Earth Changes and Vulnerable Areas
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Session 20150520-1
“Earth Changes and Vulnerable Areas"
“Individuals Force Themselves to Change”
“An Encouragement to Step into Your Power”
Wednesday, May 20, 2015 (Private/Phone)
Participants: Mary (Michael) and Tim (Coulum)
ELIAS: Good morning!
TIM: Good morning, Elias. So—
ELIAS: (Laughs) What shall we discuss, my friend?
TIM: I would like to continue along with our more recent conversations. Obviously, the last time we talked back in March, it was a couple of months ago, I asked you… Mary and I were talking about climate change and the changes to the planet, and you talked about that with us. And since then, you’ve had that conversation a few other times, obviously. Some very interesting, interesting information, so I wanted to explore that a bit more.
ELIAS: Very well.
TIM: All right. So, I was just talking to Mary about how symbolic it was for you to introduce this in a broader group session in Rome, which is kind of a symbolic, I think in many ways, because the historical Rome has played a major role in human history, back with the Roman empire spreading all sorts of knowledge and information and culture, and so it did seem symbolic for you to kind of introduce it there at a group session. I know there’s no accidents, but was that somewhat by design, if you will?
ELIAS: Very much so. And in that, I would be acknowledging of you that you noticed. (Laughs)
TIM: Yeah.
ELIAS: For there are no accidents. And in that, Rome and the surrounding area is a significant location, for although the surrounding areas of that particular location are considerably concentrated near the sea, it stands to lose little in relation to the changes that are occurring, for the manner in which it was built and has remained has generated a significant protection, in a manner of speaking. Or you could express it in a different manner, that the people that have occupied that area of the world from very, very early time frameworks, for centuries B.C., have built in a manner, in relation to what you would term to be nature and the configuration of the land, to last. And this particular area would be one area that is likely to endure, regardless of the changes that are occurring with your planet.
And in that, there is much to be learned in how they have configured their aspect of civilization to not only endure, but in a capacity that it can expand and that it can accommodate more and continue to endure.
TIM: Interesting.
ELIAS: Which was the point. It is not necessarily a message of doom and gloom—not at all.
TIM: Right.
ELIAS: But rather, a message of enduring and moving forward and using the resources that you have in creative manners that will generate sustainable infrastructures, and this area of the world is an excellent example of that.
TIM: Yeah. You know, since you and I chatted a couple of months ago, I’ve really been exploring a lot of the science that previously I… You hear bits and pieces, and as I mentioned last time, there’s debate, political debate. Obviously, there’s a lot of folks that would prefer to stay in denial about something like this, or economic reasons or business reasons or political reasons, or maybe just being an ostrich and bury your head in the sand, because it is going to be quite a massive change to lifestyles and habitat and everything.
But one of the interesting things that I looked at—a couple of them I want to talk to you about today, but one where the scientists, these international scientists and engineers, are starting to come up with ideas for certain areas on the planet that could be protected. And in this particular area, it would be a massive undertaking, but they’re talking about some kind of a dam structure across the Straits of Gibraltar, I think it is, that is the opening to the Mediterranean Sea and to the Atlantic Ocean, and building this massive structure and allowing kind of a management of the water level flow into the Mediterranean. Which, if that was successful, you could protect not only Rome and Italy but Greece and all of that inner coastline. I’m curious about that type of direction. Is that something that would be encouraged to continue to explore?
ELIAS: Yes.
TIM: Yeah.
ELIAS: Not necessarily in relation to most of Italy, for as I expressed, the manner in which they have built and continue to do so is very sustainable. And as I expressed, there are varying degrees of situations and places that will be affected. Places in your world that are built near or at coastlines but that are rock will likely be sustainable.
TIM: Yeah.
ELIAS: There will be some necessity for some aspects of it to move, but much less than other areas. In this, it is the areas of coastlines that are sand and silt that are in actuality in dangerous positions.
TIM: Right.
ELIAS: For those are the areas that will be most affected. And in that, I would express that for other areas, such as using your example in relation to the Mediterranean, there are other areas that border the Mediterranean, so to speak, Middle Eastern countries, that are not rock—
TIM: Right.
ELIAS: — and could be affected, and therefore those types of actions would be effective solutions.
Now; I would express that it is a tremendous undertaking, as you are aware.
TIM: Right.
ELIAS: But it would be a solution that would be, in a manner of speaking, effective and an alternative to massive relocations.
TIM: Right.
ELIAS: Which would be a more daunting undertaking.
TIM: Exactly. And that’s where… One of the areas I wanted to chat about today was south Florida. I grew up in south Florida, I have many friends and family down there, I just visited recently, and that’s an area that is built on porous limestone. The fresh water aquifer and the salt water kind of comingle underneath the state. And by the way it’s already happening, whereas the very high tides related to the lunar cycle in very low lying coastal areas are kind of flooding from below, where the water table or aquafer is kind of coming up, or at least sea water is entering. So, that’s interesting that it’s happening already, and people are starting to take notice, but not really in a large capacity yet.
And so, as I think about my friends and family, I’m thinking you guys, you’ve got to start thinking about your next steps and relocating, because south Florida is quite vulnerable, not only to sea level rise but also to salt water intrusion into their drinking water. And it doesn’t seem like there’s a lot of engineering that you could do to stave off these changes long term, and maybe even within the next decade.
ELIAS: Yes. I would agree. And in certain areas, this is what I was expressing, that there are certain areas that it is more important to be preparing in realistic manners in relation to what is, in your terms, inevitable. There are some areas that you do not possess the ability to alter or to, in a manner of speaking, to combat the forces that are in play, so to speak, in relation to the changes in your planet. I would express, yes, areas of southern Florida, Louisiana and some areas in southern Texas—these are areas that are very vulnerable. There are some areas in the southern part of California that are very vulnerable.
And it is not surprising that even WITH information, individuals refuse to pay attention, for let me express to you, there are several factors in play. One, as we have discussed many, many times, that in relation to this shift in consciousness and moving forward and the tremendous changes that are and will continue to occur, individuals in many situations hold very tightly to the familiar. This is the reason that I have expressed repeatedly that there is and will be trauma associated with this shift.
For even if you are looking at individuals’ behaviors and movements, many, many, many individuals, if not most, generate a very similar behavior, even in their own individual lives and circumstances. They will continue to hold to the familiar until they push themselves into a corner, in which they create a situation that they HAVE to change, that they have to engage a step. They will force themselves into situations in which they almost give themselves no choices.
TIM: Yeah.
ELIAS: This is a very familiar expression, for most humans. Which is comical and almost entertaining, that individuals are continuously expressing, “WHY must we generate these actions with such difficulty? Why can I not choose the most beneficial direction for myself in an easy, non-conflicting manner?” But this is what they choose.
TIM: Right.
ELIAS: They choose to be forcing themselves to change, for they hold so strongly to the familiar. And in that, it is not merely that they hold to the familiar, but they hold it so strongly that they cannot even see, or they will not allow themselves to see what is right before their eyes.
TIM: Yeah.
ELIAS: I would express to you that in certain areas of California, individuals very similar to Louisiana continue and continue and continue to build and to occupy certain areas that have expressed that volatility for generations. (Tim laughs) Floods and fires and earthquakes and hurricanes that generate what you identify or define as devastating damage, year after year, generation after generation, and they continue to insist upon building and occupying those areas. And regardless of how many times, in your terms, nature expresses opposition to them, they continue to hold to the familiar.
Therefore, it is not surprising that individuals refuse to see what is occurring and do that very action of waiting until they push themselves into a situation in which they give themselves no other choice but to change.
And in that, there is the ongoing hope that is expressed—and remember what I have expressed about that word “hope” and what it is. For THAT is what many, many, many individuals are expressing and turning to, is this idea of hope. And hope is very unrealistic, for hope is the want and the expectation that outside sources will change to fit what you want, and it inevitably leads to disappointment.
In this, individuals are not necessarily hoping that the climate will remain the same or that the earth will remain the same. They HOPE that the individuals that they have placed in positions of authority will fix it. Therefore, they leave the decisions to others, and they remain in what they think of as their comfortable, familiar expressions. But those individuals that they have placed in positions of authority cannot change what is occurring and coming, any more than they can themselves.
TIM: No, of course, yeah. And it’s interesting, this particular phenomenon… And let me very briefly, you know some of the scientists are going back in through ice cores in the Arctic. They can go back hundreds of thousands of years in measuring sea levels, CO2 concentrations and global temperatures. It seems like there’s a pattern of this ebb and flow of glaciers and seas and ice ages and meltings. And it looks like, just based on the CO2 concentration, we with our actions and lifestyle, in terms of fossil fuels and other forms of putting CO2 in particular into the atmosphere, are accelerating this particular change. But it seems to me like this has happened many, many times in cycles throughout the existence of this earth.
ELIAS: And it has, but differently. It has generated cycles of change, but what most individuals are not necessarily paying attention to, other than your scientists, is that it is not merely a matter of what you are putting into your atmosphere. It is not merely a matter of what you are doing externally. It is tremendously also a matter of what you are doing internally.
TIM: Right. Yeah. Removing the lubrication, I think is what you told somebody. You know, where we’re taking the oils, the dead matter I think as you called it once, or the dead energy, and kind of taking it from where it’s positioned purposely and bringing it out so we can use it for other means, whether that’s mining or drilling for oils, etc.
ELIAS: Precisely. And it is not merely oil. It is also gas.
TIM: Right.
ELIAS: And in that, what individuals are not paying attention to and recognizing is that the removal of these elements from within your planet are a TREMENDOUS contributant to what is occurring and this acceleration. And it is not only acceleration, for when you observe atmosphere and the contents of atmosphere, you can measure that in relation to what you are putting into the atmosphere and therefore contributing to an acceleration of a natural cycle.
But what you are not considering is that by extracting what you are extracting from within your planet, you are altering the configuration of its function. It will continue to function, but it will require reconfiguration TO function. Which it will do, but in that process, that is very affecting of the inhabitants of the planet.
In this, to this present moment you continue on a massive scale to be extracting not only fossil fuels but gases that are important and that serve a purpose in how the planet functions as it is. Without those elements within the planet, or with a depletion of those elements within the planet, it requires the planet to reconfigure itself to compensate for that and to generate functioning in a sustainable manner.
The planet will sustain itself. But it may be sustaining itself in a very different configuration than what you are accustomed to.
I would express that another factor that you do not think about is the vegetation on your planet that is being affected by the removal of these fossil fuels and gases. You create considerable areas that, figuratively speaking, become dead zones, meaning that you create considerable areas which cannot sustain growth. Therefore, what you are creating, which is another acceleration that you do not think about, is you are creating the foundation for more deserts.
And in that, I would express that you are doing that in land areas that are rich for growth production in relation to vegetation. You are laying a foundation to create massive deserts.
TIM: Hm. Would that include what we call the breadbasket of North America? The Midwest of America?
ELIAS: Yes.
TIM: Yeah. As I try to conceptualize how we would adapt and what we would do, south Florida, for example, we’ve seen devastations when storms come through, and we’ve seen flooding in Louisiana, New Orleans, so we kind of have a visual of what a community like that would look like afterwards. Part of where I’m going with that is also as much as we’ve built up, there’s going to be massive amounts of what we call pollution, whether it’s chemical pollution rolling back into the sea or debris from all of the construction and housing and buildings. It doesn’t seem like that’s going to bode very well short term for sea life.
ELIAS: Correct. You are very correct.
TIM: Yeah. It seems like even today our coral reefs around the globe are suffering. And there are some scientists experimenting with higher CO2 levels, as an example, on the impact on fish and sea life and corals and all of that, not going in the right direction already, and if you start throwing a bunch of debris from these coastal areas into those coastal reef areas, it doesn’t seem… And I don’t know that there’s much we could do, in terms of deconstructing all of that habitat by coastlines in time to stop that.
ELIAS: What I would express is, as I have previously, at this point in relation to some very significant aspects of the reconfiguration of your planet, so much has already been set in motion in such a significant manner and in such strength, that for IMMEDIATE generations there is little that you can generate that will be tremendously affecting.
There are directions that you can engage that will be affecting, but once again, this is another factor that individuals in more recent time frameworks, within your twentieth and now twenty-first centuries, most individuals do not concern themselves with, that you can be generating affectingnesses now that will be beneficial and affecting for future generations. But the unfortunate aspect of that is that in this past century and this present century, most individuals are unconcerned—
TIM: Yeah.
ELIAS: — with future generations and are more concerned with the immediate, and not necessarily generating much importance in relation to what your legacy will be.
TIM: Yeah. Right. And not just environmentally. I can take the same line of thinking with how we’ve managed our governmental finances and even personal finances, with the amount of debt we’ve kind of applied and not really set up the next generation. That seems pretty obvious and has, and even with the political bickering there hasn’t been a lot of inertia to correct that. And part of it is, it’s about me, it’s about now, I need to, as they say, kick the can down the road, we’ll solve that problem years down the line, and obviously it hasn’t happened that way.
ELIAS: Precisely.
TIM: So, here’s another thing. You talked about our system of exchange changing since the onset of this forum twenty years ago. Which, by the way, congratulations to you and Mary on your twenty-year anniversary that you recently achieved. (Elias laughs) But it’s interesting. You know, we’ve always tried to conceptualize, and you’ve told us early on that we can’t really imagine a world without the commerce, the system of exchange that we’ve utilized for centuries. But when you look at what’s going to happen to these coastal communities—and I was just in south Florida—the billions, hundreds of billions of dollars of assets in terms of real estate, in terms of tourism, in terms of job creation—this is a very efficient way to kind of deconstruct our situation of exchange. Because all of that perceived value, whether it’s tangible or intangible assets, is going to collapse, if you will, or be taken down. And the system can’t really support it in that same way. People can’t continue to function with an economy like this when you have that level of devastation.
ELIAS: But what I would express to you is that you already are moving in the direction of changing this, without devastation, very effectively. For you have been moving in the direction, I would express most concentratedly already, for a time framework of approximately seventy years of altering your association with money. For the most part, money has become more of an idea—
TIM: Yeah.
ELIAS: — than an actual physical manifestation.
TIM: Yes. Absolutely.
ELIAS: You have moved the action of exchange, in relation to money, from a very physical action with physical manifestations to a conceptual exchange.
TIM: Yes.
ELIAS: That, for the most part, actual money is actually used less and less.
TIM: No, absolutely.
ELIAS: And it is more the idea of money that you exchange than the actual physical manifestation of it.
TIM: Yeah. I’ve mentioned that many times to folks, that throughout my lifetime, when I was a child you had to go to the bank and do things manually, and now the exchange is literally is bits and bytes on a computer. And even at this point they’re creating a type of currency called a bitcoin, which exists only electronically on the computer and is traded worldwide. We’ll see if that particular manifestation kind of takes hold, but you’re absolutely right. It’s right in front of our face, if anyone’s paying attention.
ELIAS: Precisely. In this, you have already begun. And therefore, in that, very similar to what we have been discussing in relation to the planet and the changes with that, as I expressed previously, it is not necessarily—although it could occur, you could change your choices—but presently, it is not necessarily a situation in which there will be significant, imminent natural disasters that will create the necessity for relocation. It will be more of a situation in which you merely give yourselves no choice, for the land beneath your feet disappears—
TIM: (Laughs) Yeah.
ELIAS: — and becomes water.
And in a similar manner, without tremendous devastation and tremendous disaster occurring, you’ve already been moving in a direction of setting a foundation to alter your system of exchange for many, many, many years, and it has been naturally progressing throughout that time framework. And in this, you continue to move in that direction, in which the transition to not incorporating exchange through the manifestation of money will not necessarily be tremendously devastating or traumatic, for you already are moving in that direction.
TIM: Yeah. Yeah, that’s interesting. And a part of that concept is that people are watching the distribution of wealth, which we can call it the bits and bytes on a computer because it’s not actual physical currency. But there is a widening gap on the planet, in the country, and it has been going on for some time, with distribution where you’ve got what they would call the one percent of the population having x percent of the wealth and the balance having the other, that type of a concept. So, there are a bunch of individuals that are feeling quite a sense of lack—lack of resource, lack of money, and… I don’t know where I’m going with this. Perhaps you could kind of pick up on it.
ELIAS: I would agree with you. But once again, this is more so conceptual than it is actual physical. And in that, once again, this speaks to that subject of individuals pushing themselves into positions in which they force themselves to change. And this has also occurred over and over and over repeatedly throughout your history, which is occurring again now, in which individuals begin feeling oppressed, and they have allowed more and more and more of their individual freedom to be sacrificed, and eventually they move into a position in which they will rebel.
And this is also a very common direction that people move in. In many of the western civilizations, even individuals that express in some type of lower class, not ultimate poverty but in lower class, they continue to express their existence in a manner that is not entirely devastating. Therefore, they have not pushed themselves entirely into that corner yet.
But also, it is a very common expression within your history that individuals have been taught from birth to perceive themselves as not ultimately important, that there are always other individuals that are more important than themselves. This is your system of authority. And you are taught this from birth, literally. When an infant cries and is not responded to, the message it is being given is, “You are less important. I am authority, and therefore I dictate. I dictate to the extent that I even dictate your needs and how important they are.”
TIM: Yeah.
ELIAS: Or if they are important.
TIM: No. I’ve heard you say that. And so, with that concept, as we move forward, you’ve mentioned also that… Let me just paraphrase here, but you and I’ve talked about the video games that the younger generation are playing and how close to reality that is, in terms of… I’ve often recently told people that we’re kind of living inside of a video game. Oversimplifying, obviously; it’s much more expansive than that, and complex. But inside a game you present yourself with challenges and you present yourself with obstacles and briar patches and things of that nature that you have to move through. And that’s part of why we would insert ourselves into a physical reality to begin with, instead of having it all peaches and cream and ultimately boring if it was that way. So, this is an interesting time.
And actually, it strikes me that your communication has shifted recently, it seems, or at least my perception of it has shifted, to be much more direct about this, where you and I talked about probable versions of this and probable versions of the earth, and you were very clear that I’m living in this particular version and so deal with what you’re dealing with, and there’s other versions that aren’t dealing with it. But it’s interesting, as we think about all of this, that if you kind of put yourself into a game, then step up to the challenge you’ve kind of presented yourself with and have fun, I guess. Experience it.
ELIAS: Yes. And in that also, as we were discussing in all of these subjects, which all incorporated similar themes, I would express that what is also changing is your awarenesses. And THAT is significant, for that is what will be incorporating the greatest impact of all, in that the individual is becoming more aware of their power and their significance. That they are not less than, that they are equal in power and ability to anyone that is expressed in a position of authority. AND, individuals are beginning to become aware that they PLACED those individuals in that position of authority and that that is conceptual, also.
TIM: Yeah.
ELIAS: That if they do not ACCEPT that authority, then the individuals in that position cannot express it. They can only express it when you give them that power.
Therefore, in this, in shifting, individuals are more and more moving in the direction of recognizing their choices, their power, their own directions, and being self-directed rather than being outsource-directed.
TIM: Right. You know it’s interesting, a couple of—
ELIAS: Which—
TIM: Go ahead.
ELIAS: Which is tremendously important, for this will be what will generate the most significant differences. And this is also the reason that this message of change is not doom and gloom.
TIM: Right.
ELIAS: It is an encouragement to step into your power.
TIM: And that’s—
ELIAS: And in that, what is most significant in stepping into your power, realistically, is the factor of placing yourself in that primary position and acting on that. For I very much am understanding, just as you and I have discussed in this conversation, all of you incorporate family and friends and other individuals that are important to you that may not be expressing the same awareness as yourselves, and may not be paying attention to what you are paying attention to. And I am aware that these other individuals in your lives are important to you and that you want them to be happy, to be content, to be safe, to be successful, and therefore you think that you will be contributing to that by informing them.
But in that action, what are you doing? You are fixing your attention on those outside sources, and not paying attention to you and not expressing yourself in that primary position. Therefore, the greatest benefit that you have in shifting and in realizing your individual power is to be in that primary position and to be acting in that position, and therefore be the example.
TIM: Oh, interesting. So, that’s actually very helpful, because I would have gone in a direction of sharing some of these scientific videos and programs with others and saying, “Hey, look what the scientists are saying.” But when you say me being in the primary position and acting that way as an example, what would be some examples of that? Because obviously, I’ve got to change habitat at some point or maybe design habitat or do certain things, but I’m a little bit…
ELIAS: And that is precisely it. You have answered your own question. In that, it is a matter of doing, not necessarily merely speaking. In this, I offer you information that YOU can act on.
TIM: Yeah.
ELIAS: That YOU can do. In this, that is the answer to your question. Yes, you can share information with other individuals in relation to the information you accumulate in association with your planet and your sciences and what is occurring, but will individuals necessarily listen? They may hear you, --
TIM: Yeah.
ELIAS: --but they may not necessarily listen and accept what you are expressing. But they WILL observe. And in that, it is not necessarily a matter of actions speak louder than words--not necessarily. It is a matter of balance; both.
TIM: Yeah.
ELIAS: That you are not merely speaking, but you are doing in relation to what you are speaking. And therefore, the combination of both the information and the action is what becomes noticed.
TIM: Yeah.
ELIAS: Let me express to you, my friend, this is the reason—or one of the reasons—that your scientists, to a great extent, are being ignored. For they are speaking, they are measuring, they are observing, they are calculating, they are documenting, and they are speaking. But are they actually collaborating with other individuals to be doing? Most of them, no.
TIM: Yes.
ELIAS: When they begin doing, individuals will begin paying attention. That is the reason that it is so important for you to DO. To speak, yes; offer information, yes; but reinforce it by doing.
TIM: Hm. Yeah. Interesting. Very interesting.
Well, I hear the beep, and in respect for Mary, we should go ahead and close out But as we do, any final comments that you’d like to convey? This is very powerful, by the way.
ELIAS: I would express to you a tremendous encouragement. I am aware that you have been gathering information, but I am also aware that you are not an individual that only gathers information. You also are a doer, and I would be very encouraging of you in that, my friend.
TIM: Thank you.
ELIAS: And in that, be inspired, be creative, and move forward.
TIM: Right. Thank you for that. That was very helpful. Until next time, my friend.
ELIAS: Very well. I shall greatly be anticipating of that. And I express tremendous acknowledgement to you, my dear friend, in wondrous lovingness, as always, to you, until we meet again. Au revoir.
TIM: Au revoir. Thanks, Elias.
(Elias departs after 1 hour)
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