One minute we are residing in the security of bliss, questioning nothing, living in the acceptance of a reality presented through the eyes of innocence, only to be catapulted into a world full of questions that can offer no substitute for the lost sense of belonging. A world of integrity becomes a solar system of differences, a multiversity of such complexity, that we are cowered into a submission of self consciousness, lacking any form of relationship to the wonders of perception. Time and again we are confronted with surmounting evidence, confirming our inability to be one with a world outside of our comprehension. Repeated episodes of failure, determined through the judgment of so called Peers and a system of worth based upon performance. How are we to know of ourselves when our knowledge of being is based upon an expectation and acceptance of failure? Who is there to tell us otherwise? Who or what can we turn to for comfort in our world of incompatibility? What is to be trusted, other than our belief in doubt? Fear takes hold of our resolve and reduces us to victims of circumstance. We disregard any indication of empowerment; we deny any knowledge of responsibility or creative capability. We surrender to the will of Fate. A fate of suffering and sacrifice, in which we play the only role open to us. A role in which we decline any hope of happiness, health or success and succumb to an eternal feeling of emptiness. An emptiness that we seek to fill with the substitutes offered by a society skilled in the game of “quick fixes” and distraction. Short term oblivion replaces long term solutions. Compromise becomes the name of the day, an excuse for a life that is anything other than optimal. But yet we have no choice other than to reside in the valleys of shadows cast by the blinding light of a sun that is way beyond our field of vision.
What does all this mean for you and me?
Does it mean that we continue to wear sunglasses that are so strong that we can no longer perceive the possibilities of creation within the spectrum of human being? Does it mean that we are to continue with our insistence upon an understanding of life that disables any moves in the direction of self-responsibility?
If we are satisfied, or should I say happy, with the mediocre existence that many of us choose, as the expression of a miracle, then yes, we can continue to wear the “filtered glasses” that “protect” us from the rays of brilliance and genius that others among us present as an alternative to mediocrity. Does it mean that a vast majority of us have lost touch with the inner-sense with which we are born? Does it mean that through our experiences of inadequacy we have learned to believe that we, as a race and as such as individuals are inherently inadequate, incapable of living a life of fulfillment, abundance and happiness? Yes, it does! We have learned to deny all possibility of “living a dream”. We have learned to build houses with very thick walls to keep out the evil that lurks in the darkness of the unknown. We have built cages in our minds to restrict our freedom of movement. We have developed pictures of life that are full of fear. A fear that can be understood as a fear of death, this, in turn, could also be understood as a fear of a life other than that which we believe to be “real”. And yet, as long as we can get by, we do exactly that, we get by. Reprimanding ourselves for wanting more, instead of being thankful for what we have, we continue to still any feelings of passion, afraid of the consequences that we associate with failure with Failure being a concept unto itself.
Tags: beliefs, conditioning, conscious being, fear, growth, happiness, personal development. experience, potential
