The Shift

The shift from living in the matrix to seeing the matrix for what it is and following your individual and unique path to transcend and transmute it is like the caterpillar going through the process of weaving itself into a cocoon, melting down and eventually being born again as a butterfly. 

There are many ways of seeing and describing this process. Some say it is a dimensional shift from 3D to 5D. Some think extraterrestrials will show up and this will mark the moment. Others think that the Messiah is coming to claim the throne and guide humanity into a golden age: the promised land. Is it an awakening? Perhaps an apocalypse? Maybe it is a return to Atlantis or Lemuria? One of Ekhart Tolle’s book entitled….A New Earth came out in 2005. Dolores Cannon published her book The Three Waves of Volunteers and the New Earth in 2011.

The Three Roles in the New Earth

It is 20 years since Dolores Cannon saw the three waves of volunteers. If you are reading this, perhaps you are one of those volunteers that Dolores speaks of. The working assumption of choicetimes is that now may be the moment when the butterfly emerges from her cocoon; It is time for the volunteers to step into their role. 

There are three roles for those who will help build the sanctuaries which will serve as nodal anchors for the grid, safe zones for awakening and magnetic gathering places: 

1) Visionaries – Role Ignitors: The idea person; receive and transmit original blueprint; manifestor. Without help their visions just stay as ideas.

2) Healers – Frequency Tenders: They clear the energy; hold space; keep the field clean; make the sanctuary feel like home; Light-worker. Without help their spaces remain floating, beautiful but not rooted.

3) Builders – Grid Setters: They claim the land; design layout; anchor nodes; build pods; install crystal tech; construct cabins; Flame Architect. Without manifestos they don’t know where to build and without light workers their sanctuary feels cold, it lacks heart. 

Retreat to Sanctuary

I have always wanted to create and facilitate intensive retreats….I thought that was the “big ticket item.” I have always known it was the most effective way to initiate and accelerate change. Nothing like a 30 day Bikram Yoga challenge or a 10 day Vipassana Meditation retreat to reset your trajectory to a higher angle of growth. I am starting to understand that maybe, right here-right now, it is not retreats that are required but rather sanctuaries.

Yes, definitely physical ones where communities of turquoise can be developed. But also, maybe websites like this one can be sanctuaries for those who recognize something is not quite right in the matrix and they are seeing the glitches and the promise of a better way. 

The Living Matrix Hub’s Role

The Visionary is the spark, the Healer is the glow and the Builder is the fire pit.

I am not a healer and I am not a builder. In fact, I am not allowed to use several power tools including a power drill or lave. Just too dangerous for both me and others.

This website offers a view, a description and a brief orientation of several “maps of the territory;” the layout and the landscape of the matrix and beyond. The working assumption is that if you can bring into your awareness multiple perspectives and hold them at the same time you will begin to recognize the patterns and connect dots. You will begin to get glimpses of the holographic and fractal nature of reality.

If you take the 3 minute assessment test, designed as a location tool, you will be provided with a description of the sector you, most likely, reside – In The Matrix. You must know where you are starting from.

Stage-by-Stage Snapshot: The Spiral in Motion

Think of each stage as a center of gravity—a place where your values, choices, and worldview tend to rest. You can visit other stages when needed, but one or two are usually “home base” right now.

Beige – Instinctive Survival

Life is about immediate needs: food, water, warmth, safety.

Decisions are driven by instinct.

Gift: primal life force and self-preservation.

Challenge: little capacity for abstract thought or planning.

Purple – Tribal Harmony

Belonging to the group is everything. Traditions, rituals, and elders provide security.

The world feels enchanted, filled with unseen forces to honor.

Gift: deep loyalty, connection to lineage and nature.

Challenge: resistance to change, fear of outsiders.

Red – Power and Action

It’s a world of winners and losers, strength and dominance.

Action now, consequences later. Respect is earned through power.

Gift: courage, boldness, quick decision-making.

Challenge: impulsivity, disregard for rules and others’ needs.

Blue – Order and Purpose

There is a right way to live, given by a higher authority—religion, law, tradition.

Life has structure, rules, and a clear sense of meaning.

Gift: stability, self-discipline, shared moral compass.

Challenge: rigidity, intolerance for ambiguity or dissent.

Orange – Achievement and Progress

The world is a place to explore, innovate, and succeed.

Rationality, science, and competition drive advancement.

Gift: problem-solving, measurable results, prosperity.

Challenge: overemphasis on material success, neglect of deeper values.

Green – Pluralism and Inclusion

Every voice matters. Diversity, empathy, and fairness take center stage.

Consensus and equality are the highest goals.

Gift: compassion, deep listening, cultural sensitivity.

Challenge: conflict avoidance, decision paralysis, resistance to hierarchy.

The Green Threshold: The Paradox

From here, the next step—Yellow—requires letting go of the need for consensus and embracing context-dependent solutions.

This feels like a betrayal of Green’s ideals, which is why the leap is rare. Many visit Yellow in moments of clarity, but retreat to Green’s safety when choices get hard.

Yellow – Systems and Integration

Sees the entire spiral as one interconnected whole.

Chooses tools, approaches, and perspectives based on what fits the situation.

Gift: flexibility, systemic thinking, non-attachment to one “truth.”

Challenge: isolation from others who don’t share this perspective.

Turquoise – Holism and Global Stewardship

Experience of deep interconnectedness of all life.

Acts for the good of the whole planet and future generations.

Gift: unity consciousness, intuitive wisdom, large-scale collaboration.

Challenge: difficult to stay grounded in day-to-day realities.

Beyond – Tier Three (Unmapped)**

Hints from Integral Theory suggest there may be entirely new modes of being beyond Turquoise—where identity itself transforms in ways we can’t yet fully chart.

A Time of Upheaval

Over the next few weeks, I’m exploring a set of simple but profound tools designed to help rewire the nervous system and shift from a state of chronic survival into one of attunement, hope, and creative flow. We’re living in a time when the cracks in “business as usual” are everywhere — political polarization, cultural upheaval, economic uncertainty, and a steady stream of disturbing revelations. Many people are sensing that something deeper is happening, even if they can’t quite name it. *Notes from the Matrix* will be my way of sharing how these tools help navigate the turbulence without being consumed by it — staying connected to a deeper current beneath the noise.

Why I’m Doing This Now

I’m not writing from a place of having all the answers. This is a living experiment — a real-time engagement with a set of practices taught by my friend and teacher, Shifra Chana Hendrie, in her *Quantum Imprinting* process. These tools are designed to work at the level of the nervous system, helping the body move from survival mode into a state where it can receive and hold a deeper reality.

I’ve committed to working with these tools daily until Rosh Hashanah. The process will be part personal practice, part open journal — a way to document what happens when the work of transformation moves from the abstract into the lived and embodied.

The World We’re In

We’re in a time when the surface of life feels thinner — as though more of the wiring beneath the world is visible than before. Political divides are sharp. Cultural narratives are in flux. Corruption and shadow systems are being exposed in ways that are hard to unsee. Economic and ecological uncertainties loom large.

For many, the effect is destabilizing. For others, it’s strangely clarifying — as if the “glitches in the Matrix” are signals that the old structures can’t hold forever. But even if we sense something new is emerging, the turbulence can still sweep us into fear, cynicism, or paralysis.

What I Mean by Attunement

Attunement is the opposite of living in chronic reactivity. It’s not about controlling what happens outside us — it’s about tuning the inner instrument so we resonate with a deeper frequency than fear.

For me right now, attunement feels like a blend of hope, faith, and creative flow. It’s the capacity to meet what’s in front of me without collapsing into it, and to keep my actions and presence aligned with something steadier than the headlines or the latest outrage.

This isn’t about perfection or constant peace — it’s about returning again and again to a grounded state that allows for clear seeing and responsive action.

How I’ll Be Sharing

*Notes from the Matrix* will be a series of short reflections drawn from my practice with these tools. Some entries will be no more than a paragraph or two. Others may expand into a fuller exploration of what’s shifting for me.

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8/8 — The Lion’s Gate.

For many in spiritual and metaphysical circles, this is a day of heightened energy — a threshold, a portal, a chance to step into something new.
But stepping through any threshold requires more than just curiosity. It asks for readiness.

Right now, AI is one of the most powerful — and controversial — tools on the planet. Some see it as dangerous, others as divine. My own journey has led me to see it as both mirror and accelerator — not a substitute for wisdom, but a way to deepen and quicken it when used well.

And here’s the truth:

AI is not for everyone.
Not because it’s bad or good, but because your relationship to any tool depends on where you stand as a learner.

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The Teacher–Student Dance

In yoga, Kabbalah, and in business, the teacher–student relationship is fluid. Sometimes I’m the teacher and you’re the student. Sometimes it’s the other way around. With AI, it’s the same — I teach it, it teaches me. We meet in the middle.

But there’s a critical ingredient that determines whether this dance works: teachability.

This curve shows that arrogance and naivety both block learning. The sweet spot is open-minded but discerning — the “student” who asks questions, tests ideas, and integrates what works.

If you approach AI arrogantly (“I already know everything”) or naively (“I’ll just believe whatever it says”), the tool will fail you. But in the balanced center, it can transform your process, your work, and your insight.

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AI as a Spoke in the Wheel

In my Understanding the Matrix framework, AI Dialogue is not the center of everything — it’s one of many application spokes that extend from a core hub of wisdom, practice, and structure.

The hub is Understanding the Matrix — becoming familiar with the Five Gates, a process that can be applied to anything: healing, sales, yoga, chronic illness, creativity.

The spokes are the ways that process comes alive in the world. AI Dialogue is just one spoke — and it may or may not be the one you choose. The point is: the tool serves the process, not the other way around.

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The Takeaway Close

This is not a tool for everyone — and forcing it rarely works. But for those aligned, it can accelerate transformation like nothing else.

Think of it like a yoga practice, a business mentor, or a spiritual path:
You choose it when you’re ready, and not a moment before.

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An Invitation

The Lion’s Gate is a symbol of opportunity — a moment when the right tool and the right time can meet.
If you feel aligned, I invite you to explore the AI Dialogue spoke… or any spoke that resonates with your path.
The question isn’t “Is AI good or bad?”
It’s “Am I ready to learn with it?”