Recently, I have had the sense of existing in no man’s land, a space between the past and the future where nothing much seems to be happening. Despite best efforts, I have gone round in circles and got nowhere fast. I drew a blank on finding a house to rent in Braganca where I am looking to buy land. And I am back to square one in my search for the latter. It has been frustrating to say the least, requiring much effort to re-balance and find peace with the situation. It seems I am not the only one having this experience.

So, I was pleased to gain a deeper understanding of the situation and realise that, actually, quite a lot has been happening. We live in crazy times where chaos, deception and corruption rule, and every situation is a crisis. Plenty is going on in the broader picture. As we are a microcosm of the macrocosm, much is also going on inwardly. More people are seeing things for what they really are and there is a palpable energy of resistance, and resurgence at the grass roots, which is not reported in the media, as the media is ‘captured’. You have to experience it to know it. Also, as the dysfunctional infrastructure implodes, new solutions are emerging though they are not reported either.

The inner work I am referring to is primarily about becoming cognisant of the patterns of thinking and behaving that don't serve us, re-framing our personal and world views and integrating the new consciousness tools that are available to us. In a way, we are upgrading our personal operating system, the benefits of which include heightened intuitive abilities and a greater capacity for compassionate action. And it's vital at this point in our history, perhaps the most important moment for humanity ever, that we up our game to create the vision and means of changing the world for the better.

I have just completed my first year I Portugal, and strangely enough, I have been upgrading my practical operating system too. Re-insuring my car, putting it through its annual road test, paying car tax and changing my personal tax affairs from the UK to Portugal, for example. It doesn’t sound like much. But in a bureaucratically backward country like Portugal, and in a different language, believe me, it's no mean feat. Each task required considerable research and trial and error, to work it out. For each triumph, I awarded myself a pat on the back. Then there was the challenge of replacing my computer, a literal new operating system. I am typing this blog on a 23 inch screen and don’t know know how I managed for the last four (nomadic) years on a 17 inch laptop. My poor eyes! I managed to find an English speaking computer technician who built a computer to suit my requirements. But as you would expect, it took several days to get everything running smoothly, upload the programmes I routinely use, configure settings, trouble shoot and create a ‘partition’ so I could run Microsoft (for video editing) and Ubuntu (for day to day work). Another pat on the back.

Right now, it feels like the energy is shifting. As I was unable to find a house to rent in Braganca, I have changed tack and decided to buy a small house, a place I can call home and finally unpack my boxes, while I continue my search for land for the Earth Collective project. I am going to view 5 houses tomorrow. Please, please, please let there be one with my name on it.

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