Making the Shift!

...Perspective on the Violet Age

    by Titanya Monique Dahlin

"Will you teach your children what we have taught our children? That the earth is our mother? What befalls the earth befalls all the sons of the earth. This we know: the earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.” - Chief Seattle

Do you remember that commercial from the 70’s, where a family of tourists throw trash from their car and the Wise old Indian, watching this scene, is shedding a tear for Mother Earth?  That commercial stuck in my head, since I was a little girl and I always seem to think about it again, when I see these words by Chief Seattle. That was so long ago and yet the Native Americans and ancient cultures (and other earth activists, such as Al Gore and Julia Butterfly Hill among others) forewarned us of a coming time of demise, if we didn’t take responsibility for ourselves and our Planet. 

Well, it seems like that foreseen future has come into being, with so many of the 2012 prophecies already coming true from Nostradamus, the Mayans and others.  That future is upon us now.

We live in such incredible times.  In my lifetime alone, we have had the technological advancements of computers, cell phones, television sets in cars, sending people through space, etc.  However, we are living in a time where our consumption of natural resources and creative ingenuities are paying a price for our very own existence. Our Earth and the atmosphere surrounding it pay a premium for our own luxuries and advancements. 

Our planet has been in trouble for a very long time now. So long ago, some of us (such as the Blue-Roses) took the call and began recycling, setting up intentional communities and doing everything we could for the earth, as well as our own health. Others felt like maybe these Earth predictions wouldn’t happen in their lifetime and weren’t concerned about the future and so they did nothing.  In our society, we lay much more emphasis on War, in the name of religion, and the destruction and death that comes from it, rather than our own environmental problems, that are facing us now. This is our own doing.  The pollution of our skies and oceans plus the destruction of our forests have led to extinction of so many species of animals and plants, and this upsets the balance of nature and in turn, our own fate.

“What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, men would die from great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to man. All things are connected. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the children of the earth.”  -Chief Seattle- Suqwamish and Duwamish

The ancient Mayans, whose mathematics and astrology far surpassed other civilizations, created a calendar that ends next year of 2012.  They believed that we will be birthed into what the Mayans called, the Fifth Sun.  During this time, on Dec. 21, 2012, exactly at sunrise on the Winter Solstice, and for the first time in 26,000 years, the Sun will conjunct the intersection of the Milky Way. The Earth, herself, will align to the center of the galaxy.  For many of the ancient people, the Milky Way was seen as the source of creation. What does this all mean to us here on Earth?

The Mayan calendar was a cyclical calendar and therefore, they saw that everything in history repeats itself and if that is so, perhaps history repeating itself might show up looking a lot like their own historical demise, when the Mayan civilization disappeared themselves, through much environmental destruction. 

So, will the world really end?  The Mayan calendar has been correct in every astrological account through history so far. There are some who read the signs literally, and live with this fear when they see and listen to the prophecies, falsely believing that the world will end in 2012.  The media does its best to fill us with this fear, as well, by producing blockbuster movies that glorifies the worst possible scenario. The movie, 2012 came out in 2008 and made me so mad, because it portrayed just that…our world ending!  I can’t even believe I went to see it and support it! Yes, I was very curious.

On the other hand, Mayan and Native American elders say the world will not end, but be a time of great transformation where we will all move to a higher vibration. They say, this alignment will herald in a “New cosmic energy that flows upon the Earth, cleansing it”.

Aren’t we already experiencing a cleansing of sorts? Within our own lives, spiritually, physically and literally, we are going through the toughest times where life is forcing us to struggle, grow and change.   On the other hand, in our outside world, floods and tornadoes, great tsunamis, earthquakes and fires, death and destruction are being felt everywhere on the Earth and on the masses. 

The Native Americans say that the prophecy is already happening and that the shift is already upon us.  They say, the world won’t end on the Winter Solstice of 2012, but this will bring in a beginning of a New Consciousness.  

The ancients spoke of a world where we enter into a new era, ruled by the element of Ether, the world of the Fifth Sun.  They talk about a world where people will once again live in harmony with Mother Earth ..sounds like the age of Indigo to me.  Most of us who have been working in the field of Energy Medicine (which also includes many sacred modalities of healing work, channeling, yoga, meditation, tai chi, etc.) know that we live in a world of energy and we work with it all the time. If the ancients do say that we are moving into a new realm of this element of Ether- in the Fifth Sun, well then, isn’t this the world where energy lives?

We, who stand in our Energy Medicine family can work as stewards for others, teaching and helping  them sense that energy lives in everything and through everyone and in this, they can shift the energies to bring us all into balance.

The Native Americans knew this too. They knew that everything was alive, from the plants and the rocks to the mountains and rivers of the Earth. Through Energy Medicine, we know how to take back our power and shift vibrations of negative energy and energy blocks so that we can step into greater, healthier lives and meet this New World ahead.

”Energy Medicine is about evolving your body to meet the changing times.”  - Donna Eden, Holistic Health Pioneer.

In our own private lives, we are experiencing the worst of human tragedies …too many personal deaths and family disasters, economic dysfunction, etc. have been occurring for the last decade.  So many of us are in severe turmoil and I’ve never known so many people that have experienced the loss of family and friends at such an alarming rate. This is my perception and many of my friends keep confirming that this is true.  It makes me question, “Why?”

 I wonder if some of us were not meant to live into the future times ahead, maybe to preserve that special time we had on Earth.  So many of the deaths (that have happened in the last years) have been sudden, so much so, that it freezes us in our tracks and makes us question our very own existence. Why are we chosen to continue, without our loved ones, here on Earth? I see so many folks dying off, who were of the old school and old beliefs, the ones who were beautifully old-fashioned in their own right, but couldn’t “bend” their minds to a different truth; they couldn’t change their perspective from what they were told or taught.

It is sad that so many of our loved ones are not being chosen to go on, but I like to think of it in a different way… that perhaps they are working on a different level, maybe in ways that they couldn’t help us here on Earth.  Are they chosen to cross over for other reasons? Are they working for the Earth and with us (from the other side) and helping us in this transition, in what humanity will become?  I have no real clue, but it just seems to me that I keep feeling this balance, that both worlds are working together on these worldly issues facing humanity and the Earth, herself.   Is it that we need our loved ones on the other side, in order to keep the balance of the unseen world?

“You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of your grandfathers.  So that they will respect the land, tell your children that the earth is rich with the lives of our kin.  Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the earth is our mother.  Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth.  If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves. “   -Native American Wisdom

We, here on Earth, are standing on the edge of a precipice; not knowing what will happen and if the predictions of the ancients were correct or just a metaphor for change.

While diving into my life color research recently, I began thinking of the amazing cataclysmic activities happening in the world and how they relate to the Violet Age that we are living in now.

Life colors are the full spectrum of colors that emanate from your energy field when you are born and stay with you all your life. They teach you about your strengths and lessons in this lifetime.  Mother Earth has her own energy field; however both my Mother and I intuitively sense that the colors come into history chronologically when the planet needs to bring those lessons to mankind.  If you are studying Eden Energy Medicine or Nancy Tappe's ground breaking work on life colors; you know that we are in the Violet Age right now.  

In my intuitive research of Life colors, now in its 7th year, I feel that the Violet Age can teach us a lot right now.  My Mother handed down this HUGE task to me. She sensed that my intuition was kicking in and it was my time to embrace this. It is very interesting how intuition works; it is different for everyone. For me, I sense the life colors by feeling, hearing, smelling and recently, through sight, (that I have regained from my childhood).   

"Humanity will continue, but in a different way. Material structures will change and from this we will have the opportunity to be more human. We are living in the most important era of the Mayan calendars. All the prophecies of the world, all the traditions, are converging now. There is no time for games. The spiritual ideal of this era is action. Many powerful souls have reincarnated in this era, with a lot of power. “  -Carlos Bariios, a historian and anthropologist of Mayan cultures.

The Violets brought us into this new age because they were the ones that merged the Eastern spirituality to Western thought. Even though this is the age where Metaphysics and Science have come together, the Indigos will likely transcend this thought even further in the future when the planet transforms with its own shade of Indigo in 2014.

The Violets are visionaries and can see what is needed for a better future. They made the world believe in that which we cannot see, mainly energy, and backed it up with Science.  In the language of life colors, Violet is about being on a spiritual path, therefore since we are in this age, we as the human race are also experiencing spiritual awareness on an ever-expanding level.

There are more Violets and Blues than any other life color right now and I believe it is just this balance that we need. To me, it represents the Matriarch and the Patriarch in complete balance. If the Violets and Blues would actually work together in this way; this would be my ideal balanced world.

The Blue Age culminated in the 50’s with the “stay-at-home-perfect-Mom” and then continued in the 60’s and 70’s when they were the representatives of the “peace- loving flower children”.  Blues wants everybody to be happy and they lead with heart and feeling. Earth activism and consciousness began in the 60’s and 70’s through both Violets and Blues (in their different ways) and those seeds that people planted are still continuing in sustainable and intentional communities all over the World.  Interestingly, another color arose from an older time that mixed with the Blue’s loving intentions and the old fashioned preserved traditions of the past, The Rosy-Blue life color.  They started a lot of these incredible organizations that are still with us today, such as Greenpeace and the Peace Corp. They are the ones who put their heart into action to preserve our natural environments on our planet. They are the “Earth Activism-Pioneers” of the world.

The Indigo Age comes after the Violet Age in 2014. The Indigos have been trickling in over the last 50 years, although the earliest of Indigos were frequently misunderstood. The energy of an Indigo doesn’t understand war, hate or injustice of other human beings. Today, Indigos are also playing a huge role in bringing about new thought, raising the vibration of and bringing harmony to the planet. Mankind has a lot to look forward to.

The emerging new life color is coming forth for the first time in some younger children, like my nephew Tiernan, who was born two years ago. My Mother calls these children, the Opalescents, because she “sees” pastel colors of all shades around them. (Doreen Virtue and James Twyman call them, Crystals). They are born with a natural tendency to be drawn to those, most in need, with unconditional joy and love. Their calling is to show us how to give selfless love. They are incredible beings and I feel that the planet has been in need of them for a very long time.

So, regarding the Violet Age…I began to think about these Violets being on the Earth right now. The biggest lesson for Violets is to let go of control; it will be the hardest thing for them to do. They so love to control how their world works and then influence other life colors (especially Blues) as to what they should do. Those Violets, who are not learning their lessons, are feeling “Inner Earthquakes” in their lives right now. If they don’t evolve on their own, it will be a lot harder to get their lessons from the Universe…which usually ends up in sickness or everything breaking down in their lives, in which they are trying to control.

Yes, the Violets are getting some tough times in their lives, but so are we all, because we, too, are living in the Violet age. These lessons are also our lessons. We have to let go of the old ways of thinking, and how we used to live or we just might not make it.  Joseph Campbell said, “ We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”  Are you ready to let go? We, as human beings here on Earth, are experiencing our own “Violet Earthquakes”, in so many ways.  It feels like Mother Earth herself, is getting so mad and frustrated that she is erupting with “physical earthquakes”, causing all these environmental disasters in order to make us wake up and change. Are you listening to these harsh lessons?  Welcome to the Violet Age!

“Destroy Nature and you destroy yourself” ~ Juanita Centeno (Chumash Indian)

There is one life color that helps these transitions take place and I believe that it has always been there in Earth’s history, in times of evolutionary change. The life color that I’m referring to is Purple.  Purples help other people transition and shift in their own lives. They bring us grounding and stability within the chaos.  I love having Purples around whenever healing needs to take place. If I need someone to listen to my woes and soak up my tears, then I turn to a Purple as my savior.

 If you find yourself in personal disarray, during these Purple times, these are the things you can do:

In meditation, imagine that the world is protected with a cloak of Purple.

Send Purple energy to people and places that need it.

Bring the Purple color into your world to ground you during heavy shifts, by wearing it in a piece of clothing or placing it on your altar.

 Paint Purple on a wall in your office.                                                           

Surround yourself with your Purple friends, for they will bring you to clarity within your own mental confusion.

“The Earth is sick right now because of the corporations going in with their machines, cutting down trees or digging the minerals out of the Earth. The Earth has been torn apart. She has to go and heal herself because her children are not paying attention to her.”~ Vickie Downey (Tewa-Tesque Pueblo Indian)

The predictions of 2012 have been culminating in our media and social network for some time now. The real disasters that are occurring simultaneously in our own world backyard only feed this fear, doom and gloom about the future.

In the early 2000’s, Michael Moore woke us up to the idea that our society and the media put so much fear into our everyday reality. Fear begets fear and makes it bigger.    In March of this year, I was teaching at a dance conference in San Francisco Bay. At 11:00 at night, I watched the news and found out that the recent Japan tsunami was headed our way. The fear that was amplified by the media was so great, that we thought we better schedule a wake-up call, just in case we’d have to evacuate.  It never came, but that night we could hardly sleep thinking, “What if?”  Every few hours, I’d look out to the parking lot to see if the cars were floating away.  Yes, that is what fear can do and our own media does this to us all the time.

I remember back in the 80’s when California was going to drop off into the ocean. Many of my friends scheduled parties to lose their virginity…talk about Radiant Circuits flowing!  Radiant circuits are positive energetic pathways that spark joy throughout your body. In states of despair, you can make these happen by doing Energy Exercises. This is a much better idea to implement than just living in fear.

So, what can we do while the shift occurs through our own lives?  Christine R. Page M.D, in her book, 2012 and the Galactic Center, talks about keeping this balance of joy, when there is so much fear in our universe, right now.  I ask you, Will you choose to spiral helplessly into depression and despair or do you want to stop and ask yourself, “What do I want instead of this emotion?”  I think we all want to experience more joy in our lives, but it has to start with us and changing our own energy.

A friend of mine gave me a bumper sticker that reads, “ Love >Fear”.  Why don’t we choose to live in Love and not waddle in despair and fear of what could come in 2012. Isn’t it more beneficial for people to look at the positive sides of change rather than speculate on an unforeseen scenario?

I can’t help but think that we need more Radiant Circuits going to the Earth’s Grid right now, as She too, needs mending from historical turmoil throughout the centuries. Like human beings who have life colors and an energy grid, the Earth also has similar energy fields. The Grid is like the structure of an energetic spider’s web,  that can be frayed by experiences of trauma.  When fear is expressed throughout the World, so too, does this energy spread throughout the Earth’s grid. When the majority of the world begins to emanate more joy and love into our lives, the Earth’s grid will also begin to resonate with this same reality. It is interesting to note that research shows that the song of the Whales has been changing with the transforming times in order to keep the Earth’s grid balanced. What a beautiful picture!

When we heal the earth, we heal ourselves.  ~David Orr

One of my favorite Radiant Circuit exercises, to bring in Love, is the “13 Radiant Hearts”.  When I do it, I send it out, in my mind’s eye to different places in the world and to help those in need. I send this positive energy to all the sacred earth places that need this heart energy and most importantly to the leaders of this world who can make a difference for peace.                                                                      

“Thirteen Radiant Hearts” ~ Begin by tracing a heart on the front side of your body, around your womb, 3X. Trace 3 more hearts around your breasts. Trace 3 more hearts around your face and end with a giant heart around your energy field, grounding down by your feet. Trace another heart up the back side and make 3 hearts around your rump and end with a huge heart up and around your energy field on the back, and ground it below, at your feet. End with your hands on your heart.

So, what else can we do when the shifts occur?

The ancients talked about a time when the world would come together as a great Cosmic Family, working together for the Earth and for Peace. I believe that time is coming with the re-birth of 2012. There have been beautiful examples of communities coming together, helping one another in these times of social disasters, most recently seen with the tornadoes that happened in our own states. During the great Japanese tsunami, amazingly, no one looted the local stores but instead fed and clothed each other.  On Sept. 11, with the falling of the twin towers, humanity showed great compassion and camaraderie in an extreme time of sorrow, fear and need. Maybe the shifts in our Earth’s atmosphere are helping us step into a higher life color lesson (like the Opalescents) that pure unconditional love.

This article now brings me back to the commercial of the crying Hollywood Indian. The Earth was crying out then, like she is crying out now. We need to awaken our consciousness and shift our energies so that we may continue to “see” the New World ahead. I’m excited, are you?                   We shift the Earth, when we face our darkest challenges and shift ourselves.  “Let’s raise the vibration of our planet. It all begins with you.”

"The time will soon be here when my grandchild will long for the cry of a loon, the flash of a salmon, the whisper of spruce needles, or the screech of an eagle.  But he will not make friends with any of these creatures and when his heart aches with longing he will curse me.  Have I done all to keep the air fresh?  Have I cared enough about the water?  Have I left the eagle to soar in freedom?  Have I done everything I could to earn my grandchild's fondness?"  -Chief Dan George-(1899 - 1981)

Titanya Monique Dahlin is a unique Energy Medicine Teacher, who specializes in the Life Colors, Chinese Five Energies, Energy Medicine for Kids and Empowering Women’s classes. She is also the daughter of Donna Eden (Energy Medicine) and assists her in most of her world-wide workshops. Titanya is on the faculty of the Eden Energy Medicine Certification Program as the Movement Coordinator/ Mistress of Ceremonies and Party Planner. Titanya is also the creator of Energy Dance! (Available on DVD). As an Artist, Professional Middle Eastern dancer, Storyteller, Award winning Speaker and Actress, she brings all this knowledge into her work making magical experiences within her workshops. Titanya is available for bookings to teach and speak. www.AwakenDivineEnergy.com