Become
Conscious
“A major
consequence of being psychologically asleep is the psychological and
spiritual blindness which results from it. This results in action not
from conscious awareness and true intelligence, but from self
righteousness, which leads individuals and society as a whole into an
abysmal pit.”
Mark
Pritchard (Belsebuub)
Ramana Pemmaraju captures
the essence of this quote by saying, “A conscious fool is more
enlightened than an unconscious genius.” Certainly, myth and
fairy-tale bear this out—right up to the modern-day tale of Forest
Gump. The main problem, as I see it, with unconsciousness
(psychological and spiritual blindness) is often simply that we don't
realize we have it. We genuinely think we know what we're talking
about when we don't. Much of the time, we are simply repeating things
that have been told to us, or that we've heard without checking out
the validity of its substance. One can believe deeply, passionately
in something, but if that something is founded upon a lie, or upon
ignorance of the facts, then all the belief in the world will not
make it true.
Sometimes, what happens
is that we become so entrenched in our own beliefs and opinions, that
we fail to take into account those of others. We're so convinced of
our “rightness” that there is no room to consider our possible
“wrongness.” Some call this polarized, others call it tribal.
Whatever it is, it is regressive and dangerous. It is dangerous both
to us as individuals and to our world.
We humans, individually
and collectively, can change this behavior if we are willing to step
off our self-righteous certainty into the open field of possibility.
If we can suspend our absolute adherence to our own beliefs and
opinions, and listen to others, and live as though they matter as
much as we do, we can move this world forward. All that's required is
consciousness—the ability to be psychologically and spiritually
awake.
In the Spirit,
Jane
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