, we're looking forward to the "shift" at the next Winter solstice. But of course, it never quite happens, because the future never arrives...

We can thank such prophecies, in a way: they are really invitations to abandon the future. A prophecy challenges us to remember that:

The "higher planes" are all inside us... To truly "ascend" is to follow your breath into the heart... The real "shift" is from the edge to the center... from worry about "when" to the silent mind of now... from the final destination to eternal waylessness... from the ascended to the fallen... from the search to self-abandonment... from the strain of wanting to the grace of gratitude... from knowledge to bewilderment... from busy thinking in the head to quiet unfolding in the breast... from the "next great thing" to the gentle anointing, the radiant glow, of things just as they are...

Only when I dwell in the Kingdom of Presence, do I truly begin to transform.