The new era: is this the dawning of the age of awareness?

Dear readers,
in unit 3 of our textbook, Strands of Language (B1, part 1) -available for free in the virtual course-, and for anyone who contacts me, we deal with another topic which is current trend these days: psychology, self awareness, personal growth...
Some decades ago, specially in Spain, it was difficult to confess you were going to the therapy, because of being afraid of being judged as crazy or freak, or whatever.
Nowadays, it is almost the other way around: if you tell your friends you are not going to personal growth workshops, you don't talk about your therapist and his/her valuable pieces of advice, or you don't at least do yoga or follow a coaching program, they may take you as an outdated person who is sticking to the old system, or as a person with a very low degree of awareness.
What has happened? Is this just a matter of fashions and tendencies? Or is it because there is, indeed, an increase in people's awareness, in the global consciousness?
Personally, I believe that the need of the human being to know him/herself is a part of his/her nature. It has always been there. Socrates said it already thousands of years ago: "To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom". Humanity has gone through different periods and phases, not necessarily at the same time. We are a bunch of different cultures, and while Europe was being absolutely repressed by the Catholic Church and the Inquisition there were probably other parts of the planet (India, China, Latin America) where other religions were helping people to gain inner power and consciousness. Nowadays the spiritual aspirations of the Western world are not so controlled by the church. Therefore, there is a whole to be filled. A basic and essential need, our need for spirituality. And then, all kinds of New Age philosophies, religions, coaches, spiritual leaders, etc., emerge. Besides, we have turned our attention to other ancient wisdoms, to the East, to the Native Americans...And we have probably found many more answers there.
How many yoga centres did we find in a city 10 years ago? How many do we find now?
This is very positive in my opinion. However, something new is emerging too: Freedom. And not everyone is ready to be free, to not be told how to think, how to lead his/her life. Freedom entails great deal of responsibility. Are we ready to take it to the fullest? Freedom is scary, but so rewarding!
Some of my favourite inspiring sages are: Thich Nhat Hanh, author of The Miracle of Mindfulness, Osho, Deepak Chopra, author of The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, Jorge Bucay, Eckhart Tolle, Borja Vilaseca, Alex Rovira, and so many more.
The books that changed my life are the ones by the polemic Osho, and from then on, many other authors have guided my way. Here you have a example of inspiring talk:

And what do you think? Leave your comments below!

What is going on out there?

No matter whether one remains skeptical about all the New Age, Conspiracy and Prophetical theories that have invaded the internet in the last few years, the truth is that something is going on out there. That is, something is changing, at a physical level, in a way that can be interpreted as a change in Humanity from the inside too, as good or bad...the thing is that what this page says "It’s already been proven that the sun’s mass warps time, bends light waves and accounts for mutation of species on Earth." coincides with Spiritual Prophecies, in the sense that they both state that we will start to experience time and space differently.
Apparently, the sun is bombarding the Earth with solar flares (I quote from this other source: "intense burst of radiations coming from release of magnetic energy associated with sunspots").
From the scientific point of view, these changes are frightening and scary. Particularly, I am optimistic: If these changes are going to destroy us, ok, that was it! If they are, as Spiritual Prophecies suggest, going to help us ascend to a new level of consciousness, where the physical world as we know it -with its duality, egotistic interpretations of reality, and eternal dissatisfaction- will be useless, that's ok too!
Just in case, maybe the only thing we can do (or at least an important one) is find our inner peace (or try at least!): yoga, tai chi, meditation, dancing, laughing, and a lot of good sleeping!

The Global Change of Consciousness!

What do you think of this documentary?
Do you believe in these profecies? (according to this documentary, 28th october is a key date...Do you notice any kind of change in society that can be connected to this rise of human consciousness? We cannot neglect the facts, the truth is that there are things happening all over the world...natural disasters, political changes, social revolutions, the global economic crisis...altogether at the same time...is it not all this telling us something? Share your opinion with us!