Author Anodea Judith’s personal note from her book Waking The Global Heart.
Dear Potential Co-Heart:
We live at an incredible time in history, the likes of which have never existed before. Everything we have known– every institution, every facet of society, is changing. One of the most important features of this change is that it will come about – not through authority figures or existing power structures – but through the collective will of everyday people, people like yourselves, waking up to the possibilities of a heart-based paradigm, and taking action to make it happen.
Because of this fact, it is essential that we become aware of who we are, how our society came to the values that are leading us to destruction, and where we are going. Only from this wisdom can we discern how best to get to a glorious, co-created future. Waking the Global Heart: Humanity’s Rite of Passage from the Love of Power to the Power of Love is a book that explores the evolutionary story of human development. It is designed to awaken a sense of possibility and an understanding of the deep wounds that must be healed to make that possibility a reality.
It is a complex theory that involves many things:
● An understanding of the sweep of human history that created our current global crises.
● An understanding of human developmental psychology and how this has played out through our collective history.
● An understanding of the archetypal motifs that have ruled human consciousness through different ages and the ones that are dawning now.
● An understanding of the chakra system as a map for personal and collective evolution.
● An understanding of how you can help navigate and guide this rite of passage to our next era by taking action personally and socially.
When a person in crisis comes in for therapy, it is important to not only address the crisis, but to address the historical events that led to the behaviors and belief systems that caused that crisis. So, too, in our world today. In order to fashion a new paradigm together, we must come to understand our past to make a clear and conscious choice about our future. We welcome you as a co-heart in this awakening kin-dom – a place where we work together collectively, cooperatively, creatively, and democratically, becoming ever more informed, more awake, more empowered, and more mature. The future of our world depends on the maturity of human consciousness matching or exceeding our technological power. May we all be personally guided as we in turn guide our civilization through this collective rite of passage: from the love of power to the power of love. Thank you for being a part of it. I’m sure the Earth thanks you too, as well as the children of future generations.
