Karen Bishop has a new posting on "Stepping Into the New Reality."

[japple]

It's a Q & A column and here are the topics:

http://www.whatsuponplanetearth.com/steppingquestions.htm

Stepping Into the New Reality
Questions & Answers
November 15 , 2008
1. Families splitting up.
Autism and ascension.
2. Will the masses wake up prior to 2012?
The new children...completely new or returning again?
3. How many times do we have to reach critical mass?
4. Needing less and less tools.
Creating wealth, health, and happiness.
5. Why are things getting worse, what am I here to offer, where am I to go?
6. Clarifying the dimensional border.

[wildflower]

1. Thank you; I came to this forum seeking answers

This weekend especially, I have been wondering what on earth is going on. Everyone, including myself, seems to be irritable, people are getting into constant arguments, there is a feeling of lost moorings. I had been feeling pretty stable and content for many months, even despite the election and everything else going on, but I can't seem to shake the mood I'm in now.

Have you noticed this too?

Anyway, I've been trying to find answers as to what might be happening, so I checked in here, as I often do, and saw your post. I clicked on the link, and question #5 really helped me. I can't paste it all in; here's just a snippet from Karen's answer to question 5.

Because the latter part of October (and really, very slowly in the months leading up to then as well) thrust us yet again into a very new space, there was much that no longer fit. In addition, we had reached a very pivotal point on the planet, had brought enough of the old or old reality up to where we once were, and our prior roles were very suddenly over and done with.

This was a massive phase that was now complete. The roles and the energy we had infused into the planet since roughly 2000, were now no longer needed. So then, the critical mass has now reached the energy space that we had been holding for so long. This created a sudden dis-connect for many of us. We were now done with what we had been doing for so long. Our prior roles were now done and over.

This permanent and complete dis-connect could be felt as feelings of worthlessness, confusion, feeling lost, feeling invalidated and unappreciated, and perhaps feeling now useless. But you can see why this would be so, as the space we had been holding for so long, was now over.

We may have found ourselves now asking, “Who am I now? What in the world am I supposed to be doing? Does anyone care? Does anyone even know that I am alive? Was all the work I have done up until in vain? Did it even make a difference? Things are still so very ugly and dark, will things EVER get better? What in the world is going on and where am I supposed to be? How will I now survive?” Or perhaps, “Why am I being treated so disrespectfully, why am I being ignored, and why is no one hearing me or remotely understanding what I am saying?”

There's more, but this really helped get me thinking. Thanks.

[japple]

2. Yes, Wildflower, question #5 really spoke to me too.

"We may have found ourselves now asking, “Who am I now? What in the world am I supposed to be doing? Does anyone care? Does anyone even know that I am alive? Was all the work I have done up until now be in vain? Did it even make a difference? Things are still so very ugly and dark, will things EVER get better? What in the world is going on and where am I supposed to be? How will I now survive?” Or perhaps, “Why am I being treated so disrespectfully, why am I being ignored, and why is no one hearing me or remotely understanding what I am saying?”

I have been feeling like this lately, even feeling a bit depressed, though I am generally an upbeat, positive person. Physical ailments and bad habits that I had overcome are again plaguing me. I'm going to get out my Louise Hay book, "You Can Heal Your Life" and get more insight, then try the affirmations she suggests. Lots of ups and downs.

[wildflower]

3. I'm noticing this everywhere

From DU, to the world, to my own life. Her explanation is the only one making sense to me right now.

I hope the Hay book helps you. One thing I try to do is accept any negative feelings I'm having (while not acting on them), because I find when I try to deny them they just get worse. Sort of like in meditation, accepting and letting go. Then it's a bit easier for me to move on.

She talks about how we are disconnecting and will begin to connect to new things, and to just hold on. I hope we can do that.

However, I'm a little confused about this part:

Our new roles will not involve holding up the old, saving anyone, or even holding a higher vibrating space. They will involve a space of no connecting energy, as each and every entity will now survive through its’ own connection to source, while at the same time interacting with others. Our new roles will involve what comes very naturally to us. It is what we do effortlessly and what we know the most about. These roles will involve what we will now find ourselves relating to once we reach our very new rung. We will not be “reaching out to others” as you so eloquently put it. We have now learned to stay put, to stay in our center, and to wait until others are “ready” and asking for our assistance. Those who are ready will arrive and ask. And it is then that we will be “seen,” respected, and revered.

I'm not exactly sure what she means about not reaching out to others, and waiting for others to ask. What are your thoughts?