What is going on, here on Earth?

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And can you expound on the thought patterns that are battling?

Well, most vaguely you can really just view it as the two polarities. Put another way you could perhaps view it as "inclusive unity" and "exclusive unity" or in otherwords in one view unity is inclusive of all as being essential, in the other unity is seen to be exclusive to one or more particular individuals whom view themselves as 'elite'. So you could say that the conflict is over polarized views of unity (ironic, no?) and the conflict manifests through individuals attempting to realize their own view of unity. (Of course, lots of people don't necessarily have a view of unity, I mean more about how they relate themselves to others.)

I believe that this is part of the 'transition' period we are in as we move forward as a planetary species. This is also why I often don't really resort to unity as a basis for my thoughts, as I believe that unity is neither inclusive or exclusive, it is simply present.

I could characterize this whole thing in another way. Imagine the world as a family. There are lots of differences in this family between members so conflicts can sometimes easily arise. On other occasions the family bonds together, or individual relationships build. Our planet is a bit like a dysfunctional family at the moment, always squabbling over things. However, I believe that this is because we, in our passions, forget the fact we are family and what it means to be family.

To that end, I would say that the world's conflict are actually just a macrocosmic scale event of something which is very archetypal and common to human experience - being part of a family. Notice how family is so often a notion full of conflict in today's world. It is somewhat uncommon to come across families that are deeply bonded and supportive of eachother. I think that this is seen in the disparage between parents and children in many families. You can see this manifest in our countries between governments and their people. The people are often seeking freedom or to be taken care of, the governments are often seeking their own power or not taking care of the people. This is like a troubled parent-child relationship where the responsibilities of each aren't clearly defined and each is attempting to both be free from the other while still needing to be intertwined.

Notice how all of these conflicts surround experiences of separation. They revolved around "being part of something", and I think that is the actual conflict in the planetary mind. Some see themselves as part of something, others do not. We have hands slapping hands and feet kicking the head because they do not realize they are limbs of the same body.