A Vision Of What Could Be –

In every age of crisis, prophets rise—not as distant messengers of mystery, but as voices of resilience and hope.

We turn again to our prophets, not out of nostalgia, but to understand how our ancestors endured their own moments of upheaval. Prophets don’t appear out of nowhere; they emerge from the heart of struggle. In times when the ground trembles beneath a culture’s feet, they are the first to sense the fracture, to sound the warning, to name what others cannot yet see.

At first, they speak of what lies ahead—a vision of what could be if we do not change course. As turmoil deepens, they shift. They become guides, teachers of survival and renewal. And finally, they transform into mystics—those who look beyond despair, who help people rediscover meaning when the old world seems to be collapsing.

Prophets live between worlds. They remind us of our oldest stories and the promises once made between heaven and earth. Yet, they also insist that tradition must breathe, must grow, and must meet the challenges of the present. Their message is both remembrance and re-imagining.

We believe that this calling is not limited to a chosen few. Each of us carries a spark of prophecy—the ability to see clearly, to speak truth, to imagine better. To be a prophet today is to stay awake in extraordinary times.

No matter who you are, where you come from, or what you believe—your voice matters. The world needs it.

We are all prophets, not because we perform miracles or speak for God, but because we are fully alive to this moment in history. We are seekers and dreamers, asking hard questions, holding fast to hope, daring to envision another way forward.

Your journey has already begun. You were chosen simply by being here—awake, aware, and alive. You hold a vision that might help reshape the world. Don’t hide it. Share it freely. Speak what you know. Offer what you see. Even in the hardest times, your truth can become a light that reveals grace where before there was only darkness.

Deep Turmoil

What is taking place in our world? There is a lot of chaos and distress all over the planet. It is widespread. There is extreme anguish, and it is not merely personal but collective. It is a world catastrophe. Why is there so much suffering, pain, and turmoil? Clearly, it reveals the collapse of all moral, spiritual values, and the glorification of all sensuous and materialistic values. When we grant more weight to the superficial and worldly value of things, the deeper the turmoil.

As soon as we are conscious of the turmoil, we try to avoid it. Those organisations that provide us with a method for the resolution of suffering—financial, social, or spiritual—are the most hazardous, because then the method is more significant than the human being. The method, the concept, and the philosophy become more significant than the man or woman; and for the purpose of the idea, of the ideology, we are ready to sacrifice you, the individual, and therefore all humanity, which is precisely what is going on in the world. If we pay attention, we will notice that is precisely what is going on. The method has become essential. Humans, you and I, lose significance as the method has become essential. And the leaders of the method, whether religious, political, or social, take over the control, take over the leadership, and therefore sacrifice us, the human being.

So we live and function and have our presence enveloped in the pleasure of the senses, which implies the handmade and produced things, and the ideologies have become of tremendous significance; when things become important, belief becomes powerful, which is exactly what is taking place in the world. Giving more and more weight to the gratification of the senses leads to turmoil; and, being in turmoil, we try to avoid it through many forms: power, control, or the pursuit of truth. But truth is close by, we don’t have to look for it, and a man who is looking for the truth will never discover it. When we try to find the truth in what is, we start to struggle. And once we struggle, we can never understand. That is why it is necessary to be still, attentive, and passively aware without resistance.

Are we capable of being aware of all there is as it is? If I am aware of my competitive nature, then the conflict is over. To be aware of what we are is the first step in understanding and wisdom. To know that one is in a particular condition, in a particular state, is then the road to freedom.

by Frantisek Strouhal & Chantal Robert

Last prose from “Illuminations: Art Embracing Awareness 2”