What is a New Age really? It is not a new religion, a movement, a philosophy, or the work of the devil, as some have professed. The Dawn of a New Age is nothing more than a span of time, but may also be looked at as an opportunity for growth. Both Albert Einstein and Carl Jung have stated that God is indeed real. Yet, because God cannot be measured-scientifically, there is no exact proof. So, still a belief of choice is needed. Some call this ‘psycho-spiritual baggage’ holding you back. This means some Spiritual or religious beliefs mixed with science is often considered simply philosophy, but usually believing in the existence of God. Truth (science) is combined with beliefs – faith with reason (my belief). Meaning a business can be both profitable and ethical; or a government can be both of a political order and social justice; or educating children in science and faith – ethical values in that all people matter. So, I believe don’t be held captive by a ‘hand-me-down-religion’ – create your own personal beliefs, or New Age.

This means questioning everything you were ever told. The negative aftermath of the Inquisition made the Catholic Church restructure to being a more compassionate entity – not so invading in lives of people. (Pope Francis is trying to make good changes also.) The same will happen to the ‘Religious Right’ for becoming too castigating to private thoughts and beliefs to control all aspects of one’s life. Think about why they want to control you. I believe we are NOT worthless sinners, or that we are so lowly someone outside of ourselves (religion) must save us, and nothing could be further from the Truth. In fact, our Father-Mother God gave each of us the gift of Free Will, and NO ONE is allowed to control us.

Jesus’ message was that the Divinity within each of us – the Christ – is the true Child of God, as the only begotten Son or Daughter. He said throughout his ministry, “These things I do you shall do, and even greater things than these shall you do.” There are some other statements in the Bible that also reflect this Truth:  And Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, I said, ‘Ye are Gods’?” “Ye are Gods, and all of you are Children of the Most High.” And from Romans 8: 14-17, “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the Sons of God-the Spirit itself beareth witness with our Spirit that we are the Children of God; and if Children, then heirs, heirs of God, Joint Heirs With Christ.”

Now, the Science part:  As our Earth revolves on her axis every 24 hours, we experience a new day. As she orbits around the Sun every 365 and 1/4 days, we experience a new year. On this orbit around the Sun and the Earth passes through the forcefields of the 12 natural constellations, which form our zodiac. During this annual orbit, the Earth and all Life evolving upon her, are held in the Light and influence of these constellations for 28 to 31 days. These are our familiar Sun cycles, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces, et cetera.

In addition to these very obvious time frames, the Earth is part of a much larger celestial event that is called the Precession of the Equinox. This rotation of the Earth’s axis creates a counterclockwise movement through the 12 constellations in our Solar System. This slow rotation of Earth’s axis takes between 24,000 and 26,000 years to complete. The Earth’s movement is measured at the point where the Sun passes the equator on the Vernal Equinox. This point moves about 52 seconds per year, so it takes about 70 years for the Earth to move one degree. During this rotation, the Earth is held in the embrace of each constellation for approximately 30 degrees, or 2,000 plus years. These 2,000-year cycles are what we refer to as the various Ages. 

Now, the Spiritual part: The Dawn of a New Age is a period of time that lasts between 150 and 300 years. It is a window of opportunity during the Precession of the Equinox when the energies of the Age we are leaving begin to ebb, and the energies of the constellation that we are moving into have not yet taken hold. It is during this lull of energy that (Spiritual belief) our Father-Mother God evaluate the progress of their Children, and determine the greatest need of the hour for our Spiritual growth.

Since the latter part of the 1800’s, we have been experiencing the Dawn of the New Age of Aquarius. Because of Humanity’s feelings of unworthiness, many people believe it is blasphemous to think that anyone but Jesus could become the Christ. But in Truth, Jesus came to reveal to us that every Child of God has the Divine Potential of becoming the Christ. This does not mean that everyone will be just like Jesus. Every Child of God is unique. We will each have our own individual way of living and expressing our Divine Potential as the Christ. To me that is the greatest Empowerment – to believe, practice and share. Everything is a choice, as always – Free Will given by God to each of us.