Meditation Focus #177

Achieving Critical Mass for Change


Hello!

What follows is the 177th Meditation Focus suggested for the next 3 (three) weeks beginning Sunday, October 21, 2007.

ACHIEVING CRITICAL MASS FOR CHANGE

1. Summary
2. Meditation times
3. More information related to this Meditation Focus

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http://www.earthrainbownetwork.com/Archives2007/EmpireDarkness36.htm

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IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please note that since we are entering the period of the year when many countries in the Northern hemisphere change from Daylight Saving Time to Standard Time, and vice versa in just a handful of places in the Southern hemisphere, it is recommended that as soon as you are aware that this change has been made in your country, your adjust the starting point of your meditation accordingly to be sure to join this globally synchronized meditation at the correct moment. Although ultimately time is an illusion as we can all reach Oneness with All That Is at any given Now moment, the synergistic effect of simultaneously meditating all together time-wise may contribute to fostering the achievement of critical mass mentioned in this Meditation Focus. To verify when time is scheduled to change in your location, you may visit this webpage: http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst2007.html -- In the United States and Canada, this change will take place on Sunday, November 4, while in most European countries, it will take place on Sunday October 28. To be clear, this means that once the time had changed in the Northern hemisphere, your local time to begin the meditation will be one hour earlier than what it was during summertime - for instance 11 am instead of noon in New York or Montreal, and 5 pm instead of 6 pm in most of continental Europe.



1) SUMMARY

Have you noticed how most everyone's attitude towards the environment has been changing at a quickening pace lately?... How this heightened awareness of what connects us all in this common challenge to protect this living planet from further environmental despoliation is also now translating into a greater awareness of our individual power to affect positively all the global crisis confronting us, and how more and more people realize they would rather be part of the solution than part of the problem?... Have you also noticed that there has been in recent years an exponential number of people involved, in one way or another, in the emerging new spiritual awareness of our global Oneness, thus triggering the most massive changes ever seen in human history?...

All of this is bringing humanity on the very cusp of an unparalleled shift in consciousness that will propel us all and our entire living environment—so intricately connected to us as we are now discovering—into a new era where everyone's sentient feelings, thoughts and actions will be guided by the Universal Prime Directive of love, compassion and caring for all, of do no harm to others unless you want to harm yourself, and of perceptual oneness with the Omniversal Creator of It All... pervading our sense of Self, our every cell, every planet and every galaxy of our common field of experience, as co-evolving starseeds, as the instruments this living Universe has given Itself to see, touch and feel One's own aliveness, to make/be Love with All That Is...

Now is the time to take a bold Leap of Faith and access the infinite Power of God Within to precipitate an ever expanding cascade of awakening and enlovening amongst our fellow travellers in this extraordinary evolutionary journey. Now is the time to reach deep within, open our hearts to the infinite Power of Love and connect with the legions of invisible helpers from the other realms of existence who stand at the ready to assist us all in our epoch-changing transition to a new heightened awareness of our Universal Oneness that will usher in a New Era of perfect peace, loving compassion and permanent harmony within ourselves and with the rest of Creation. Now is the time to let the Power of Light shine through and enfold all other souls in a crescendoing symphony of blissful commUnion, so as to open the door through which unprecedented changes may take place on Earth to heal what needs healing, to rejuvenate what needs rejuvenation and to illuminate what needs illumination.

Please join us all in this sacred endeavor this Sunday and the following two Sundays so we may all together seal the door where evil dwells and protect, through the shield of Love we have gradually extended over all lands, the peaceful expansion of universal brother/sisterhood that is taking place in every heart and in every nook and cranny of this beloved living planet. We are the Ones we have been waiting for. Once a certain threshold has been reached, we shall achieve a critical mass of Light that will instantaneously expand to all other living souls and permeate every cell of their bodies with the Knowledge of our eternal Oneness... and a new Reality will henceforth dawn, for the Highest Good of All.


This whole Meditation Focus has been archived for your convenience at
http://www.aei.ca/~cep/MeditationFocus177.htm


"Dear soul Jean. Thank you for inviting me to offer a few words for your global meditation. Always loving thoughts, visions and prayers for peace add light to your selves and to your world, but especially so in the prevailing vibrations that are magnifying all humankind's traits and motives. Simply, the "wheat" is being separated from the "chaff." Your media are filled with saber rattling, violence and other dire situations because the "chaff" souls want you to know that they are intensifying their efforts to create fear and havoc. They don't want you to know that the "wheat" souls are growing with the same intensity in the opposite direction, toward expanded consciousness and spiritual clarity, and that the radiant light this is generating soon will permeate all life on Earth. We see clearly from this station that the dark wisps of energy are thinning, then disappearing as they are transmuted into light, and the noisy belligerence of the "chaff" is to cloak their fear that their control is at an end. The energy of fear destroys, and they are self-destructing. Light, the most powerful energy in the universe—love is the very same energy—creates, and the light within each of you is the power that will restore Earth's health and beauty and the harmony that once existed among all her life forms. Yes, you have myriad helpers because Earth and you have invited them, but it is your intention to transform your world into your vision that is co-creating this reality. That is the way of the universe."

- Matthew Ward through his mother Suzy Ward (received on October 19, 2007) - More on their amazing Heaven/Earth collaboration through http://www.matthewbooks.com


"So I guess what I'm saying is that it pays off mightily to follow one's inner guiding still small voice within and to affirm as best as we possibly can, no matter our human frailties and perceived inability, the ever expanding expression of innate perfection we are when attuned as One with the Source of All That Is. In so doing, as you indicated, hundreds, thousands, millions of other souls are gradually likewise empowered to express their unique and irreplaceable contribution to global awakening and universal "enlovening". And to quote you again, because you expressed it so clearly: "And if we, all of us, stand together and speak out - if we all continue our work in the face of inner and outer fears - if we all simply do the footwork at hand, then the odds are greatly in our favor for Spirit to accomplish miracles through all of us and we WILL see a world of beauty, a world of abundance, and of freedom and justice for all." Love and Light shall prevail... eternally!"

Posted by Jean Hudon (February 07, 2004) and excerpted from http://www.earthrainbownetwork.com/Archives2006/WritingWall52.htm


"We are world changers and we are the leaders of the future. We are going to change the world for ourselves - because it is the right thing to do - and for our children and for the children of those who know not what they do or the power they have to change things, to make a better world. We have the warnings. We have the information. We have the networks. We have the people. We have the tools. We have the will. And we have the spirit. So all we need to do is to make the change happen."

- Glenn Ashton (October 12, 2007) -- Taken from http://www.earthrainbownetwork.com/Archives2007/TurningTide23.htm



2. MEDITATION TIMES

i) Global Meditation Day: Sunday at 16:00 Universal Time (GMT) or at noon local time. Suggested duration: 30 minutes. Please dedicate the last few minutes of your Sunday meditation to the healing of the Earth as a whole. See the Earth as healthy and vibrant with life, and experience the healing of all relations as we awaken globally to the sacredness of all Life and to our underlying unity with All That Is.

ii) Golden Moment of At-Onement: Daily, at the top of any hour, or whenever it better suits you.

These times below correspond (for most countries) to 16:00 Universal Time/GMT:

Honolulu 6:00 AM -- Anchorage * 8:00 AM -- Los Angeles * 9:00 AM -- Mexico City, San Salvador & Denver * 10:00 AM -- Houston * & Chicago * 11:00 AM -- Santo Domingo, La Paz, Caracas, New York *, Toronto *. Montreal *, Asuncion & Santiago 12:00 AM -- Halifax *, Rio de Janeiro & Montevideo 1:00 PM -- Reykjavik & Casablanca 4 PM -- Lagos, Algiers, London *, Dublin * & Lisbon * 4:00 PM -- Jerusalem, Johannesburg, Geneva *, Rome *, Berlin *, Paris * & Madrid * 6:00 PM -- Ankara *, Athens *, Helsinki * & Istanbul * & Nairobi 7:00 PM -- Baghdad *, Moscow * 8:00 PM -- Tehran * 8:30 PM -- Islamabad 9:00 PM -- Calcutta & New Delhi 9:30 PM -- Dhaka 10:00 PM -- Rangoon 10:30 PM -- Hanoi, Bangkok & Jakarta 11:00 PM -- Perth, Hong Kong, Beijing & Kuala Lumpur +12:00 PM -- Seoul & Tokyo +1:00 AM -- Brisbane, Canberra & Melbourne +2:00 AM -- Wellington +4:00 AM

You may also check at http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=21&month=10&year=2007&hour=16&min=0&sec=0&p1=0 to find your corresponding local time (THIS WEEK ONLY) if a nearby city is not listed above.



3. MORE INFORMATION RELATED TO THIS MEDITATION FOCUS

This complement of information may help you to better understand the various aspects pertaining to the summary description of the subject of this Meditation Focus.

CONTENTS

1) Call for a Global Peace Vigil
2) The Code
3) I Intend
4) Life Sacred Breath - Body Stargate
5) 'Call of Life' Facing the Mass Extinction



1.

Call for a Global Peace Vigil

Dear Sisters and Brothers of the Light

We came here in this world to manifest some of the innate divine potential we all inherit as souls/sparks of the One Divine Consciousness. All is in all and in all of us resides the power to make this world a Place of Harmony, a Kingdom of Peace, an Oasis of Love in an infinitely loving, caring, sentient and living universe.

We are now approaching the climaxing crossroad of our long evolutionary continuum of life as we near the end of a cycle and will soon open up a new chapter of our marvelous experience in the realm of matter and density.

At this crossroad, some very defining experiences and tests are awaiting us. The decisions and choices we each will soon make shall be the most revealing sign of our maturity and readiness to enter into a new exhilarating phase of our collective evolutionary journey or will mark the postponement of our participation to this global evolutionary journey.

Right now, a special test needs to be met with utmost dedication and continuous attention if this world is to enter - as planned and prepared for - into this new realm of loving, unifying and compassionate participation to the grand theatre of spiritual evolution.

On both sides of the polarity fence, tremendous forces have been gathered to make this experience one of the most challenging and most preciously illuminating ones as to our possibilities and abilities to overcome fear, manifest love and become the living examples of peaceful behaviour and cooperative collaboration towards social harmony and the wellbeing of all life forms.

The specifics of the exact circumstances of this challenge are not important. What matters is our inner sense of belonging to the Forces of Light, of being an Earth Healer and a living, breathing expression of the Divine Universal Consciousness, endowed with powers of redemption and magnification of the Good Will of Life beyond anyone's wildest imagining.

A human being is NOT just a body of bones, blood and flesh. When the living Spark of Consciousness leaves the body, it becomes inanimate and cold and begins to decompose. The Spirit that animates our bodies lives on and this Holy Spirit *is* what we really are. And as Spirits living for a given period in a vehicle of flesh, we still retain all our infinite powers and abilities. We just forgot it.

Now we remember.
Now we reawaken,
Now we become who we really are.
For now is the time to do so.

In the coming weeks and months, a great battle will be waged between those of the Shadow and those of the Light. Just as in the time of Atlantis, our world will face tremendous odds and have remarkable experiences to go through.

Whatever circumstances we might find ourselves in, let us always remember to keep the door closed to fear in our minds and trust that our indomitable and immortal Spirit will always find a way to guide us into the right place, inspire us with the right thoughts, words and actions and enable us to consume victoriously the perfectly designed plan for our redemption from the world of matter and illusion.

Whenever doubts creep in your mind, remember to reconnect with the living Spirit of God within you. Close your eyes if necessary, allow yourself to become in your own self-perception who you really are, and join in thoughts, Love and Light-full manifestation of your divine magnificence with all the millions and millions of soul mates and protecting angels and guides who, just like you, are contributing to make this world a perfectly healed and peaceful Eden of beauty and thus make manifest the blissful sense of Oneness with All That Is.

Maintain a spiritual linkage with your brethren of the One Life, all over the Earth, on all dimensions, in a continuous overlapping Peace vigil, knowing that in every given moment, hundreds of thousands will be linked just like you into the continuum of healing Love radiating from each fragment of our One Soul to make this world anew into what it is meant to be, as we all know in the deepest recess of our heart.

And using all your connections and relations, spread the word in the physical realm of Life so as to share this Call for a Global Peace Vigil with all those who are ready and able to participate willfully and consciously into this keystone moment, at the hour of the greatest need.

This is our secret "weapon", a tool so powerful that no matter what the others might attempt to do to disrupt us, they will never succeed in dismantling it. We are millions and millions of Soldiers of God/dess, Rainbow Manifestors of the sublime radiance of Love, scattered all over the Earth, trained, ready and able to wage one of the last battles to eradicate the power of Darkness from the face of this living Earth. And the place where this battle is waged, the very center of this battleground is in our very minds and hearts. Connected together in a living network of synergistic Light and Love, impregnated with the polarities of Mother Earth and Father Sun and detonated from within the crystal core of our living Spirit by the Will of God, we have already won the battle.

The Source of this message is within you.


Received in March 14, 1999 and archived at http://www.earthrainbownetwork.com/CallPeaceVigil.htm

Networking this Call as widely as possible, both on and off the Internet will tremendously help its urgently needed dissemination. It is also available in French and translations in other languages are most welcomed.

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"For the triumph of evil it is necessary only that good men do nothing" - Philosopher Burke in the 1700s



2.

The Code

Ten Intentions for a Better World

To have The Code work in your life, say it once a day

The First Intent ~ Support Life

I refrain from opposing or harming anyone. I allow others to have their own experiences. I see life in all things and honor it as if it were my own. I support life.

The Second Intent ~ Seek Truth

I follow my inner compass and discard any beliefs that are no longer serving me. I go to the Source. I seek truth.

The Third Intent ~ Set Your Course

I begin the creative process. I give direction to my life. I set my course.

The Fourth Intent ~ Simplify

I let go so there is room for something better to come in. I intend that I am guided, guarded, protected, and lined up with the Highest Good at all times. I trust and remain open to receive from both expected and unexpected sources. I simplify.

The Fifth Intent ~ Stay Positive

I see good, say good, and do good. I accept the gifts from all of my experiences. I am living in grace and gratitude. I stay positive.

The Sixth Intent ~ Synchronize

After intending and surrendering I take action by following the opportunities that are presented to me. I am in the flow where Great Mystery and Miracles abide, fulfilling my desires and doing what I came here to do. I synchronize.

The Seventh Intent ~ Serve Others

I practice love in action. I always have enough to spare and enough to share. I am available to help those who need it. I serve others.

The Eight Intent ~ Shine Your Light

I am a magnificent being awakening to my highest potential. I express myself with joy, smiling easily and laughing often. I shine my light.

The Ninth Intent ~ Share Your Vision

I create my ideal world by envisioning it and telling others about it. I share my vision.

The Tenth Intent ~ Synergize

I see Humanity as One. I enjoy gathering with light-hearted people regularly. When we come together, we set the stage for Great Oneness to reveal itself. We synergize.

(Taken from http://www.intenders.com/images/CodePoster4.pdf)



3.

I Intend

I intend that I AM consciously aware of my thought processes, emotional and mental states at all times and act out of the highest love and compassion for all concerned.

I intend that I AM the embodiment of the serenity prayer - with emphasis on the wisdom part!

I intend that I AM a positive influence to all I come in contact with.

I intend that I have spiritual discernment of the highest order.

I intend that mankind live in peace and harmony with open communication.

I intend peace on earth and let it begin with me.

I intend a long, loving, abundant, prosperous life for myself and others.

I intend that I live in the eternal now moment.

I intend that all my thoughts and actions are productive for the highest good of all concerned.

I intend that I always remember that we all are reflections of the most high God, and that my reflection to others is the highest it can be at all times.

I intend that I always remember we are all one in spirit.

(Taken from http://www.intenders.com/best.html)



4.

Life - Sacred Breath - Body Stargate

Posted October 5th, 2007 by Sacred Whisper in Ascension

Beloved Star Children

You are Perfect, Whole and Complete
The Universe Supplies all your needs endlessly….
And so it is…

You are a Divine being Made Manifest
Your Entire being has Intelligent Design
Your body is a 'Stargate'

A unit of interconnecting / interactive components whose alchemical action creates a sacred space where the mother of form rises to meet the father of consciousness.

Your body is the pinnacle of the manifest expression of your spiritual identity
You are the sensitive instrument of the benevolence of creation.
Whose highest evolutionary purpose to become a pure and conscious conduit of light.
To express without censorship the prime impulse of life everlasting , endlessly transmitted by the heart of the cosmos.

Light and all of life is geometric design.
Our bodies serve as a conduit between matter and light/energy

We are reconnecting through true conscious endeavor - all our visible and invisible energy systems to reactivate our magnificent original blue print in order to fully express our earth instrument.

The Only limitations are what we have placed upon ourselves....
Through aeons of deprogramming, social conditioning and the non-disclosure of our divine linage….

The tide has turned......
WE CAN LET IT ALL GO – NOW
WE ARE REACTIVATING OUR ORIGINAL GENETIC BLUE PRINT !
Spoken about in 'Gene'-'Isis' Genesis

The breath is a bridge between light and matter
Feel the breath of life permeate every cell
Honor each breath
It is the gift of life
It allows us to experience this world of form and matter
It is a bridge to consciousness

Allow the breath to serve as a conduit
between the heart of the cosmos and the inner
Sun & Earth…
Allow the breath to move through you from above and from below
Merging at your hearts core......

Breathing deep into your heart chakra
Then flowing back out in the same direction.
This is the melting of Earth/Solar life giving Energy.
Alchemical exchange
From above and below
You are the conduit……

Huuuuummmmmm

OOOOooommmmmmmm

You are life!
Creation

Life is you….
Overflowing
Every ray of light defines your understanding of abundance
As you release the fear that is attachment
For there is no separation
The breath of life is you
Love is your protection.

This sacred breath honors your physical being as assimilating
the rejuvenating power of the Tantric Language of Light.

Take time to remember who you are
The Inner you
A chalice overflowing with the purity of innocence
Understanding brings forgiveness
As you recognize the perfection in all creation.

As breath integrates your authentic self into the wheel of eternal existence
Your every breath unites your physical being with the source of creation.
Cleansing your emotional body

Your mental body releases fear
As you celebrate this incarnation
As with each breath
You know yourself as Sentient, Sovereign and Eternal

Love is your protection

This Sacred day
Brings understanding of source
Opening to you, within you.
You are light
You hold the light
The light is always with you.

You are Always open to Divine Universal Blessings

Re-connect
As you Step out of the illusion of Duality
Step into Oneness
There is no separation
Only Interconnectedness
Through your conscious communion

With the alchemical elements of creation
Your spiritual identity merges in perfect union
With all other parts of yourself
This Alchemy Aligns

Your Spiritual Expression
With your Soul covenant
To give and receive love
In all that you do
This Sacred Day....

Human Stargate
Brightest Light

Sacred Whisper
Sacred Breath
Sacred Being
Sacred Now

(Taken from: http://www.lightworkers.org/node/11499)

NOTE: It is recommended to go at this webpage above to view the accompanying pictures. Some of them are truly magnificent...



5.

'Call of Life' - Facing the Mass Extinction

Trailer - 9 min 17 sec (originally posted on August 2, 2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbOXUza9ZeE
or http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5972784234026351092&hl=en
This is a preview from "Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction," a feature documentary now in production. The loss of biodiversity on earth has become so acute that scientists are now calling it a "mass extinction event." The crisis has many causes, all of which are related to human activity. Through interviews with eminent biologists, psychologists, anthropologists, historians, and many others, the film not only presents the facts of the shocking decline, it also explores the ways in which culture and psychology have conspired to determine our collective and individual response to this situation, and how the latest insights into natural systems could help us turn back the tide. The film weaves biology, psychology, and cultural history into a clear and accessible story of our changing world. The audience is taken into the depths of the human psyche, through the toughest problems of our times and into the cutting edge of what nature has to teach us. The mass extinction is quite possibly the greatest threat that humanity has ever faced. Those of us alive today have been given a choice—one last opportunity to save the diversity of our planet. The decisions we make or fail to make in the next few years will affect the habitability of earth for millennia to come. This is the greatest adventure of all time—with the future of life itself in the balance.

Simply put the earth is in trouble BIG trouble. From over fishing of our oceans and depleting fish stocks to dangerous low levels; from toxins, emissions and pollution entering and choking the atmosphere and making the hole in the ozone layer bigger and causing more harmful sunrays to penetrate through then their should be; thus warming the oceans, melting the ice, and threatening animals environments; from rainforest being bulldozed down to create grazing land for cattle and commercial development thus destroying natural environmental structure and animals habitats, animal species going extinct, and more. These problems are caused by humans and humans only; it's scary, it really is, and will only serve to get worse if the human race takes an apathetic attitude towards the planet it ultimately needs to survive; your's and my planet. We are dependent on the earth's biodiversity for survival and without it were in big trouble.

More on this upcoming movie and the organization (Species Alliance) behind it at http://speciesalliance.org/

Action can be taken through http://primates.care2.com/ - http://bigcats.care2.com/ - http://www.bigcatrescue.org/icare.htm - http://oceans.care2.com/ - http://babyseals.care2.com/

Facts

• If current trends continue, one half of all species of life on Earth will be extinct in 100 years. (E.O. Wilson, The Future of Life, p. 102)
• One quarter of all mammal species face extinction in 30 years. (United Nations, http://news.bbc.co.uk/)
• For every person in the world to reach present U.S. levels of consumption we would need 4 more planet Earths. (Wilson, p. 23)
• Humans currently consume 50% of the Earth's available freshwater, leaving what's left over for all other species. (World Wildlife Fund, http://www.panda.org/)
• Humans currently consume 40% of all organic matter produced by photosynthesis on Earth, leaving what's left over for all other species. (Wilson, p. 33)
• Every species of great ape on the Earth (gorillas, orangutans, chimpanzees, and bonobos) is in imminent danger of extiction. (United Nations, http://news.bbc.co.uk/)
• Every species of tiger on Earth is in imminent danger of extinction. (World Wildlife Fund, http://web.archive.org/)
• The number of lions left in Africa has fallen 90% in 20 years -- there are now only 20,000 remaining. (BBC, http://news.bbc.co.uk/)
• 90 percent of all large fishes have disappeared from the world's oceans in the past half century. (Nature Magazine, http://www.cnn.com/)
• Human population is expected to increase by at least 50% over the next 75 years. (United Nations Population Division, http://www.enviroliteracy.org/)

(Taken from http://www.speciesalliance.org/facts.php)

Many more related facts through http://www.speciesalliance.org/links.php

"I think we have no time to act, in a sense. There's no security range. I think we're seeing the extinction taking place. It started some time ago, and what we're trying to do is mitigate the impact. It's already here. We're seeing a system ... we're seeing a system where the Earth has essentially changed, where natural habitats are dominated by the activities of humans. We have to deal, accept that transformation yet check it. And we have no time to do that. We have to do that now."

- Michael Novacek - Taken from Bill Moyers Report: Earth on Edge

Related article:

Evidence points to mass extinction
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=670762003
THE worst mass extinction in the history of the planet could be replicated in as little as a century if global warming continues, according to new evidence.Researchers at Bristol University have discovered that a six-degree increase in the global temperature was enough to annihilate up to 95 per cent of species which were alive on Earth at the end of the Permian period, 251 million years ago.Up to six degrees of warming is now predicted for the next century by United Nations scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) if nothing is done about emissions of the greenhouse gases, principally carbon dioxide, which cause global warming. The end-Permian mass extinction is now thought to have been caused by gigantic volcanic eruptions, which triggered a "runaway greenhouse effect" and nearly put an end to life on Earth. Conditions in what geologists have termed this "post-apocalyptic greenhouse" were so severe that only one large land animal was left alive, and it took 100 million years for species diversity to return to former levels. The new finding is revealed in a book by Professor Michael Benton, the head of Earth sciences at Bristol University. Prof Benton said: "The end-Permian crisis nearly marked the end of life. It’s estimated that fewer than one in ten species survived." Geologists are only now coming to appreciate the severity of this global catastrophe and to understand how and why so many species died out so quickly. "Tropical latitudes were the first areas of the Earth to feel the effect of the warming, and loss of species diversity spread out from there. Reduction of vegetation, soil erosion and the effects of massively increased rainfall wiped out the lush diverse habitats of the tropics, which would today lead to the loss of animals such as hippos, elephants and all of the primates, according to Prof Benton. He added: "The end-Permian extinction event is a good model for what might happen in the future because it was fairly non-specific. "The sequence of what happened then is different from today because then the carbon dioxide came from massive volcanic eruptions, whereas today it is coming from industrial activity. However, it doesn’t matter where this gas comes from; the fact is that if it is pumped into the atmosphere in high volumes, then that gives us the greenhouse effect and leads to the warming with all the other consequences." CLIP



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