Currently, rooftop solar has reached grid parity, or costing as much or less than electricity from the grid, in a few states. According to Vishal Shah, the solar energy analyst and Deutsche Bank, the industry predicts that by 2016, rooftop solar will achieve grid parity in all 50 US States. This is great news for folks looking to get off the grid, or even potentially feed power they don’t use back into the grid.

Solar power has been offered little assistance by the federal government. Only in some states have major initiatives been taken. But even though solar hasn’t received the same subsidies as other fossil fuel energies, it has had no problem reaching grid parity. Plus, in 2013, the US passed 10 gigawatts of installed solar power, with another half a gigawatt of concentrated solar power. While this is up dramatically from previous years, it accounts for less than 1% of energy produced...

HJ: The irony is that when you stop worrying about how you will make money and start passionately following your heart and dreams, abundance in all forms can’t help but follow.  And if you take it one step further by simultaneously doing the inner work and ridding your heart and mind of any limiting beliefs and emotional blockages, you literally becomes unstoppable.  This IS the formula for making an awesomely abundant living doing what you love.  You must have faith, you must have commitment and you must be willing to play all out in favor of your passions.  It is you Hero’s journey and it will be damn exciting and amazing should you choose to dive in like these people did.

- Truth

12 Secrets From People Who Found Their Own Paths To Success

By Alena Hall | The Huffington Post

Ida Lawrence, Contributor
Waking Times

Watching as the season changes, looking back at the stages of life, dreaming of an unborn ‘unharmed’ generation, standing still as the falling world speeds by, inhaling the light and exhaling all else. What am I trying to get to? Clarity.

We’re into another autumn in the northern climes… and the operative word is ‘another’. Did the season change too soon? Other people have written about time and the speed of it, so maybe, collectively, we’re in that space… conscious of the chaotic events whirling around us while we don’t seem to be moving.

By Randi Fine
“Be the change you wish to see in the world.” Ghandi

We can no longer distract ourselves from doing the work each of us needs to do. We have to stop complaining about others. We must stop complaining about circumstances and do what is within our own power to fix ourselves. That is all it takes. If each of us did the work on ourselves that we came here to do, the world would radiate with love and light; the light that will crowd out the darkness. Darkness cannot possibly exist where there is light.

We all wonder what we can do to fix the world; to overcome the darkness that is spreading like wildfire on our planet. Truth be told, it is must easier to do than we might believe. We must each look within. We must each explore our own existence. We must ask ourselves how we can positively change that which is within our own grasp. That is all it takes. If each of us saved ourselves we could collectively save the world.

Each person you interact with during the course of your Earth-plane existence has a lesson you have asked to experience. How you create/respond/react to that particular lesson is completely up to you. ~ Creator

Dear Ones, the entire purpose of coming into the body is to have physical experiences. Your body is the most efficient self defining apparatus available. It takes tremendous work and effort to get to the point of adulthood to start having the pivotal experiences that allow you to greater know yourself, your preferences, your truth. Do not stagnate now that you have come to that point!

We understand that many of you are so mindful of your enlightenment process that you are taking things very seriously and do not wish to make mistakes. Hear us when we say that your spirituality has had plenty of seriousness on your planet already. What if we told you that you can be mindful AND joyful? What would that look like to you?

Your soul is so excited to be part of this process. Embrace the amazing opportunities for experience that exist on your planet right now. You are the ground crew! Try many things. Did you know that you miss your bodies and the ability to experience things in a physical way when you transition to the other side? Did you know that your passed loved ones also love to experience things vicariously through you?

Cherish the fact that you are in the realm of experience on an ascending planet, and know that your choices will only further secure the process by allowing you to energetically refine and know yourself even more. ~Archangel Gabriel