Greetings. I am Juliano. We are the Arcturians. Today we will look at the concept of evolution and how it applies to a planet, to a person, and to the universe. I want to look at several important concepts in evolution because Earth, at this point, is in an evolutionary crisis. I also have called this a planetary crisis.

You have incarnated at this time on this planet for specific soul purposes. It is no accident that you have chosen to incarnate on Earth at this time. The reason why this planet is in a crisis is manifold. I know that all of you realize the various problems this planet faces, including radiation leakages, contamination of the environment, wars among nations, and global climate change.

Human and Planetary Development

A planet does have stages of development just like humans have stages of development. I have, for simplistic reasons, listed five stages of planetary development. [Editor's Note: The first two stages are covered here, and Juliano plans to explain the other three in a future channeling.] Earth is in its first stage of planetary development, and in fact, Earth has reached the end portion of that stage. The first stage of development includes certain functions and skills that need to be completed. This is comparable to the personality theory of a well-known psychologist called Eric Erikson who charted the stages of development that a child must go through in order to proceed into adulthood.