The Twelfth Insight - James Redfield [64]
“And the next surge in creation, occurring on January 5, 1999—the galactic awareness—gave us the ability to stretch our consciousness even farther. It lifted us beyond the planet and gave us even more ability to sense the larger Cosmos. This accelerated the shift from a material and secular outlook to a more awakened spiritual state. We more readily knew we were floating around in space with no real understanding of why. We wanted the real truth of our existence. Religion itself came under question because we wanted more complete answers to our inquiries.
“It was this questioning that led to ideological fanatics thinking they had to defend their doctrines and even force them on people, sometimes violently. This galactic perspective began only two years before 2001, when the wars began over whose religion was best.”
I just looked at him, having had no idea the Mayan Calendar was so specific in its dating.
“Scholars are still arguing over the dates somewhat,” Tommy continued, “but the general outline of creation is most important. They predicted this sequence of human progress centuries ago.”
I recalled then that Tommy had mentioned that the Calendar had predicted nine Steps of Creation. He had mentioned only eight. I asked him about it.
“The Calendar predicts another Step of Creation,” the young man continued, “one that is already coming and can be felt. It is intended to bring in an ideal world.”
I perked up, remembering that Tommy had told the group that the Calendar was itself a prophecy similar to the end-times visions of many religions. Most of these scriptural Prophecies talked about a coming Messiah figure who would usher in an ideal world, and now he was talking about the Calendar also pointing to an ideal world.
“Tell me more about what the Calendar predicts,” I said.
He waved me off with a flip of his hand, obviously wanting to make another point.
“My tribe believes,” he pressed, “that this last step will not be imposed on us. Enough of us must learn how to tune in to the next level of creation. And to do that, we must first receive the consciousness the Integrations speak of, beginning with the Integration we’re working on now, the Eighth.” He was looking at me as though I particularly had to “get it.”
We were interrupted then by the sounds of more movement in the other room. Through the door I could see Love of Mountain and several others rolling back one of the Persian rugs and opening a huge trapdoor in the floor. She looked at Tommy, motioning for him to come help her.
Coleman and I both stood up.
“You know what they’re doing, don’t you?” Coleman said. “They’re getting ready to go to the mountain.”
“Why?” I asked.
“I don’t know, and they don’t seem to, either. But they’re sure they have to go.”
We were walking back toward them when Rachel abruptly appeared and grabbed my arm.
“I have to talk to you,” she said forcefully, leading me into the sunroom and out a back door into a garden courtyard. The area was paved with flagstone and surrounded by thick hedges and flowering plants. The aroma of water lilies came from a small pond in the corner.
“Everyone’s packing,” I said. “What are they planning to do?”
“They’re going to Sister Mountain,” she replied. “Something’s about to happen up there.”
“How do you know?”
She looked at me seriously.
“I know quite a lot,” she said. “If you weren’t avoiding me, you might realize that!”
I just looked at her.
“Why are you avoiding me?” she pressed.
“Because I’m trying to stay in Alignment,” I snapped, wanting to run back in the house.
She smiled and looked at me as if I was a child. “If you had just connected enough to really talk to me, you wouldn’t be confused about this. Do you know why I’m here, why I’m trying to reach the real you? This isn’t about anything romantic. It’s about the Integrations.
“The Template of Agreement is not just