I had to rewrite this now that I have a better grip on myself. Sometimes the significance of things makes me wild. Click on the spoiler at the bottom to read the original blog.

I want to describe a dance. It was a group of us at Shambhala on Saturday night. All of us from different walks of life with little relation to one another. These people were not self-proclaimed shamans or mystics, just fun-loving youths with a mind to have a great time. It was the most significant thing I have ever experienced in my life. What happened was that all of us came together and created this massive amount of energy with a united consciousness. We brought the Earth to life through us. We kept one another going by raising and exchanging energy. We held our talisman high, passing it on when we could no longer sustain the group. We brought our hands together over the ground, reached out to one another as we slowly raised ourselves up. If you closed your eyes you could see sparkles of light cascading around in circles. I was seeing trees of light growing out of the Earth, reaching into the sky.

Whether we were conscious of it or not, something has changed. What has occurred for thousands of years in different cultures happened again that night. The global consciousness is evolving. We as a species are evolving. The ego that holds us is fading and we are blossoming into creatures of light and power.

Just before that dance I had a vision. A friend drummed for me and I closed my eyes to see the cycle of life. I saw the Earth growing. I saw the beginning of civilization and its evolution. I saw the people of Shambhala and how we are changing the world. I also saw a lot of death. I saw skulls lined up along a dirty shelf as if it was a scene from an apocalyptic movie. This always cycled back to life but I remember feeling that man will experience a lot of death before things will get better. If the Earth has her way she might just wipe the slate clean in one fell stroke. It is happening already. I know, however, that if we are conscious enough we can change this. We have access to an indescribable amount of energy. We really can do anything. I know that it is possible for us to change our future if we are conscious enough.

What the dance taught me is that all we have to do is live every second with as much love and light in our hearts as they will hold. Our happiness is the Earth's happiness. She lives through us, in us. A thing cannot survive if it is riddled with negativity, disease. Right now, as a species, we are. I know we can change that, though. We are changing. The darkness of our species is transforming. The youngest generation is both our darkest and brightest yet. Because we have so many problems we are also more conscious of wanting to change them. That dance is a testimate to our power to change and grow and be united.