Change
the World
“Changing
the world begins with the very personal process of changing yourself;
the only place you can begin is where you are, the only time you can
begin is always now.”
Gary Zukav
So...Christmas is over
and now we head into a new year. This one promises to be full of
bombast and clashing personalities, not just in the United States,
but all over the world. We seem to be in the midst of rising
authoritarianism...again. Without getting into politics and who is
right and who is wrong, let's take a look at what it says about the
world soul.
There are two major
energies in the human world: fear and love. Fear is personality
based. It is the driving force within us that wants to control and
conquer, that wants to possess and overpower, that believes anything
less than winning, regardless of the consequences, is simply weakness
and defeat. Fear gives rise to authoritarianism. Love is of the soul.
Love recognizes equality, honors justice, and gives rise to authentic
power. Love is egalitarian, inclusive, and spacious. As a species, we
are trying to evolve our souls toward the energy of love, but in
order to do that, we must overcome our fear-based personalities.
What tends to happen is
that we make progress toward openness and universality, and then we
experience losing control, and fear of that pulls us back into the
desire for power. It seems like a no-win situation, but truly, it
isn't. Each time we take two steps toward the power and energy of
love, more of us get there, and fewer are pulled back into fear.
There is a dynamic tugging forward and backward between the poles of
love and fear, but each time, more people glimpse the possibility and
promise of love. Evolution is not a straight line—it is a meander,
zigzag, looping line. We make progress, we pull back, we make
progress, we pull back. The image that comes to mind is one of fly
fishing—in which you fling the line forward and back, each time
letting out a little more, until it's long enough to land exactly
where you want it. Eventually, we'll get there.
Sometimes, we humans have
to be reminded of what fear looks like, and the terrible cost of it,
in order to finally make the leap forward. There's never been a time
like now to invest in evolution toward the soul. Start here, start
now; don't judge, just get started on your personal work. Changing the
world begins with each one of us.
In the Spirit,
Jane
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