{"id":6308,"date":"2011-12-19T08:50:49","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T13:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.synchrosecrets.com\/synchrosecrets\/?p=6308"},"modified":"2012-01-03T18:58:43","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T23:58:43","slug":"the-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themysticalunderground.com\/?p=6308","title":{"rendered":"The Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

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During the holidays last year, we bought a fire pit at Home Depot that was on sale \u2013 half price, $45. It was a perfect fit for an area in the front of our house, a small sheltered three-sided courtyard to the right of the front door. We used it a lot in December, which was particularly cold. On the night of a lunar eclipse last December, in fact, we got up around three that morning, a friend of Megan\u2019s brought over a telescope, we started a fire, and took turns\u00a0 peering through the telescope, watching the moon turn dark.<\/p>\n

This December, the weather has been beautiful \u2013 high 70s or in the low 80s during the day,\u00a0 high 60s at night. \u00a0Beautiful, but not cool enough to light fire. Tonight, though, the temp dropped into the low 60s, so Rob started a fire in the pit, and we sat outside warming our feet, the dogs and cats gathering around. Yes, okay, low sixties is a cold front for us (I can hear the laughter now), but there is something wonderfully primal about fire. It brings the muse out of hiding, triggers ideas and conversation. We talked about various ideas that are brewing for books, a game app, and a divination system we\u2019ve been playing around with for several weeks.<\/p>\n

We realized that part of this divination system involves the elements \u2013 air, water, earth – and fire.<\/em> But while we were discussing what these elements meant in terms of the divination system, we realized the fifth element in this scheme of things is metal, the alchemist\u2019s tool, turning metal into gold, a symbol for personal transformation.<\/p>\n

As we approach 2012, personal transformation seems to be key. Even though we don\u2019t buy into the doomsayer notion that the world will end on December 21, 2012, we do feel that the collective consciousness is shifting, that a new paradigm is being born.\u00a0 It hasn\u2019t reached a tipping point yet, but when it does, there will be no turning back.<\/p>\n

As I peered into the fire, I could see elements of this shift that are already underway. According to NOAA \u2013 National\u00a0 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration- the combined global land and ocean average surface temperature was the 12th<\/sup> warmest on record. The September \u2013 November worldwide land surface temperature was 0.87\u00b0C (1.57\u00b0F) above the 20th<\/sup> century average, the seventh warmest such period on record. \u00a0The January \u2013 November worldwide land surface temperature was 0.84\u00b0C (1.51\u00b0F) above the 20th<\/sup> century average \u2014 the seventh warmest such period on record.<\/p>\n

Take a look at this\u00a0 map <\/a>and it\u2019s obvious the planet is in flux, and not necessarily in a positive way for humanity. And it\u2019s not just the erratic weather. It\u2019s the wars, politics, the haves and the have nots, all the issues the Occupy movement has pinpointed. Tonight on 60 Minutes<\/a>, for example, we watched a really heartbreaking segment on what\u2019s happened to neighborhoods in Ohio that were hit hard by the housing meltdown.<\/p>\n

One Ohio city has so many abandoned homes \u2013 where owners have simply walked away because their mortgages were underwater \u2013 that the city is now demolishing them. The banks evict the owners, then the properties just sit there, the places falling apart as vandals move in and strip aluminum sidings, pipes, even the kitchen sinks. \u00a0And this is happening all over the U.S. In our neighborhood of perhaps 35 homes, there are several that have been abandoned for months, doors hanging by hinges, windows broken, overgrown yards a paradise for rats, and the banks do nothing. The houses and the properties surrender to entropy.<\/p>\n

Institutions we took for granted ten years ago are in chaos. Countries are in financial meltdowns that threaten the world economy. Hatred, racism, and religious extremism are on the rise. An entire generation is being shortchanged as unemployment rises. Just recently a study in the U.S. found that one in two Americas are either poor or underpaid. Fifty percent<\/em>.<\/p>\n

And yet. \u00a0We each live within our own little worlds and aren\u2019t impacted by this all at once. Here and there, we take hits, we recognize the abrupt and irrevocable changes, and we adapt.\u00a0 We focus, create the opportunities we need, and move forward. Our daughter, for instance, has been working at a minimum wage job since she graduated from college last June. She has applied for numerous jobs in the field she loves \u2013 working with animals \u2013 and recently landed an internship at Disney, beating out 600 other applicants.<\/p>\n

There are opportunities for personal growth within this paradigm shift. It\u2019s when the law of attraction may work the best. The contrasts are so glaring, so obvious that we know what we don\u2019t want \u2013 and do want.<\/p>\n

I suspect we\u2019ll be using the fire pit a lot more for brainstorming sessions. No telling what nuggets may emerge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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