This is an excerpt from Unity Begins Within: Spiritual Healing Meets the Four-Petaled Flower.

I offer it with a prayer that it expands your perspective regarding world events.

Earth is a living being known by many names: Mother, Gaia, Terra. The Hopi call her Tapuat, meaning “mother and child.” The Q’ero call her Pachamama, the name I use. Pacha can mean universe, world, or Earth; Mama means mother. Like all embodied beings, Pachamama is surrounded by a soul, a giant energy bubble that all beings upon her glorious body live within and are affected by.

Originally, Unity was Pachamama’s dominant energy and expressed itself in her outer skin. And, like all outer skins, this mirrored the entirety of life within her bubble and upon her body. During human evolution when the outer physical world became more tangible and alluring than the inner, and the illusion of separation from Source took hold, a depth of heavy energy was created, which our guardian, Pachamama, began absorbing into her soul. This is akin to children taking on their parent’s hucha, although this time our Earth Mother was taking on ours. Eventually, this hucha became part of her outer soul skin, which shifted the template of Oneness into a template of duality.

In 2011, my Teacher, Ezekiel shared:

The template of Earth must shift. It is time for separation to end and a restoration of Unity to begin. Although there is paradox, because for unification to occur, there must be a separation of sorts.

How prominent are the energies and forces of separation upon your planet? Many developed ancient cultures did not last because of their need for power, control, and destruction. Separation can be a means to bring about Unity. Look amongst the leaders. If you have rulers abusing power and a country full of people who disagree with their ways…if the people within the country unite—there is Unity.

Yet they are uniting to rid the country of the rulers—which is separation.

Unity and separation walk hand in hand, side by side.

All life forms go through an evolution of consciousness and Pachamama is no exception. It’s become time for her outer soul skin to return to its original Oneness template, and she’s entered a healing vortex to accomplish this unprecedented feat. Ezekiel continued:

The changes you feel within yourself and see outside yourself are occurring for Earth. Everything is interconnected.

Do you feel yourself swirling around the healing vortex with Pachamama? Duality and separation are fighting for their lives so fiercely that there are days I can barely cope. But there is a way for us to help. Since Pachamama has taken on our heavy energy, the more refined energy we create will help accelerate her healing goal.

Let’s look at our personal wounds and suffering and do what it takes to heal. Choose to live in Oneness now, as if the template were already restored. The more of us who view life in these ways, the faster Pachamama’s healing transition will be, and the sooner her outer soul skin of Unity and Oneness will revive and flourish.