When people talk about God, or the Universal Creating One and Whole, we generally see that as separate from ourselves.
This shift in focus that we are experiencing currently is bringing us in touch with the idea that we are inextricably interconnected to the UCOW and each other and to all of Creation - Nature, the Earth, and all of the other aspects of ourselves, both in physical focus and across all dimensions of existence.
These "tiny" lives that we see as the whole of our existence are but one small aspect of our greater being-ness.
The more we move into recognition of our wider reality as being included in the UCOW, the easier it will be for us to practice acceptance and compassion for everyone on our planet.
The trick though, (and a big trick it is), is to also hold that same acceptance and compassion for those who do things we don't like. Those who we see as responsible for the ills of our world. They are as equally connected as we are, and are simply developmental focuses having an experience that is no better or worse than our own.
Because on another level, there is no right or wrong - no good or bad. It's all just experience. Our best work has to include compassion and acceptance not only for the victims, but for the perpetrators as well. They are equally connected to us, and as much a part of the UCOW as we are.
We can work to change the mass beliefs - but we must also not judge those who are not experiencing yet a wider awareness. Otherwise we are continuing the cycle of judgment and victim/perpetrator.
We don't have to like what they do. But we also cannot separate them out in judgment. To do so is to deny our own existence in however we choose to express it.
As we begin to move further into awareness of our greater reality, many of the "reasons" for why people continue to express in ways we don't like will dissipate. Violence and oppression will no longer be necessary. But in order to stop the cycle, we must end it with ourselves first. Otherwise, we are simply performing the same expressions as these others in judgment which makes us no different than them.
The only way to stop this is to stop it with ourselves. Then we will begin to see the reflections of our choices out in the world.
When people talk about God, or the Universal Creating One and Whole, we generally see that as separate from ourselves.
This shift in focus that we are experiencing currently is bringing us in touch with the idea that we are inextricably interconnected to the UCOW and each other and to all of Creation - Nature, the Earth, and all of the other aspects of ourselves, both in physical focus and across all dimensions of existence.
These "tiny" lives that we see as the whole of our existence are but one small aspect of our greater being-ness.
The more we move into recognition of our wider reality as being included in the UCOW, the easier it will be for us to practice acceptance and compassion for everyone on our planet.
The trick though, (and a big trick it is), is to also hold that same acceptance and compassion for those who do things we don't like. Those who we see as responsible for the ills of our world. They are as equally connected as we are, and are simply developmental focuses having an experience that is no better or worse than our own.
Because on another level, there is no right or wrong - no good or bad. It's all just experience. Our best work has to include compassion and acceptance not only for the victims, but for the perpetrators as well. They are equally connected to us, and as much a part of the UCOW as we are.
We can work to change the mass beliefs - but we must also not judge those who are not experiencing yet a wider awareness. Otherwise we are continuing the cycle of judgment and victim/perpetrator.
We don't have to like what they do. But we also cannot separate them out in judgment. To do so is to deny our own existence in however we choose to express it.
As we begin to move further into awareness of our greater reality, many of the "reasons" for why people continue to express in ways we don't like will dissipate. Violence and oppression will no longer be necessary. But in order to stop the cycle, we must end it with ourselves first. Otherwise, we are simply performing the same expressions as these others in judgment which makes us no different than them.
The only way to stop this is to stop it with ourselves. Then we will begin to see the reflections of our choices out in the world.