Every so often I hear some say that they "channel" someone from the past. This is usually a Prince of Atlantis or the Empress of Mu or some other unprovable member of the nobility. Nobody says, "I'm channeling a peasant girl from the 8th century -- I was gang raped at age 10 and left to die in ditch by a bunch of mercenary soldiers that had just burned my parents hovel and them in it." That's what life was like for 99% of the people in the last Dark Ages -- nasty, brutish, and short.

Are there people in the world today who are suffering? Obviously.

Are there warlords arising? Yes.

Are we headed for a new "Dark Age"? Not necessarily. It may not be obvious, but we CAN avoid it. A soupcon of wisdom will go a long way -- and it's there. We need the collective ability to recognize true wisdom and the collective will to make it work.