When the earth shrugs

In a distant past, when the earth shrugged and quivered, it was seen as a sign that the earth was angry with us. It was telling us that we had not treated the earth right, had not given back to her enough or paid her enough respect ~ and now she was ‘shrugging us off’; and doing so in perhaps in a very literal sense ~ or so we thought.

Since those days our understanding of what happens when the earth shrugs has changed.
We now know that these movements are the result of tension that has been building up, usually in a place where two pieces of the earth’s crust are ‘rubbing together’ without having the full freedom to do so.
We also know that there are specific lines where the earth’s crust has this desire to rub together, and that along those lines the earth is more likely to shrug and quiver than elsewhere on its surface.

However, when the earth does break lose and shrugs and moves, the consequences for those living in the area where it happens can be devastating. Often without any warning we, humanity, are reminded that nothing we build can stand up against the forces of nature; let alone against the movement of the Earth-Mother herself. And after she is settling down again, a lot of the things we have taken for granted ~ like shelter and food and water ~ are not easily accessible anymore.
Our infrastructure may have been severely damaged, making it hard to get in ~ or travel out of ~ the affected area.

When the earth shrugs, she is changing into a less tense, less stressed situation. Yet at the same time our stress levels seem to get off the chart high!

The surprising thing is that while we might think that just those who are affected by the quivering earth suffer from extreme stress levels, this is not altogether true.
More and more people, all over the world, sense that there is some earth movement upcoming. They may not be aware where it will happen, or who will be affected by it; but often they will feel that tension within the earth having come to that point where it has to break free…
Then, when the earth shrugs, the tension in the earth releases; just as the tension within humanity spikes. The result is an energy that can be felt throughout the world. It results in people being more ‘on edge’, more quickly reacting in frustration or anger.

While we now know that the earth itself is not shrugging in anger, it does seem at times that our collective anger and frustration helps built the tension that can ~ over time ~ build to that point when even the earth itself has to shrug it off…
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