Great Waves of Change

The Great Waves of change are the converging crises facing humanity in the years and decades to come: climate change, resource depletion, economic, social and political.

Second only to humanity's emergence into the Greater Community, the Great Waves constitute the greatest threat humanity as a whole has ever faced. The dangers of the Great Waves of change are made worse by the Greater Darkness, which is the extraterrestrial Intervention exploiting humanity's weakness and fragmentation to gain control over humanity and Planet Earth.

What is happening

Growing economic hardship
Political instability
Declining energy
Declining natural resources
Climate change and catastrophic weather
Loss of arable land and fresh water
Pandemic disease
Escalating worldwide conflict
Exploitation

How to respond

Psychologically: See the potential: in danger, in tragedy are your calling, your requirement, your freedom from wishful thinking, denial and weakness; Examine all attachments: relationships to things and other allegiances
Emotionally: See what is necessary and take action to build confidence; Practice tolerance
Practically: Reduce energy consumption 25-50%; Stockpile 90-day supply of food, water, medicine and cash; Minimize expenses
Politically and socially: Collaboration and cooperation

Directives

"Do not worry that others are not responding. Do not concern yourself that humanity remains ignorant and indulgent and foolish in its conquests and its conflicts."

Great Waves of Change, chapter 1

Short quotes

“In twenty years the world will be unrecognizable.”

The Prophet

The warning is now being sounded around the world by many sources, but the severity of the situation is not being recognized by many.

The Great Waves of Change, Chapter 13, p. 178

"Great upheaval will now occur and is beginning to occur—-natural disasters born of humanity’s ignorance, overuse and misuse of the world."

The Recitation (April 1, 2011)

"God will not save humanity by driving away the evil, by ending the problems that humanity has created or the problems it must face as a natural part of its evolution."

The Recitation (April 1, 2011)

"There is no more time for foolishness and denial."

The Will of Heaven, 5/17/11

The forces of the world—the geologic and biological forces—were set in motion at the beginning of time. They are moving on their own. The degree to which humanity has upset the Earth’s delicate balance will produce great events and is producing great events even at this moment.

The Shock of the Future (April 30, 2011)

Long quotes

"This is a time now to stop blaming others, to end your ceaseless debates, to set aside your grievances and your hostilities, to face the fact that you are going to have to live life much more simply in the future. You will be living in a world of great resource restraints. You will not be able to get around very easily.

Everything will be very expensive and there will have to be a great emphasis on producing food and other necessary things on a much more local scale. There will have to be tremendous restraint of anger, blame and hostility if people are to make this necessary transition. So many assumptions and beliefs will have to be set aside to face the reality of your situation."

Navigating the Difficult Times Ahead 9/29/08, http://newmessage.org/ee/index.php/special-teachings/navigating-difficult-times

People do not realize how much their life and circumstances are dependent upon the condition of the world and the movement of the world.

Only in the poorer nations is this greater reality ever present.

In affluent nations, the affluence insulates you from the greater realities of life to a certain extent for a period of time. But this affluence will diminish, and the greater realities are upon you.

How humanity responds and prepares will make all the difference.

God Is Moving Humanity in a New Direction (April 22, 2011)

You are entering a new world—a world of environmental change, a world of violent weather, a world that is unpredictable, a world that will be unbalanced, with great political and economic difficulties. Nations will be shaken by revolution, and national economies will fail.

It is the outcome of many forces at work that have been at work for some time. The wise can foresee this. For everyone else, it will be a great shock—the shock of the future.

Do not look upon this as a great tragedy or something to avoid, neglect or deny, for this has your name upon it. You were sent into the world to serve the world under these conditions.

The Shock of the Future (April 30, 2011)

Metaphors

"It is as if the bill has come due. Humanity has been spending and borrowing its natural inheritance for so long and now the bill has come due."

"There is already fire burning in the world, and the embers for greater fires of conflict are being stoked, and the conditions are ripe for their emergence."