Dear friends,
Does the rose think the soil is God or the bulb it sprang from? Maybe it is the sun or the rain that it worships? No, she simply gives forth her sweet aroma and reveals her beauty without questioning how it came to be. Unlike other life forms, it is almost impossible for a thinking human to not wonder what is the source of life. It seems we cannot resist inventing a story or a few thousand of them, to account for our existence. The most obvious choice is to make it (whatever it is) in our image and likeness. We gave it a personality much like a king or a benevolent dictator, since those were most likely the only models of power we had when all this began.
Some people attribute Life to ‘aliens’ coming down to populate the earth. Not much is said about what the source of the aliens is! We simply do not know much about how matter becomes conscious or how consciousness becomes matter. The best we can do observe how things seem to come about and take note of patterns that precede the arrival of things. Over time, with diligent attention, we begin to see the link between what we think, feel and believe with what occurs for us personally. Inherent in that realization is a sense of being cared for or looked after, as if our capacity for happiness is built in to the system. That is when we feel a Presence, something in the atmosphere that is responsive to us.
The saddest conclusion we can make is that our Source is not the same for everyone, or that we gain its favor by performing certain rituals or incantations, wearing clothes of a certain color, growing our hair or shaving our heads. That kind of thinking causes violence and mayhem, caste systems, racism, sexism and apathy. It leaves some people out of the equation and therefore not deserving of freedom and justice, prosperity and opportunity. It is an insidious and ego-gratifying way to take power over others.
In this day and age, isn’t it time we rid our collective consciousness of superstition, dogma and made up scenarios of what is our Source? Isn’t it time we included everyone in the story? We are here and Life is for us, never against us. What can we do with that information?
Stay tuned in,
