In the same way we are born physically as individuals, so also are we being born collectively by our Mother Earth, and spiritually into a new concept of who we are. The Perinatal Matrix, a @label created by Stanislov Grof, provides a detailed model for the psychodynamics of birth. He divides into four “perinatal” stages: @Uterine Bliss, @Confinement, @Struggle, and @Emergence into the Light. [3]

Reflections

"The collective transformation of our species can only be the sum of billions of individual transformations, each driven by the intersection of generalized crises with our individual lives. No longer will we be able to hide from them, no longer will they be something that happens somewhere else, to someone else. In one form or another, they will affect us all personally. Because we are not discrete individuals but exist in relationship to the rest of humanity and the rest of nature, it is impossible to enjoy lasting health amidst an ailing society and a poisoned planet." ~ @Charles Eisenstein, @The Ascent of Humanity

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• #ascent-of-humanity (See: @The Ascent of Humanity)
• #aoh-chapter