The Quickening

perhaps what first comes to mind when hearing the phrase 'the quickening' is the term used in pregnancies to describe an initial motion or movement in the foetus by the pregnant mother.

others not so maternal may recall the movie and series "the highlander" - where every time an 'immortal' is beheaded, a powerful energy is released from their body called "the quickening", much like an electrical power surge during a storm or even of a massive orgasm as described by one of the producers.

for me, i prefer the more esoteric meaning (not dissimilar to a vampire's 'awakening') but that which others before me (like ken wilber) have already written about - the emergence of a new spiritual renaissance. by that, i do not necessarily mean a wishy washy new age kinda fad .. but a precipitation of an internal movement, an inner life that some may refer to as a heightening of a new awareness or consciousness.

with the increasingly rapid pace of technological development and advancement through sophisticated and intelligent digital media (unheard of hundreds of years ago), scientists and forward-thinking social entrepreneurs have begun to postulate theories of an increase in human consciousness. millions of years ago, it was biological evolution that was accelerating and only a century before now, was the advent of massive industrial breakthroughs.

it is highly plausible that the development and expansion of human consciousness could lead us into the next stage of a more spiritually intelligent evolution. this is where i am excited - for i believe that with further exploration, the human mind is indeed already participating in the next step towards a new evolution - i have no doubt that some of us are already partaking in this movement and have been for some time now.

it will only be a matter of time before the masses catch on ...