By Aureal Williams

We live in unprecedented times, when the yearning to manifest one’s highest destiny motivates many people. This magnetic attraction to self-actualize was not the modus operandi for earlier generations. Why now?  For one approach to this question we can look to a great cycle of natural time.

The Big Picture 

The Great Year  consists of 25920 earth year cycles around the Sun along the orbital path of the zodiac.  Twelve ages make up a Great Year with each age consisting of 2160 years.  The Age of Leo occurred from 10720 B.C. to 9000 B.C. We are now, or soon will be, in the Age of Aquarius, the zodiac sign opposite Leo.

Two outstanding events -- one of construction, the other of destruction -- characterize the Age of Leo. The Sphinx, that great monument to the integration of human and divine wisdom was built during the Age of Leo, as were the pyramids of Giza. The technology involved in building these pyramids suggests an advanced civilization, with knowledge beyond the sophistication of our current technology.

The other notable event during the Age of Leo was the colossal floods that wiped out civilizations.  Whether you regard these floods from the Biblical Noah’s Ark perspective of punishment, or the Hindu perspective of metamorphic transformation, the floods represent a tidal wave of purification not unlike the call to purification that is felt by many people today.

Leo-Aquarius Axis

The Age of Leo is considered the starting point of the Great Year.  In the Age of Aquarius, therefore we reach the halfway mark of this current Great Year. In almost all systems of reckoning the halfway point is a time of evaluation. 

From the perspective of this immense cycle of time we are, at midcycle, naturally pulled into introspection, into making the most of our opportunities, into aligning with our highest potential.  What potential might this be?  Perhaps it is the same potential that our ancestors who built the Sphinx 11,000 years ago felt:  The potential to realize the integration of humanness and spirituality.  This lofty goal resonates for many people living on earth right now and is a goal that is particularly germane to the Leo-Aquarius axis.

An essence of the Leo-Aquarius axis is Self in service to Self and Other.  (This is not to be confused with the Aries-Libra axis which can also be stated as self-other from the perspective of the personal realm, such as self and life partner.   The Leo-Aquarius axis represents the transpersonal realm.) In this Aquarian Age we have the potential to manifest authentic Self for the benefit of the Common Good.  It is in this age when we learn how to bring our own unique and specific medicine into the world.  The time we are in now is about being who we are and allowing others to be who they are without diminishing either Self or Other. 

Beings of Light

Another reason for the call to transform right now is an abundant access to light.  Some people believe that we are moving into the Photon Belt, an area of emanating photons, that lights up the memory of ourselves as light beings.  While scientific controversy surrounds the Photon Belt theory, there is no question that something major is happening on energetic levels.  Another theory relates the energetic opportunities of this transformative period to gamma ray bursts and our Sun’s natural cycle.

The current phase of our Great Year and gamma ray bursts that affect our Sun’s cycle are two possible reasons why we are receptive to a more natural perspective of time now.  Through the environmental movement of the last thirty years or more, and the current popularity of feng shui, we have become aware of the sacredness of space.  Time is the other axis in the puzzle of our lives.   Exploring time as it relates to our human energy field is the new arc on the spiral of our transformative evolution.

Cycles of Nature

Mechanical time, the construct that most people live with now, regards the human body as a machine that must function at all costs.  With mechanical time, power is sourced outside of one’s self – the clock tells us what to do when.  With natural time, power is sourced internally, from the innate wisdom of the body – we move, work, and rest in synchronous waves that resonate with internal and external cycles of nature.  Both the life force and creativity suffer when confined by the artificial constraints of mechanical time. 

Working with natural time does not mean that you have to quit your job. Sometimes, in our modern world, we have to push ourselves.  Not always, though. The starting point for working with natural time is to pay attention to your own energy rhythms. 

Without question, we are nature beings.  When we realign our time consciousness with the cycles of nature we deepen trust in intuition.  Trusting intuition we awaken to the multidimensionality of life.  From a multidimensional awareness of life we experience what to do next in our process of becoming self-actualized.

How To Start 

Recognizing patterns of energy is key.  Sometimes, it feels like gravity pulls us to stop and rest.  Pay attention! Rather than fight or judge this pull to rest, actually try to stop for a while.  Maybe it will only be for a few deep breaths, maybe it will be for a catnap, maybe it will be for an afternoon, or for a day or more.  Whatever time and space you can allow, pay attention, honour the wisdom of your body and take whatever rest time you can.

Some of the cyclic patterns of our energy field relate to a personal axis of natural time and other patterns relate to a collective axis.  These patterns can take many months, if not years, to track.   Mark these rhythms in your calendar.  Over time you will begin to notice discernible patterns that are predictable. You can then start planning and scheduling your life responsibilities in accordance with your own natural energy flow.  You can start living with a sense of time that comes from inside, rather than the mechanical clock outside.

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