The Big Shift Really IS a Big Deal

This information was originally shared with my newsletter subscribers on May 1, 2026.

As I wrote in an earlier newsletter, (according to my guides) humanity is actively moving from 3D to 5D - the process of ‘crossing the bridge’ is underway.

Why is this significant? Because, as I have come to understand, this is a rare shift - en masse - and it’s meant to bring us to a more balanced and evolved way of living.

My spirit guides have used the metaphor of grade school to explain this process...

Girl wearing violet dress and holding a large monarch butterfly in her palms.

In a school there are many grades each with a group of students. Every grade learns about similar subjects (math, science, art, etc.), but the difficulty of the content is appropriate for the grade. Grade 1 material is simpler than grade 2 material and so on. This is just like humanity, on the soul level, some of us are in grade 1, some 2, others 3...

Throughout the year each subject holds various modules of progressed learning. When we reach the end of a module, we’re often given tests. There may even be small pop quizzes or homework in between. These tests represent the ‘normal’ life stuff, the day-to-day challenges, sometimes big, sometimes small.

BUT here’s the thing…

For quite a long time in the history of humanity, each of us - on a soul level - have been in one school year, in our own personal grade, with the same(ish) group of students.

But now, we’re reaching the end of the school year and we’re all readying to graduate to a new (spiritual) grade.

Some of us will go from grade 2 to 3, while others may be moving schools completely - from middle school to high school, or perhaps to university.

The significance is that the majority of students are ready to graduate to a new level of learning at the same time.

We’re ready to form a new class of students, perhaps even within a new school. The “schools and grades” are still physical, still here in the density of Earth, but just a whole new level of soul-based learning.

So, what happens when we reach the end of a school year?

Monarch butterfly resting on daisy flower.

Well, first there’s the excitement! Summer is almost here, the possibility of new things to come. It’s like an awakening. But, then we remember the locker we still need to clean out, the books to return to the library, and the final exams we still have to study for and write! Ugh.

As we can all recall, final exams are much more difficult tests than the ones during the regular school year. They’re all-encompassing and reflect the fullness of the lessons from our grade.

These are the BIG tests.

And this is what we have been preparing for, and are journeying through now. The question is, are we studying, doing the work, brushing up on our skills, remembering the lessons of the past, letting go of what we no longer need? Are we actually ready to graduate.

This is why so many people are awakening to Spirit.

The realm of Spirit is where all the information of our soul’s lived experience is stored, as well as the collective experience, including all the pain, all the joy, and all the learning.

This is one explanation to why there is so much disorder on global levels too.

This is also why it’s so incredibly important we are doing our healing work – our self-study.
It’s time to take the big test, to cross the bridge. It’s time to realize how far we’ve come, to choose answers that reflect the learning, and to graduate to a new grade, to new opportunity, to new possibility…together.

It’s time to integrate our past to reclaim our wisdom and recalibrate our future...together.

This is an evolution and everyone plays a part in what we create for humanity.

All of the modalities I practice have been vital for me through personal times of transition. I share them with you from a wholehearted belief that they can support you too.


Give yourself a boost and facilitate your growth during this exciting, collective time of change!

Leigh Blackburn

Intuitive Energy Healer at Ancient Cedars Reiki & Wellness located in Cumberland, BC on Vancouver Island in Canada. I offer distant and in-person Reiki, Craniosacral Therapy, as well as Energy Insights Readings & Healings.

https://www.ancientcedarsreiki.ca
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