Driftwood conversations
Revolution Without Violence: The Evolutionary Leap
I recently had the opportunity to listen to two remarkable people: Lee Harris and Pam Gregory. In their conversation, they spoke candidly about the current energies shaping 2025, and one word kept surfacing repeatedly: Revolution. They were talking about the energies of revolution, of leaving the old behind. Their dialogue stirred something within me, prompting deep reflection on what Revolution means.
As I sat with their words, another breaking headline appeared: the United States has gone to war with Iran. This is unacceptable. And yet, in this moment of helplessness, I find myself wondering: what if peaceful revolutions, the hearts, prayers, and quiet courage of people around the world, could influence even the machinery of war? What if soldiers, like those during Vietnam, refused to go? What if a new revolution of consciousness could ripple into the most rigid systems of power?
The motivations behind such military actions are all too familiar: financial profit and racial manipulation, once again echoing the old structures that have governed for too long. Yet, even as these patterns repeat, something else is emerging.
We are experiencing a revolution. But it’s not the type of Revolution that history books have prepared us for. This isn’t a battle of weapons or street wars, nor is it even a battle of minds as we once understood it. It is deeper, subtler, and far more profound. It represents the slow yet undeniable upheaval of the human spirit, an evolutionary leap that reveals the full potential of humanity.
We often think of the Revolution as a rupture, as flames and banners toppled governments and armies in the street. But Revolution, at its core, is simply profound and total change. It is a turning of the wheel, a reordering of the world’s agreements; some visible, others hidden.
When Freud and his contemporaries first entered the public discourse, they were not part of a violent uprising. Their Revolution was one of consciousness. At the dawn of the 20th century, as industrialization, empire, and mechanized warfare reshaped the physical world, Freud turned inward. He highlighted the invisible forces: the unconscious, repression, and shadow material that had long governed individuals and societies without being identified. His was a revolution of perception and of daring to name what had been disavowed.
Similarly, what we are witnessing now is not just political strife; it is the emergence of what was once concealed. The collective unconscious is becoming aware. Shadow material, long-buried within systems of power, privilege, and exploitation, is now displayed openly. This emergence may feel destabilizing, but it is essential. One cannot heal what remains unseen.
Every day, the news presents us with headlines of conflict, corruption, and division. Yet, even as these narratives unfold, I sense something else rising beneath the surface. Not denial. Not false optimism. But a knowing: this is all part of what must fall apart so that something larger can emerge.
I do not condemn the news. I do not label it as fake. Even the radical voices, those clinging to outdated power structures, genuinely believe in what they are fighting for. Yet, they are already crumbling under the weight of their rigid worldview. The fractures within their ranks reveal the truth: power gained through domination will not endure.
The current administration and those who cling to outdated models are not villains in a simplistic drama of good and evil. Instead, they are performing the final loud rituals of dying systems. They act out of fear: fear of losing power, fear of irrelevance, fear of change they cannot control. Nevertheless, the fear is not strong enough to stop evolution. Control cannot outlast expansion. The truth of human nature, which is cooperative, imaginative, curious, and deeply connected to the sacred, will prevail.
Those who can think bigger and dream of a future that honors cooperation, empathy, and genuine connection are already quietly shaping what is to come. This is not a fight for control; it’s a collective invitation to a higher expression of what it means to be human.
And with that invitation comes a natural unraveling of what no longer serves. The collapse of old ways is not merely a failure; it is the clearing of space for new possibilities. The systems we relied on no longer suit the complexity of this moment. As the scaffolding crumbles, we are called to discover new ways to support one another. New ways of healing. Perhaps it is finally time for holistic methods, long dismissed, to step forward with their quiet wisdom. It may be time for entirely new discoveries and approaches that do not yet have names but will emerge as we step bravely into the unknown.
When I listened to the conversation between Lee Harris and Pam Gregory, it reminded me that we are already in a revolution, not something that is coming, but something we are living. That reflection led me to look back across decades of quiet, sometimes invisible, revolutionary change. I thought about my search for spiritual understanding and exploration. There were voices that spoke of everything currently happening, but they were not mainstream. You had to look for them. I had to find them in small meeting halls and occult bookstores. Today, spiritual and alternative methods are advertised in every magazine and self-help books sold in grocery stores.
Later today, my partner spoke of the first health food stores and the early days of organic foods. This stirred memories of how change has unfolded, step by step, decade by decade. These changes were revolutionary. They did not always require conflict or confrontation. Sometimes, they did, but many happened through a quiet reclaiming of wisdom, through people choosing a different way.
What we often refer to as “awakening” may not arise from any one person’s isolated insight. Teachings like The Nature of the Soul remind us that much of what enters human consciousness comes as projected impressions, vast waves of new thought forms released from higher planes, entering through the etheric and mental airwaves of the planet.
Even before these new ideas have names, even before institutions recognize them, sensitive minds across the world begin to pick them up. They come as inner urgings, dreams, visions, and quiet knowing. This is why so many pioneers, often scattered and unconnected, begin creating parallel breakthroughs in healing, art, and spiritual understanding. They are tuning into a collective energetic current that is already seeded, already alive.
In this way, revolutions of consciousness do not begin because of outer permission; they start because the new has already arrived in the unseen realms, waiting to be recognized and anchored.
We should not fear the word revolution. While some may be called to confront systems directly, many of us will influence the system quietly, through the power of love, by living in alignment with truth, and by allowing our hearts to guide us forward.
No matter what we see in front of us, this is what is supposed to happen. The breaking down is part of the becoming.
Let us hold steady in that truth. Let us speak of possibility. Let us build with love.
More thoughts to come…
