Some are worried about the political disruption and fragility today, a disruption and fragility that will continue till we no longer have a need of politicians. This is heartening, not worrisome, and, below, is a short excerpt from my book, The Lawless Way, which helps explain where we’re all headed …

From 2,000 B.C. to the birth Of Christ

This was the Age of Aries, represented by the ram, a domesticated, group (mob) conscious animal that looks to the earth all day long. Before this time, humans were mainly hunter/gatherers, constantly moving in small groups to where the food and shelter were most plentiful. When food ran out they moved on, simply taking and accepting what nature provided. Like the ram that’s limited by the fences of humans, these people were limited by that which others, or nature, provided.

In the Arian Age people (like the ram) began to gather together in larger numbers and they started to settle in one place, learning to cultivate the land, grow crops and to create more than nature provided. A homeland, a particular place, became more important as land to settle on and to identify with. Even Moses’ people, who wandered for many years, were looking for “their” land. As people settled in larger groups, they created more laws and customs that ensured the efficient and harmonious workings of the Tribe. As tribal law and customs developed, so did the strength of the tribe. In time the tribe almost became more important than the individuals in it. Creativity was not owned by individuals but belonged to the tribe. Each person got their identity from the place they held within the tribe, whether it was the medicine woman, the arrow-maker, the shaman or the head person. An old arrow-maker would pick one of the young boys to learn his craft and so each person’s destiny was in the hands of the tribe, as a collective unit. Young people would be observed and it would be decided what their place was to be. They accepted their given “vocation” and they would keep it for life. And, like a swarm of bees where individual bees will sacrifice themselves for the survival of the swarm, individual people would sacrifice themselves for the survival of the tribe.

From the birth of Christ to now

This was the Age of Pisces and was represented by two fish, swimming in opposite directions. The polarity and separation inherent in the fish image dominated this period and it meant that people began to identify themselves, not in relation to their position in the group, but in relation to other individuals around them. Just as the fish can swim anywhere and have no boundaries, so the Piscean person knows no boundaries or limitations, except those perceived by the self. Poor and disadvantaged people have become powerful and wealthy, while others in similar circumstances have remained poor and disadvantaged. The feelings if limitlessness (for some people) have enabled some outstanding achievements for individuals and they have also enabled some incredibly depraved and damaging events to take place as well.

During this era individual effort and creativity was recognised, artists began signing their works and people began to write their diaries. People judged themselves and others by what they could amass in physical assets – land, camels, cars, houses, wives, dynasties, businesses and other worldly chattels. People began to make their own career choices and the needs of the individual, not the group, became paramount. As we became separate from our tribe, we became separate from God, from our Greater Knowing, from Nature and from our neighbour. Rather than look within for our answers, we looked to other passing fish; we bowed and acquiesced to the “greater” knowing of experts – doctors, lawyers, priests, scientists, television, consultants, advertisers, teachers and leaders. We travelled across the world and killed each other – not for the survival of our tribe but because we wanted a bigger and more powerful tribe than all the other tribes … and then … there is no “and then”. We simply wanted a bigger and more powerful tribe because we have wanted a bigger and more powerful tribe. It was an end in itself, just as we wanted a bigger and more powerful company, sports team, political party or other tribe. Just as some people collected stamps or teaspoons, some people collected power and this mania for collecting things was an end in itself. As we become separate from our God and our personal truth, we tried to fill that hole (that separateness) in our soul with assets and conquests. We have seen Nature and other people as the enemy and have tried to conquer that which we are not. We felt lonely and apart and we formed unhealthy alliances – gangs, Ku Klux Klan, lobby groups, political parties, marriages and friendships – to feel a connectedness. By using this fear and separation, our leaders have got us to leap over whatever cliff they told us to.

From now to 4,000 A.D.

This is the Age of Aquarius and it is represented by a human providing service, or the human providing sustenance for others. In this new age we are being drawn to find our identity by discovering our purpose and our place in the universal plan, so that we can best serve humanity. In order to find that special place, we are drawn to go inside to find out who we really are and, from that, we can see who we really are in the universal plan – if we don’t go within, we go without.

The Aquarian God is no longer separate from us – “it” is us. We are realising we are Gods, that we are all a part of that which we call God and as we realise the wholistic nature of the universe, we realise the true interconnectedness of all that is. We are now able to conceive of our true Godliness and the power we have as co-creators in our universe – the universe that we are a part of and the universe that we are, within and without. In fact, we are able to conceive of a non-physical God, a God that is simply an energy or, even more invisible, a process rather than a being in any physical form. As we realise our part in our own dramas and crises, we realise that we not only created them but we have the solutions within. The millions of people who consciously meditate give credence to the immense power to that which we have within – wisdom, power and knowing. As we find the God/Goddess within, we begin to realise that we don’t need teachers, gurus, politicians or other “experts” to give us our solutions – we are the guru, the rule-maker, the creator, the cause and the result. And, as more people go within (in a multitude of ways) to find their Godliness, their wisdom and power, so more people will simply step away from the many rules created by others. There is no need to put anyone else down or to “fight” the rules – we simply realise that they aren’t a part of our truth and we walk towards our own rules smiling knowingly.