The transition to a higher vibrationary realm
Our planetary system is undergoing an entirely natural evolutionary process called "Ascension". In other words she is moving from a lower vibrational reality to a higher one. What exactly does this mean? Imagine for one moment the creation of the Universe which was observed as the Big Bang with a radiant explosion of light spreading outwards as waves in all directions from the centre. We could perhaps imagine ourselves as the "Source" at the centre of a pond causing ripples to spread outwards in all directions towards the waters edge...

As the waves radiate further from the Source they increase in amplitude, in other words they get bigger. This also increases the width of each wave - their wavelength - which in turn lowers their frequency. Relating our pond metaphor to the Universe as a whole, we might consider each wave on the pond represents a "Dimensional Realm" (sometimes referred to as a 'parallel universe') each vibrating at a different frequency. We currently live in the 3rd Dimensional Realm, a particularly dense vibration at the water-edge quite removed from the Source.

Now on the surface of our imaginary pond, it appears as though the water is flowing outwards - in fact it is only the disturbance of the waves flowing, the water itself moves only up and down. You might consider the water to be held in place by an undertow to counter balance the outward flow. Again this phenomenon represents a wonderful metaphor for the Universe as a whole where on the surface (in physical time space) it appears as if the Universe is spreading outwards to ever greater separation which we experience as greater disconnection from the Source and therefore greater 'dis-ease'. It is probably this feeling of separation which causes ignorance and inconsiderate exploitation of other sentient life forms such as Mother Earth for example. Quantum science observes this as an increase in 'dis-order' known as an increase in "positive entropy" meaning the flow from a higher, more harmonious energetic state to a lower, more scattered one.

However, under the surface of the Universe, in what we might call "unity consciousness space" (quantum science calls it "negative time space"), there is a flow back to the Source to ever greater degrees of order, harmony and ease. We can actually feel this pull when we get out of the mind and into the heart guiding us in a way that brings increasing inner peace, greater self acceptance and ever expanding joy and at-one-ment with all life. Science refers to this as an "increase in negative entropy" but "love" seems to me a much more appropriate description!

This flow back to the Source is called Ascension. Specifically it is where the centre of consciousness of a sentient being is flowing to ever higher vibrational realms of existence. Using our pond analogy, it is moving from one wave at the edge of the pond to continually higher ones closer to the centre. It is a heavenly process which is naturally unfolding for all sentient life forms including "Gaia" - the Soul of the Earth herself.

Why is it then that our society seems not to observe or accept the idea of planetary ascension? We might also ask why it is that most people don't currently experience this expanded reality which we can feel and sense in unity consciousness space? This is because the physical aspect of the human body which many identify with is only designed to tune into three dimensional reality. We are each bombarded with literally billions of bits of information every second about our reality and yet the average human brain can only process a very tiny proportion of this. To cope with the overload, the brain forms a map of the reality it has come to expect and filters out the rest of the information. Since our reality is shaped by what our consciousness is attuned to, then our experience of reality becomes severely limited. In other words we confine ourselves to what we experience only an the edge of the pond.

However, when we are able to let go of our conditioned thinking and programmed beliefs, then our spirit unfolds into other layers of consciousness and we become increasingly able to tune into a much wider array of the available information. We get to experience and taste other dimensional realms of reality beyond this one. This is not theory, ordinary people across our planet right now are currently experiencing many of these other realms. This array of dimensions may be considered similar to the rainbow effect; under normal conditions we can only see the full background field of light but when refracted by water droplets in the air, the light is separated into its component parts. Just like the rainbow, all dimensions exist here and now in the same space and time, it's just that we cannot always see them.

Ascension then is where we unfold fully into multi-dimensional living, our vibration rises and we - our consciousness - expands into new paradigms that exist here and now all around us.