Hi everyone! 

Betsy, Megha, Mark and Open - thank you for all of your wonderful insights. I've been following with interest!

For me things are getting a touch challenging in the 3D. Both myself and the mother of my kids are 'front line workers' and it's getting very hard to find childcare for the kids. It's a great practice in the breakthrough process as each day there seems to be a new challenge - but really feeling the contraction, normalising it, moving it and coming back to presence so often means the momentum is really revving my engine!! Sure, to get to 5th gear and cruise through at it greater speed you have to go through all the other gears first :-) 

The mother of my kids has been tested for corona today and we're waiting for the results. If she's positive then I will have to get tested too. And thinking about it today I suddenly realised that either result is fine with me with all of its different consequences. One thing I'm also wondering through - if this virus was different and was infecting children, I imagine it might find it harder not to react in fear for my children. Something to work on there.

Here's an observation I've had from the current corona panic:

- It's really enhancing this 'parting of the waves' effect. The people caught up in fear are angry with those who aren't because they see them as being irresponsible or for ignoring the suffering. AND many of those not caught up in fear are judging those who are for being controlled and not seeing the bigger picture. In fact I'd say that's one of the biggest shadows to look out for from the 'ascending crowd' right now - it would be easy for the judgement of being 'more evolved' or 'holier than' to creep in. In actual fact, being 'spiritual' or even 'conscious' has very little to do with it - I observe many people who I thought to be fairly conscious still descending into fear and buying the narative being told. I also see many people who are not outwardly spiritual or conscious handling the situation and the stresses very well and making the best of the situation. 

For me in among the occasional frustrated moment and contraction over loss of outer freedoms, there's an incredible feeling of aliveness. For the first time in my life I'm spending a significant amount of time in meditation, not because I feel pressure to do this to ascend (also something to watch out for), but because I really WANT to.  

I imagine during these times of upheaval and change that this is exactly what I signed up for! 

With much love to all,

Rich