What of the recent earthquakes and the climate changes that seem to be occurring with greater frequency at this time?
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/
The energy of the planet is shifting in response to the dynamic re-balancing of energies in the cosmos. Your planet is undergoing many changes that are influenced in great degree by the consciousness of humanity.
The changes you are witnessing are in direct correlation with the shifting awareness that is passing through the human collective mind. The disruption of the earth is a reflection of the disruption of antiquated structures of thought and being, structures which must fall away to make way for new growth and new paradigms.
There are many who are experiencing great upheaval in the very foundations of daily living, a disruption of the very foundation of beliefs and previously reliable interpretations of experience. There is a deep-seated discontent growing in those who can no longer maintain the pretense of superficial values and pursuits. There is a call deep from within to follow the path of the soul to a greater connection to meaning, a greater connection to the whole.
Being, in its very essential nature, and old patterns of thought are undergoing radical transformation, and those who resist will experience the suffering resulting from the denial of elemental change. This is not a gentle wind of change, this is a gale force wind that will sweep away all remnants of false structures to reveal only love in its raw fullness.
This is a time of cleansing and in such a time, the body purges itself of all toxins and burns through poisons in a process of regeneration. Such is the time facing humanity and the planet as a reflection of the over-arching consciousness. The cleansing fever will show itself in the changes of the earth and the changes in awareness. It is a time of choice where the healing crisis can be embraced or resisted.
Know that new life is on the other side of the falling away.