Chapter 6: Empathy and The Mystery of the Path Between You And Me—-An Electrician’s Guide To Our Galaxy; Living Life On A Wider Frequency Of Being
The commentary on cultural common knowledge and its associated lemming effect should have given the reader a vast window into humanity’s potential for herd mentality and its potential for both corruption and healing within our social connections. Collective consciousness contains the history of the knowledge human beings have accrued over time. It includes a vast matrix of dedicated/fixed pathways of responses to all manors of environmental and social interactions. This is the entirety of our species’ training, which has been transmitted, or handed down, to countless generations of human beings through parental interactions, education, religious training, and lifelong social and emotional training gained by continuous interface with other humans, animals, Mother Earth, and the mysterious life-energy field that permeates all of Creation. Yet, so much of this common knowledge results from incomplete or inaccurate information and unproven theories. These facts point to the necessity of being fully present, where our feelings for ourselves and each other are immediate experiences and authentic.
Suppose we continue to act in a socially prescribed, knee-jerk, or unconscious manner to any societal or environmental stimulus. In that case, our response is too likely to be dated, inappropriate, and lacking emotional intelligence. The Judeo/Christian religious metaphor here is that our “firstborn” of thought may need to be sacrificed to make way for the truth of the moment.
In times of profound change, the learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.– Eric Hoffer
There are several American viruses active right now, including COVID-19, cultural divisiveness, addictions, obesity, cancer, and all traumatic influences, including MAD, or mutually assured death. MAD is now a descriptor for the gun lobby and 2nd Amendment zealots, causing the proliferation of firearms used in the murders and suicides of our innocents. These pandemics are creating more opportunities for eruptions of drama and anxiety, which interbreed with any unhealed pain and suffering already inherent within our lives. We must become conscious of how the unconscious actions of others and our incomplete healing responses introduce more traumatic influences into our own lives. As we attempt to be spiritually present for others, the recognition and transformation of individual and collective internalized trauma dramas become an essential foundation for all interpersonal healing pathways.
A facet of the most fundamental truths of our existence is the extraordinary potential for great depth in our connections with each other and how strongly that connection influences all of us, for good and evil. If we can embrace this universal fact about our relationships, we can learn how to reduce the incidences of disease and distress in our world without just tattooing more medical technology and religious ignorance and dogma upon our bodies and souls.
Love, hate, and indifference are three terms we use to help describe the characteristic quality of our relationships. In various proportions, all of us employ these three qualities of energy exchange, depending on the person and/or the situation involved. As humans, we experience love and hatred as powerful emotions and motivators for action, guiding all subsequent feelings, perceptions, and social intercourse in predefined directions. Love is an open system of friction-free energy exchange, and hate is a closed, abrasive, and attenuated energy exchange system. Both exchanges bind us to each other in easily identifiable, though divergent manners. Love is the open channel through which positive empathy and compassion may flow. At the same time, hatred is a closed channel of negative empathy that only brings suffering while traumatizing both the receiver and the giver of that energy.
I want to be alive with you. Love or hate me, but please don’t be indifferent towards me—heard in a recovery meeting.
Indifference is a quality of attention that attempts to keep everybody and everything separate from the observer. The emotionally detached individual lives in a closed system or spiritual vacuum. Those practicing total indifference live in an isolated world with little real emotional connection with anybody or anything other than their emotions, thoughts, and feelings. Indifference is often the result of traumatic influences and results in the emotional and spiritual oppression of others and repression of the personal spirit, as well. For normal, healthy people, indifference only applies to particular situations and not to a complete life experience. Yet, the quality of indifference gives the practitioner the illusory sense of having no personal accountability to that which is being witnessed. Personal responsibility for a collectively shared error in the heart is denied, and the potential for a shared healing experience is negated.
We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say, ‘It’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.’ Then, there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.— Fred Rogers.
Empathy: Beyond the Buzzword, a Pathway to Genuine Connection
In a world inundated with digital connections and surface-level interactions, the term ’empathy’ has been brandished about with increasing frequency. Empathy has become the go-to solution for a myriad of societal problems – from personal relationships to global conflicts. And yet, despite the commonality of the term, its true essence seems to have eluded the grasp of many. It prompts the question: What is empathy, really? How do we move past merely talking about empathy to truly embodying it?
At its core, empathy is the ability to fully comprehend and vicariously experience the feelings, thoughts, and experiences of another. To empathize is to temporarily step away from our own narrative, that continuous inner dialogue we identify as ‘self’, and to immerse ourselves in the world of another person. It demands that we not only listen to the words being spoken but that we also tune into the symphony of non-verbal cues and silent emotions.
Empathy is more than just a catchphrase—it’s the backbone of humanity. It is a skill, and like all skills, it requires intention and practice to develop. To enter an empathetic state is to engage in an act of surrender, where we pause the constant churning of our thoughts and judgments to create a space for someone else’s reality. This is not an easy task, especially in an age where the distraction is the norm, and our narratives are continually validated and amplified by our echo chambers.
True empathy facilitates genuine understanding. It is an acknowledgment that each person’s life is a tapestry woven from unique experiences, emotions, and perceptions. To be empathetic is to respect the complexity of that tapestry without the compulsion to alter its colors to match our own. It is to willingly become the student of another’s experience, rather than the critic.
However, practicing empathy challenges us to confront our biases and assumptions. It lays bare our vulnerabilities and tests the boundaries of our comfort zones. Empathy requires a conscious effort to strip away the layers of personal prejudices and societal indoctrination that filter our view of others. It is an ongoing exercise in humility and openness, where we learn to extend the same grace and understanding we so desperately seek for ourselves. Furthermore, empathy acts as a conduit for deeper connections. It is the quiet acknowledgment of another’s struggle and the unspoken pledge of solidarity. When we truly empathize with others, we build bridges of trust and compassion that can withstand the pressures and misunderstandings that often fracture relationships.
At its height, empathy has the power to transform societies. It is the foundation upon which we can build a society that values each member, ensures their voices are heard, and provides them the dignity they deserve. In a world brimming with conflict and disparity, empathy might just be our most invaluable instrument for reconciliation and peacebuilding.
Yet, merely speaking of empathy achieves little. It is through our daily interactions and how we choose to respond to the people and the world around us that the true measure of our empathy is tested. It is not enough to discuss empathy as a desirable trait; we must embody it in our actions. Empathy is far more significant than the lip service it too often receives. It is a call to action, a challenge to each of us to actively engage with the world in a more compassionate, understanding way. We must look beyond ourselves and our constructed narratives to find our common humanity in the stories of others. Only then will we unlock the vast potential of empathy not only as a concept but as a profound force for change and connection.
Empathy–Understanding Its Positive And Negative Aspects
Contemporary research into neuroscience tells us that our brains, like other primates, contain mirror neurons. These neurons are triggered in our brains when someone else is sad, angry, or happy, and those mirror neurons, in coordination with other pre-cognitive and cognitive functions, help us to feel what that other person is feeling. They help us feel what we would experience in that person’s place. If our experiences are similar enough, we can empathize in a way that promotes a connection that can be soothing to the other person. When made in good faith, the effort to understand someone else can go a long way towards helping them feel better and even, sometimes, to change their behaviors. This can be considered a collaboration between the spirit of the individuals in communication. The changing of another’s behavior is not the conscious intention of empathy. However, most find that through the empathetic connection, each participant is taken beyond the former boundaries of their understanding of self and others. Empathy is also often experienced during angry outbursts, creating a connection that may be unitive in mass protests or divisive as it is in family disturbances.
Human beings are usually quite empathetic. Studies show that all animals, especially mammalian in nature, share this often sublime characteristic. It is difficult to harm another person if we sense the suffering they are presently experiencing or that we may be causing them. The exceptions are when one is in a highly emotional or hateful state or when indifference may arise from sociopathic or psychopathic pathologies. A conscious person would never abuse any person or animal of any species, including eating it, unless there were no other choices for food, after recognizing the unity of sentience in our natural world. Of course, much of mankind is unconscious, and we can’t keep from harming each other, let alone the whole animal species. Mankind has “dehumanized-de-sentienced” humans and animals to justify cruel and destructive relationships between them and with the natural world that supports all of us. The Judeo-Christian Western religious tradition and its misunderstanding negates the wholeness and unity of life. Its influence on thinkers has been at the forefront of this travesty for over two millennia.
In the simplest of terms, empathy is the psychological capacity to walk in someone else’s shoes. Empathy, in both its positive and negative expressions, is the mechanism for exchanging spiritual and emotional energy to create a form of resonance or attunement between sentient beings. It is always in play in love and hate relationships. Like many facets of the human experience, empathy isn’t a one-dimensional attribute. It’s a dual-edged sword that can either heal or inflict wounds, especially when one delves into its spiritual roots and repercussions.
Through love and sympathy, positive attributes of empathy, we bind each other in a shared human experience, making the burdens a little lighter through shared strength. On the spiritual plane, the positive expression of empathy is the channel through which we extend our energetic boundaries to touch another’s, becoming a sacred and profound encounter. The sinew connects us in times of distress, the beacon that guides us to understand another soul’s plight. Empathy is often lauded as a cornerstone of human connection and spirituality.
In positive empathy, energy flows freely between the giver and the receiver in both directions. There is a shared sense of the expansion of the self. In a radical variation of positive empathy, one may even experience shared mental images- telepathy- and spiritual healing, which are addressed in a following chapter. The power of empathy in mending hearts is irrefutable. When we empathize, we not only validate other people’s emotions but can also catalyze their healing. This divine aspect of empathy—compassion—can literally change lives, offering solace and understanding where there was none before.
However, there’s a darker side to this spiritual capacity. Empathy can turn into a chalice of poison when it becomes overwhelming, becoming negative in nature. In negative empathy, energy flow is uneven and dominated by one party, potentially resulting in oppression of the other and repression of aspects of the self by both the giver and the receiver. Empathetic individuals who take on the pain of others to the point of manifesting physical or emotional wounds absorb negativity and suffering. When empathy incapacitates rather than empowers, it crosses over into detrimental territory. There is a strong sense of the contraction of the self by at least one party in this energy exchange, though one party may feel a temporary bond with an acknowledgment by the other for suffering with or even for them. The extreme form of this empathy is the stigmata syndrome, where the empath takes on so much of the suffering energy and experience of a hated or a treasured person that they manifest in their bodies and minds the wounds and symptoms of the person they have become obsessed with. Those who have read all of my works are well aware of my profound experience in 2017 with a dying friend with brain cancer and the dangers and spiritual growth potentials of such an extraordinary relationship.
The word “empathy” has a secret message built into it by doing creative interpretation. Let’s separate the word into three components: em—path —y (ou). Empathy is now seen to be the healing (path) between the mirror image of me (em) and y(ou). When the concepts of ‘you’ and the “mirror image of me” are realized to be identically ONE, me and y(ou) disappear, and our empathy becomes just the “path.”
Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it —– Anaïs Nin
Positive and negative empathy are two of several powerful transmission vehicles for human collective consciousness to be carried to us as individuals and acting as a return vehicle for our individual experiences to be delivered back to the collective field. While empathy can elevate the soul and forge deep human connections, it must be approached mindfully. The spiritually attuned must recognize that while sharing in another’s struggle can be a form of love, it should not come at the expense of one’s peace and happiness. Navigating this spectrum requires an intimate understanding of oneself and the establishment of emotional perimeters.
Therefore, the actual test of spiritual empathy lies in discernment and balance—inviting uplifting healing connections and comforting presence and knowing one’s boundaries and when to step back without adopting the debilitating pain and sharing another’s sense of desolation. As seekers on this journey, may we strive to cultivate love, compassion, and sympathy—the positive attributes of empathy—and recognize when to erect barriers against the harmful tide of emotional encumbrance. Only then can we hope to use our empathetic gifts as a force for good, uniting us all in a more understanding, supportive, and spiritually holistic community.
Leadership
As human beings in social environments, we expect our leaders to lead with integrity and morality, though inevitable weaknesses will often be exposed. If our leader is of high enough integrity, we may even want to pattern ourselves after them, should we also aspire to any leadership roles in our future, including taking charge of our own lives. Patterning after others who are successful is considered to be a normal and natural response while also being an evolutionary adaptation. To survive and prosper as a species, we became willing to adopt attitudes and perform actions others may have succeeded with. We also remained open to any new unfoldment in our understanding that will complement our unique role.
Many Americans’ knee-jerk reaction has been to hate and despise Donald Trump. There has been much written by conscious, caring people about the necessity of not hating Donald Trump but instead perceiving him as an ill person, as a poor person, and/or as a suffering person. This change of perception opens our personal doors to compassion, sympathy, and love. It is OK to be angry with any President of the US, past and present, as long as that anger does not get institutionalized into our minds as hatred.
By clinging to anger and resentment over a long period, there is an enhanced susceptibility to the emotions becoming transformed into personal and, if shared with many others, collectively institutionalized hate-filled memories. We witness daily the institutionalized hatred within our world culture, manifesting as wars, religious persecution, patriarchy, xenophobia, misogyny, racism, bullying, homophobia, nationalism, earth ecology destructive, including the extinction of countless species, and other self-destructive energy exchanges. We do not want to add to the suffering of others or of ourselves by creating new pathways of institutionalized hatred.
“Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.” ― Augustine of Hippo
Constructive anger can be considered an expression of positive empathy. When spontaneous and arising from being an active witness to the present moment, this anger is always relevant and productive. Anger wakes the oppressed and repressed spirit and helps generate extra motivational energy for constructive engagement with a world needing change. Constructive anger allows all parties to share in the perception of a wrong or injustice and in a plan to right the wrongs.
On the other hand, hatred and its divisive energy have much deliberation behind it. Hatred arises from the historical deposits of unresolved anger or repressed pain and suffering within our memories. It looks at punishment and/or the destruction of others as a primary objective. Hatred develops from the collective deposits of darkness that our culture has handed down over many generations and from our personal painful and damaging memories. Hatred, both collectively and individually acquired, becomes entrenched as a primarily unconscious dark power broker within our minds, keeping each of us pilloried to the past and emotionally chained to the object of our hatred. We are no longer free to respond to each new moment as it unfolds, instead substituting old patterns of self-defeating and oppressive responses to others while repressing the desire to connect with peace and love.
What can be most difficult to consider is the truth that people who habitually hate others also hate themselves. Some may try to hide from self-loathing and hatred through false narratives of their own greatness while deriding and demeaning all, unlike their self. The multitude of lies, deceptive behavior, and the need to manipulate others’ perceptions show an absolute need to hide a diminished sense of self from the truth. This is manifested through continuously projecting out of this mind by accusing the innocent and the guilty of one’s own personal shortcomings, deceptions, and criminality. This communication style is crazy-making for any rational, intelligent human being, and the witness to his expression can feel like the fabric of sanity is being ripped apart right before their eyes. For those not under a hypnotic trance, this spiritual depravity is easily perceived and felt. The unwary watcher, in an involuntary and forced relationship with this disfigured being, through negative empathy, can inadvertently share in others’ hatred of self. This is another manifestation of the stigmata syndrome, where the entrained observer inadvertently takes on the person’s negative energy under observation and, through the mirror neuron phenomenon, or negative empathy, shares in the disfigured spirit that this darkness continues to manifest.
This is an unconscious response and shows an underdeveloped emotional intelligence. Yet, as we become more conscious, it is revealed that we need no longer climb into someone’s, say, a Donald Trump-type person’s pigpen and unconsciously support them in their self-hatred and self-loathing.
We don’t see things as they are. We see things as we are.—-Anais Nin.
According to the latest research on the human brain and its capacity to form perceptions, the brain works by predictive coding. It integrates new information based on the beliefs provided by old information. A typical human being moving through the world does not just passively perceive sensory inputs through the senses but assembles a model in the mind based on what is expected to be seen. This mental setup allows the perceiver to move unbothered through the world, taking in each detail without too much analysis. The brain has been found to have the capacity to over-predict, sometimes expecting something that is not there. That expectation can create a self-hypnotic suggestion, and a non-existent thing can be perceived as if it were there.
An often problematic, though ultimately enlightening truth must be embraced:
All that we will ever see, unto eternity, is the extension of our consciousness.
How we see ourselves determines the quality of our life experience and the integrity of our connection with our higher power. Insight into the corrupted matrix of human consciousness and its limited understanding leads to new consciousness pathways where intuition and spiritual power are more readily accessed. Mystics, sages, and now, quantum theorists have verified this fact, so it should not be passed over like an unpopular dish at dinner time.
Historically, the human race has become addicted to the religious junk food continuously being processed from the limitations of our distant past rather than feasting at the table of the infinite Spirit of Now. Former Vice President Pence justified sharing in hatred of gays and drug users in the 1980s and 1990s by claiming AIDS was God’s punishment for all such people that God hated for not obeying God’s laws. We all suffered because of the collective narrative of hatred being shared by the victims and their accusers.
The Real World
One can only wonder what the twisted, secret narratives that both Mike Pence and Donald Trump entertained in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. I am not sure that Pence had evolved much from his hateful AIDS postures of the past. His self-hatred, as represented by a corrupted view of the will of God, may be one of the primary reasons behind the former administration’s incompetent, hands-off approach to the COVID disaster. Pence has entertained more than one apocalyptic narrative that justifies his position as a passive witness to God’s wrath, punishing the wicked and the heathen, rather than acting as an active healing participant in the salvation of the oppressed. Like Trump, he disregarded the seriousness of the pandemic and wouldn’t consistently wear a mask to protect others from the potential of his viral infection. They both continued to manifest their hatred of the world through their shared callous disregard for the safety of the people whom they made contact with.
Trump and his administration, while in office, were guilty of many mistakes throughout his leadership.There are too many failures and acts of criminality to account for here and is beyond this chapter’s scope. I focus on their response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which is enough to stir anger and distress in any saint or sinner I know. Trump’s actions appeared to be that of an unintelligent, broken, and spiritless man.
- refusal to heed early warnings from abroad,
- refusal to listen to expert advice from within the US healthcare system,
- punishing those seeking to implement a timely strategy,
- lying to the American people about the pandemic,
- failing to provide enough tests soon enough,
- failing to produce adequate medical equipment soon enough,
- refusing to get samples of the virus necessary for work on vaccines and therapeutics,
- prioritizing contracts for companies connected to Trump or to the Kushner family,
- failure to implement enforceable social distancing and face protection rules,
- failure of federal leaders to practice safe social distancing and face protection,
And, most damning,
- Failing to formulate a coordinated national response.
- Failure to acknowledge a massive loss of life and an enormous amount of suffering, with no caring, conscious leader to lead the national mourning for our victims.
- Promoting ineffective drugs and proposing the ingestion of poisons
As their response to the outer world is their response to their inner world (remember, all that we ever see, unto eternity, is ourselves), it is evident that they do not respect or honor much of who they are while neglecting their sacred relationship with all of humanity. Those who empathized with Trump, or even Pence, with their self-hatreds created more trouble within themselves. That empathetically generated self-hatred attached itself to neglected or disassociated fragments within the self and circulated unconsciously while taking on an internalized disturbed life. Many of us allowed this administration to plant seeds of our self-destruction into our minds. We were all susceptible to some extent to self-destructive internal programming, depending upon the depth of our own self-awareness and personal insight, Yet this awareness may lead to unique, healing insights, so we need not judge or be harsh with ourselves. In seeing these illusory processes, or “mirages of thought,” we are no longer unconscious servants to them, and our freedom of perceptual choice is returned.
We are learning and healing!
Trump still is pathetic and, at times, a deplorable human being, as are some of his ardent supporters, yet we can all be spiritually reduced a notch or two by supporting this trickster and his tribe by sharing in their hatred of themselves. We will no longer waste our hate on Trump, or anybody else, realizing that they (the image of the other created in our minds) have become a projection of a newly formed aspect of our own unconscious collectively shared negative self-image. “You” can never be real in any ultimate sense since the “you” or Donald Trump exists only as a conceptual image in our minds. The mental pugilist blows that we direct at Donald and his friends end up being directed predominantly against ourselves because we are fighting the creations within our own minds and the collective mind that we share with others rather than actually exchanging energy with the objects of our objections, which is the only place where objective change may occur.
Like far too many national leaders, Donald Trump retained an advantage by being a one-way transmitter of negative energy to the world. They rarely place themselves in a vulnerable position where they can be a genuine receiver of the abhorrent behavioral energy they emit and continuously attempt to reflect back to them. We all have witnessed deplorable confrontations with reporters, who can only serve as surrogates for us as a concerned public. So, we must still write our letters to our congressmen, stage our protests (when safe), and hold community meetings to speak our truth and maintain our sanity.
While what Donald Trump is, in truth, remains impossible to ascertain, his negative, self-defeating behavior will likely continue to be troubling to all thoughtful, moral, ethical, and caring beings. Is Trump the Devil? Is he a rattlesnake, just waiting to bite all of us and inject us with deadly venom? Or is Trump an angel, and we don’t have the perceptual tools to see it? I am sure he is not wholly just one of these assessments. Though unevenly weighted toward the darker side, Trump probably carries many of these qualities. The point is for the rest of us to maintain a keen curiosity about our world and its people, including Trump, and continue to be conscious and aware of our tendency to overreact to each assault on our spiritual and political sensibilities.
We all must cultivate a better spiritual presentation for ourselves than did this President. To hate Trump is to negatively empathize with him and subject ourselves to his divisive energy. We must save our empathy and energy for those who benefit from it. Donald Trump does NOT want to change. He wants everybody else to change to conform to his disfigured understanding of how life should be. Yet, most mindful people have certain aspects of their lives that they would like to modify to enhance their self-image and self-worth. These are things that we can work on successfully. Those others who also want to change while still suffering under the disfiguring conditions of our civilization want and deserve our empathy and compassion.
Wasting energy on a man destroying himself is not a productive endeavor. I am not advocating indifference towards the President or to his supporters, but instead more like taking the posture of a detached witness to him, his continuing shenanigans, and his minions while responding in emotionally intelligent manners that do not bring harm to ourselves or to others. We can cultivate the thought and feeling of wanting better for the man than he wants for himself, remembering that Trump is indeed sick and suffering under the conditions of his spiritual disease. Those who say they are Christians while supporting this sick person have some personal inventory work to do.
Donald Trump created the conditions for his disrepute and his eventual destruction. This is why Donald Trump is now dying, for he has lost love and self-respect for everyone but his limited tribe of understanding. Roger Stone, the sleazy political operative and personal confidant of Trump, has publicly stated, as far as political advertising is concerned, that “hate is a more powerful motivating force than love.” We can see that Trump enlists and employs that energy to mobilize his base. We need not follow him and his supporters into the darkest of ditches. Trump steers his consciousness toward chaos and division while we steer our own toward unity and understanding.
There is little wonder why we found ourselves repulsed by this man, with many even hating this demon. Yes, negative empathy, in sharing Donald Trump’s hatred of himself while not sharing the objects of his hatred, has brought us many lessons about ourselves and how we might see the whole of life more clearly. We have cleared the film from our glasses, but Donald Trump remains blinded by his hubris and self-hatred. We have healed the parts of ourselves that would create hatred and havoc as a response to this damaged, corrupted human being. We can hope and pray for this disfigured man to see the light of love and reason, yet none of us are holding our breaths until it happens.
There is as much to learn from a spiritually disfigured human being as Donald Trump as there is from exalted figures from our spiritual heritage and history. Trump is part of our present existence. Trump remains an emanation of our universal consciousness. Yet, the thought of Trump brings few to bliss or contentment. By seeing Trump as he is, we can see the blocks to our access to that which exists BEYOND such a distorted image that just might be universal love and truth. In the seeing, we may transcend what is seen and soar to new heights of understanding and experience. Some may even experience the same realms as those pointed to by Jesus, the Buddha, Krishna, Mohammed, or other revered saints and sages.
Judgment
Jesus, amongst many other real or imaginary, wise people from the past and present, has stated that we must not judge others lest we be judged. On the surface, this sounds like good wisdom, doesn’t it? If I think someone is an asshole, and they might be an asshole, I risk being judged as one as well.
Talk about the boomerang effect!
Yet, we can easily see this perceptual admonition’s inbuilt fallacy if it is taken out of context without other supporting wisdom. Spiritual misunderstanding continues to aid and abet nasty people in continuing their egregious behavior. Who wants to be judged as a Trump equivalent, at least spiritually, because we made an accurate and necessary call on a misbehaving fool and criminal? Yet, my behavior towards judging, or not judging, others did not originate with Jesus Christ’s teachings. The wisdom developed as a self-protection mechanism for me. I don’t recall the exact first time this happened, but I remember, as a seven-year-old boy, thinking that I would ignore X, Y, or Z’s misbehavior, hoping that they would, in turn, ignore my own. I dared not judge others for fear that I would be judged. And whenever my father found out I had misbehaved, there was to be an ass whipping by his unforgiving belt, so the immature thought, which is more universal than we may care to admit, was for others to please turn away from my malfeasance and make no report of it, and continue to enjoy your own sins without fear of recrimination from me! (wink, wink, nod, nod).
Did you ever wonder why some people would rather just watch the world burn and prepare for Armageddon than join the spiritual fire department and help douse the flames? Did you ever wonder why so many Trump supporters supported him, even after he showed his true darkest intentions?. I don’t!. People are more attached to wounded modes of past being, behavior, and experience than openness to the healing possibilities inherent within the present moment. They see reflected in Trump’s outward shenanigans their unhealed and unawakened natures, and they celebrate their dark hero rather than feel ashamed. They live vicariously through Trump. They want to stick their middle finger out to the world and see Donald Trump as their agent for doing so. Because they have a champion who makes it OK to not be their best self, they may appear indifferent or hateful to the rest of the awakening world, yet, in truth, they are only unwilling and incapable of honestly facing themselves.
Of course, mutual non-reporting of offensive and unacceptable behavior is not conducive to positive change, growth, healing, or mindfulness. This Is just more turning away from the darkness that needs the light. Do not fear your perceptual software, but be prepared to add new algorithms to it to aid in more accurately representing our intentions to see truly in this often chaotic, wounded, and imbalanced world.
There is still so much needless and unnecessary suffering in our world. However, if we are still suffering, we will remain under its dark controls and not be fully inspired to reduce its damaging influence on ourselves and others. First, let us heal ourselves of glaring deficiencies and traumas so we no longer look through those fogged lenses at our world. Then, let us look out at the world with a more coherent healing intent. No one likes being judged, especially by a person with so many glaring deficiencies of their own. The judged deserve every bit of our best assessments of their wayward attitudes and behavior, even if it includes ourselves.
Let us not rest and celebrate until we turn our wounds into wisdom.
Here comes the judge, here comes the judge, here comes the judge. . . . .!.
Your Honor, what is your most accurate verdict?.
GUILTY?
INNOCENT?.
We are all guilty as charged until we regain our lost innocence and can see that innocence in others, as well as turning away from our wounds as suffering human beings more turning away from the inherent goodness and beauty that lies, often ignored, within the heart and soul of the other.
“Remove that log stuck in your eye, so that you may more accurately see the sliver stuck in another’s eye”—Jesus of Nazareth.
The only way to permanently remove spiritual eyesores from our vision is to heal our inner sight, realizing that profound changes in our consciousness eventually impact our world, remembering that.
“All that we will ever see unto eternity is ourselves.”
Because we also recognize that our minds are inextricably intertwined with the collective consciousness of the world, we will continue to have ample opportunities to bring healing to the world and to our sense of self in relationship to the collective.
We remain wary of the theological theories and dogma surrounding Jesus and Christianity. In their misunderstanding, Jesus negatively empathized with THE WORLD and took on the sins of the world in the ultimate act of the stigmata syndrome. Love and Truth do not accept any scapegoating! This folderoll is an unfortunate leftover from from the Old Testament Jewish tradition. The dogma of his crucifixion was that his sacrifice to God was to save us from our sins. Apply grains of salt liberally here, OK? This is just man-made theological mumbo-jumbo. There is no God in Heaven or on Earth that would EVER use this dysfunctional philosophical vehicle to bring redemption and salvation to the human race. If Jesus truly believed that by sacrificing himself, the world would be saved, Jesus was much more unevolved than history would leave us to think that he was. The only sacrifice acceptable in our unique way to our resurrection and transcendence is letting go of our false sense of self. People and civilizations hate negative feedback and liberally punish the innocent of discouraging further review. Sadly, Jesus of Nazareth was victimized by the evil projections of others, as are all true prophets…
Suppose you believe that bringing harm to yourself is the sacrifice you have to make to keep the family together? Suppose you think that bringing harm to others is inevitable, suffering continuously is acceptable, and death is the only hope for Heaven that you have?
In that case, it is time to reexamine those mindsets.
Our salvation is only worked out within the individual minds and hearts of genuine seekers of Truth and Love. Freedom can never be delivered through someone else’s efforts, no matter how historically exalted of a position that individual occupies in the religious pantheons. We must sacrifice our misunderstandings of who we mistakenly thought we were and who and what we thought the rest of creation was, allowing the new universal truth to resurrect our understanding of self and others. Failure to do so will make us more vulnerable to unconsciousness, where the process of negative empathy, and in the extreme, collective suffering and the stigmata syndrome, may expose us to spiritual chaos and death. We do not need to self-crucify to remain connected with the rest of the human race and to bring healing to the world.
The world will constantly be reminding us how far we are, collectively, from healing. We do our best to remain engaged with the world while not allowing the world to overrun our morals, ethics, and spiritual intentions. And we need not spiritually die because of the “sins” of the world, whether it is toxic capitalism, toxic masculinity (and patriarchy), toxic politics, or toxic religion. We always retain freedom of choice and must exercise and accept personal responsibility for those choices. If our choices harm ourselves or each other, we are free to choose again. We make amends wherever possible after any error in our presentation, which keeps our empathy channels open.
The conscious people, the people who have already embraced healing and transformation, are co-writing with me a new story for mankind. Together with my spiritual brothers and sisters, we are co-creating the new religion, the new world order, the new blueprint for humanity, and its eternal evolution through this Universe. Together, we are overcoming millennia of oppression and repression of the human and the animal spirit. Together, we are defending and honoring our sacred Mother Earth, the actual creator and sustainer of life on this planet.
We must remain spiritually vigilant as we continue to be a conscious presence engaging with a world still dominated by toxic masculinity, toxic politics, toxic capitalism, and toxic religion. We must be able to access our anger, not hatred, as we address the injustices wrought upon the human soul through the ignorance and toxicity of others. Love will be our guardian as we make the problematic confrontations with those who do not respect or honor the wholeness of life on Mother Earth that we all share in love and in truth.
If we lose love and self-respect for each other, this is how we finally die.—Maya Angelou.
In case it was not directly observed, I have presented a meditation on empathy, love, hatred, indifference, anger, and forgiveness. Mindfulness allows us to see what is immediately before us and choose between the knowns of the past and the unknown present. Forgiveness is an openness to the mystery of the present. Forgiveness, however, does not forget or excuse the offender from his misdeeds, especially while the offender continues abhorrent behavior. Forgiveness releases the practitioner from the damage of incurring negative perceptions of others. We still must act consciously and decisively against all forces that continue to imperil our lives, our family’s lives, and the life of our planet. We must continue to be willing to speak truth to power, whether the power is in the White House or in our hearts.
Life’s spiritual journey is forever like a dotted line pathway. The quality of our connections fills in the space between the dots. Empathy is the primary vehicle for our consciousness to transcend our apparent differences, enabling us to connect the dots in a mutually affirming manner. It is only through each other that we can see who we are. I am you, and you are me, and together, we are everything. Apart; we are still chained together by whatever separates us. We find our shared meaning, which links us together on our journey in Spirit.
Love unifies, while hate fragments and traumatizes. As humans, we must be conscious enough to choose the best way to present ourselves to the world and ourselves as we face the challenges of insanity within our world. Our world needs hearts expanding through mutual positive empathy rather than contracting through negative empathy or indifference. We did not create the world as it is now; we cannot control or cure it. But we can evolve, and collectively, we can address the disease of the spirit dominating our civilization, which continues to bring devastation to our world and its life.
Each of us is a being with infinite potential. Yet, we must break free from the conditioning of our personal and cultural past. As Matthew Fox has taught, four pillars support higher consciousness: (1) via negative- through negating what is not valid, seeing through illusions to what might be real, (2) via positiva-through constantly affirming the goodness inherent in life, reading the writings of mystical poets and saints, and being a grateful participant of life, we may experience Grace, (3) via transformativa- through re-creating or re-birthing ourselves, emotions and intellect through educational means, mindfulness, meditation, and mystical connection. We then bring forth a new person, or our new understanding of our self, into the world, in the image and likeness of a more universal consciousness, and (4) via creativa- developing and/or expressing our innate ability to co-create with the Universe, by expressing ourselves through art, music, dance, writing, or other means. We must access the deepest of desires to transcend the boundaries of self and reimagine our existence.
Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.– Matthew 9:17 (NIV)
We must develop a higher emotional intelligence. We must travel new paths of consciousness, letting go of all controls and transforming all self-defeating emotions that keep us tethered to the past, with its incomplete perceptions and understandings. In the end, no teacher will affect our salvation, for it is a personal journey where we must accept responsibility for the totality of our lives and make all necessary adjustments in the course that will take us to our spiritual goals. We can rebirth ourselves into a new understanding that the Universe has birthed itself in an infinitude of forms through the portal of Mother Earth, and each of us is “one verse” of the song of creation.
Our emotions not only shape our personal relationships but also significantly impact the dynamics of society. Empathy builds bridges, fostering social cohesion and understanding. Indifference, however, can lead to societal apathy and the erosion of collective responsibility. Hatred, when left unchecked, fuels conflicts and perpetuates discrimination. On the other hand, love acts as a catalyst for positive change, inspiring unity and progress. Compassion nurtures a caring society, promoting altruism and support for one another.
To navigate the intricate landscape of emotions, we must develop strategies for managing and understanding them.
- Developing Emotional Intelligence: Cultivate self-awareness and empathy to navigate emotions and understand others.
- Practicing Self-Reflection and Empathy: Engage in introspection to understand the roots of your emotions and embrace empathy to connect with others on a deeper level.
- Cultivating a Loving Mindset: Foster love within yourself and radiate it outward to create positive change in your relationships and the world.
- Building Resilience and Compassion: Strengthen your resilience to cope with negative emotions and cultivate compassion to support others.
- Practical Exercises and Steps: Explore practical exercises and actionable steps to manage and understand these emotions daily.
Our emotions hold immense power over all lives, influencing our thoughts, actions, and connections. By understanding and managing empathy, indifference, hatred, love, and compassion, we embark on a journey of personal growth and transformation. Let’s strive to cultivate emotional intelligence, practice empathy, and embrace love and compassion. We can create a world filled with understanding, connection, and shared humanity.
Empathy, Compassion, and Avoiding the Conspiracy Of Silence
In the modern tapestry of human interaction, there is a constant interplay between our intrinsic yearning for truth and the deep-seated drive to connect empathetically with others. Our social fabric seems increasingly strained, as conversations pivot away from the comfort of casual discourse towards the daunting terrains where honesty confronts vulnerability. I have found that truth can be compassionate when spoken with care.
While empathy and compassion draw us together, truth serves as the bedrock of trust and the catalyst for change. There is liberating power in the truths we share and the ones we accept—even when they are hard to swallow. Truth can lead to profound personal growth, informed decisions, and meaningful progress. The question then is not whether we should value truth, but rather how we can honor it within the context of our connections with others.
The act of divulging an uncomfortable truth often carries connotations of dread and aversion. We fear the sharp edges of words unspoken might wound the listener deeply. There’s the possible recoil, the disdain or distancing, the emotional fallout—these are legitimate considerations that weave complexity into our decisions to speak candidly.
Balancing truth with empathy and compassion requires a thoughtful approach. It begins with intent—purging any traces of malice or ulterior motives from the message. It calls for patience, to ascertain the appropriate time and space to speak. It demands a fine blend of clarity and gentleness; delivering the message firmly yet tenderly. Strategies such as “I” statements, active listening, and expressing support affirm our honest intentions while validating the experiences and feelings of the other.
Consider the friend navigating a perilous professional choice, where the truth might illuminate an unseen pitfall. Or our partner who may be unaware of a hurtful habit, where our sincere words could initiate self-reflection and growth. In my own journey, there have been many difficult conversations where honesty—wrapped in empathy—was not the easier choice, but the more loving one. Those conversations contributed to the growth of all participants, and are sturdy bricks to build a lasting spiritual relationship.
In life’s complex interrelationships, the sharing of difficult truths can harmonize with the melodies of empathy and compassion. Therein lies the art of conversation—a sharing of words where sincerity is met with understanding. Let us speak, by all means, but with hearts open and hands extended. For truly, when delivered with genuine care and deep insight, truth can be the most compassionate gift we offer one another.
So, We Were Created In Who’s Image?
So, who are the ones we trust to guide us whenever we are uncertain of the next step in our spiritual metamorphosis?
In a therapeutic relationship, the therapist attempts to create a bridge image to the patient’s innate healing possibilities. This bridge image is nothing more than an internalized representation of the therapist’s teachings, associated with and blended into the internal picture of the therapist, which eventually informs the patient of his/her better choices for making conscious, self-affirming decisions for their life, in the absence of the therapist’s physical presence. On the positive side, this also helps the patient with any attachment to the therapist, for when the therapeutic relationship finally ends, the patient still carries the image of the therapist and the teaching, which brings comfort in the therapist’s absence. Yet, the bridge must be eventually discarded, lest the client just carries the bridge, the teacher and teaching, as an embedded narrative, which covers and obscures the natural light of pure awareness that being healed reveals. This therapeutic relationship has excellent healing potential and, of course, in the negative, manipulation and abuse if the therapist had not previously reached an optimal personal healing quiescent point. The therapist must have risen beyond their own need to be emotionally manipulative to be of help. The therapist must NOT become financially dependent on payments made for services by specific clients, or abuse is inevitable.
This same entrainment or neuro-linguistic programming principle involves the spiritual teachings embedded within a student and guru in any spiritual teaching relationship. Often, just seeing the picture of the guru stimulates memories of the teachings transmitted throughout the teaching relationship and brings a sense of warmth or comfort to the evolving student. The same potential for attachments forms between guru and student, and the wise guru does not encourage emotional attachments, lest the student regress and remain dependent on outside influences to affirm their value. It is well known that famous gurus profit immensely from the imaginary or real services provided to the student. See Eckert Tolle, Deepak Chopra, Tony Robbins, the late Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (aka OSHO), etc. You better have a fat wallet if you want big-name guides providing direction for your next spiritual step.
Finally, this same principle resides at the foundation of all religions. Within the Christian faith, where the practitioners attempt to embody the teachings of their prophet, Jesus of Nazareth, they worship mostly unread bibles, paintings, sculptured works, idols, stained glass panels, and statues of Mary crying, Jesus’s face miraculous appearing in cloud formations, their morning toast, or wherever their imagination creates an image similar to their most revered teacher. Yet, the teacher and Mary have been dead for 2000 years, so the student must be taught through other less enlightened teachers and their often disfigured interpretations of the dated sacred texts. They try to teach the religious neophyte that this is one-stop shopping, and the practitioner depends on the church and its teachings for the rest of their lives for any hope for an eternity with the church’s distorted, though often sincere, images of God.
Jesus, his image, and his teachings were never intended to be utilized the way that so many churches, including many Southern Baptist, White Evangelical, and those promoting “new age” and “new thought” understanding, now use him. It is disgraceful that it is used to generate more income for the all too often corrupt leaders of the faiths. And PLEASE remember to tithe! Never mind that the Catholic church has more money than several countries. The more you pay, the happier that God, er, the church is! That pastor has a family to feed, too! Prosperity theology appeals to the unhealed, greedy money accumulator within us, Joel Osteen, and 100 million others. Come on, open up the wallet of the parishioner in the pew next to you, and give like you always wanted to! You have to give to receive! The surest sign that God loves you is that you have a big, fat bank account with a big spiritualized ego to match! Just remember, the size of your bank account, or the account of the church of your choice, is no direct indication of the presence of the Spirit of the Universe. However, it does indicate how well you have adapted to the Capital-lust economic system.
The object, in truth, is to also internalize the teaching vs. just internalizing the teacher. When we internalize the teacher, we have created an idol, yet another break, or fragmentation, is encouraged within our consciousness. The average human being has over a dozen (though some are plagued with “legions”) or more fragments of self or “the other, or you” images floating around in the unconscious parts of their self. These may be historical archetypal images, including God, the Devil, the Trickster, and other disowned and unconscious or conscious and celebrated parts of our awareness of our self, along with the distortions in judgments of “the other or not me.” If God is still speaking to us, rather than through us, we are not ready for the real Kingdom of Wholeness and its Sublime Universe of non-duality. Similarly, if we are still plagued by the voices or the echoes of our unhealed past, we remain on the periphery of our true potential while still wrestling with fragmented and hyperactive minds.
Either way, conscious or unconscious, healing is not possible until all of the exiled, disowned, and otherwise unconscious and conscious aspects, or images of self, and the misinformed judgments of “the other, or you” are integrated, or woven, back into the conscious fabric of our undivided being. You can tell how good of a job you have done by evaluating the sum total of your relationships with the outer world. If there is still a lot of trauma and drama with external relationships, there probably is still work to be done on the inside, and/or it is time to “shake the dust off your feet” and move on to a new location. You can also tell by how much negative self-talk remains. Whatever you imagine God to be, remember that God has qualities that incorporate love of self, love of the other, and the peace that rests with the assurance that our creation, or all of our created images and narratives, point to the inherent goodness of life.
In truth, there is no room for duality. There is no room for The Father, The Son, and The Holy Ghost in Truth. There is only room for God seeing Itself, for God is omniscient. So, all past images, where relevant, just inform our present moment with their insight and wisdom rather than dominate and control our life experience if we are to see as our Creator has created us to see, in the truth of who we are.
Each of the images that we, or our culture, created in the past was to be yet another bridge to a new land, and potentially, closer to our truth, but often they were never completed, and thus continue to lead us astray, and to eventual dead-ends. Rather than just looking at Life through a revolving, hypnotizing collection of kaleidoscopic images, it is possible to achieve a vision where we are the unified wholeness of our healed Self rather than unenlightened worshippers of some unknown, unknowable, and unrealizable spiritual fantasy.
Social conformity attempts to maintain the rules of the teachings in a social setting. In a therapeutic setting, it is typically just a simple relationship between the therapist and the client, and the therapist establishes the majority of the rules of engagement. Yet, group therapy offers a much more complex dynamic, where social dynamics become part of a healing intention. The guru/student relationship is similar to the therapeutic relationship, and parallels continue in the setting of an ashram, which is the community of followers. Christianity and other religions rely almost exclusively on the social setting to practice and enforce tribal values that were once inspired by and perhaps practiced by the originator of the faith.
There are over 2 billion human beings who claim to be Christians. Yet, as we see in America, to claim to be a Christian is to claim any number of differing and often conflicting ideals and values. The teachings of Jesus, especially the Sermon On The Mount, have been rejected by a sizeable portion of those claiming Jesus as their teacher. “What would Jesus do?” used to be an essential question to those following his teaching. Yet, it has now morphed into “What can I get away with” in the now disrespected names of Jesus and Donald Trump while celebrating right-wing conservative billionaire values.
So, in whose image have you created yourself?
Are you willing to let go of all the controls of teachers, teachings, and their aging, corrupted images?
Are you willing to be healed and made whole?
Free yourself of all idols and images.
Free yourself from the ignorance of others and social conformity.
Free yourself from religious hucksters, fundamentalists, and propaganda.
Free yourself!
You are the Teacher.
You are the Teaching.
You are the Taught.
You are, and that is enough!
What would Jesus do? Oh, that is an easy question to answer.
“Straight is the way, and narrow is the gate, and very few there be who enter in,”
And,
And Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who bought and sold idols in the temple and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. And he said to them:
“My house is a place of prayer, but you have turned it into a den of thieves.”
And he said:
“It is harder for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I say to you, it is easier pulling a camel through the eye of a needle than bringing a rich man to the kingdom”.
And, he said:
“The things that I do, you shall do, and even greater things than I have accomplished.”
Umm, there might be a need for many humbling experiences to bring a person to totally reject their current dysfunctional and materialistic course. Still, those millions of dollars are like a strong magnet to hold people’s attention away from actual change.
We can’t buy a stairway to Heaven. We can’t even rent the steps to Heaven, either.
There is real work to be done, and Jesus, your guru or your therapist, can not do it for you.
If your headlights are dirty, you cannot see clearly.
You cannot see clearly if your mind is cluttered with illusion and materialism.
You are heading for the ditch if you don’t care about your consciousness.
The image remains forever materialistic, a mere limited placeholder, or bridge, to our fundamental, culturally obscured, infinite nature.
The chasm that exists between you and the other, which is another you, and between you and God is the image and the nearly infinite narrative that you, your family, your religion, and your culture created in ignorance and misunderstanding. That chasm is you until you see its unreality.
.Then, all that you see, and will ever see, unto eternity is the unified self and its infinite expressions of its boundless loving creativity, which “you” are now a most conscious and active part of.
“Nevertheless, I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper (Comforter) will not come to you. I will send him to you “—Jesus of Nazareth.
God helps those who help themselves.
Do you get it now?
We all can do much better for our lives and our Spirit by not becoming another profit-centered ego passing as the latest minstrel of Truth, whether Western or Eastern, based on understanding.
True gurus know that no Teacher, no matter how popular, permanently affects our so-called “salvation”; it is always up to the individual to work out their life’s details and heal from childhood and adult traumas. Issues not addressed forthrightly and without reservation will haunt us like specters. Just because the “fickle finger of fate” has appeared to choose one writer, speaker, or teacher over another (or a million others) means only that the public, whatever that means, resonates with their message of hope. However, verbal transience is once again masquerading as permanence. They market “hope,” and we are susceptible to messages that imply that we too can be wise, become enlightened, ascend to Heaven after death, or whatever the empty promises of this type of marketed hope and hype imply. Writers who leave wishful thinking behind and directly confront Life’s issues may have something to say. Still, in this capitalist world, there is no guarantee that promoters will rise to support the work or that bored, disinterested readers will catch fire with the message. Sharon and I have a little personal experience with that one.
The ego was created as an intelligent, though misinformed, agent of our deep need for safety and love in a world that still does not know how to be safe and to love itself and each other. Our ego is a birthing canal for the energy of the Universe, so let us not be permanently stuck in it. The ego is the water of consciousness that eventually carries us back into the ocean of Spirit and is not our enemy. Never forget the world also has an ego, though every bit as fragmented as the most mentally ill among us. Attempting to fix the world will only drive one crazier than they already are if the personal ego still affirms its terminal uniqueness and has not yet begun collaboration and reunification with what is true.
Patriarchy and misogyny, capitalist systems gone socially awry, racism, hubris, and lack of empathy and compassion towards each other, AND THE PLANT AND THE ANIMAL KINGDOM continue to make the world an unsafe place for all life upon this planet. We forget that our biological origins are through the plant and animal kingdom, and if we don’t respect their rights, we have lost respect for ourselves. This only encourages irrational, unskilled behavior from our most precious creation, our ego. Many won’t speak out against troubling social, ecological, and/or religious issues. One of ego’s avoidance subroutines is to ignore the evil of others, knowing that to judge others of misbehavior is to have to acknowledge the malfeasance within itself,
It is time to follow new paths of consciousness. The worn-out ruts of our world culture will become our graves if dramatic and lasting change is not made.
There is a timeless path, but we must first unhitch our ego from the overworked horses of our troubled individual and collective past. We must unhitch our egos from the corrupted powers of this era.
The spiritual path is the journey we must all take to become reunited with our true value. It is unique for each of us and will not be found along Capitalism’s competitive superhighway
Let me steal your watch from your pocket, then sell it back to you—Alan Watt’s opinion about gurus, enlightenment, religion, and truth.
We are all enough.
No saint, sage, guru, or prophet can walk the Path for us.
It is healing to have company along the way. Bring snacks; it will be a long walk into eternity.
Tread lightly, with a curious mind and an open heart.
Gee, you are YOU!
TIME TO CELEBRATE OUR REAL LIFE TODAY.
And your authentic Self is free!
Spiritual capitalism need not corrupt any seeker of Truth.
JUST SAYING
If I charged people to listen to me, there would be more perceived value in what I say.
Argh, then I would be just another f..king GURU.
Perfection
Perfection still lies behind all image-darkened eyes
To look within ourselves without judgment is to find
The sublime surprise of which all life is comprised
The divine energy that supports all life, including mankind’s,
With courage drought, from fear and illusion made naught
We move from materialistic shadows into spiritual light
The Kingdom once sought is the new vision caught
To overcome the fragments of self is to see with unhindered sight
A love all-knowing, supported by the truth that’s showing
With the Divine, we are destined to walk hand in hand,
In us, it’s growing; through us, it’s showing
A love for all life between space and land.
Our hearts entwined, with one soul divine
To this world, we become a blessing immense
Though we pass this earthly way for one short mortal day
Who, with a spiritual healing experience, would dare dispense?
As I look at my life’s history, I witness Love and its healing Mystery. The most significant insights I have ever had continue to arise through the sacred Silence within my being. Words are formed to become the bridge from that Silence to the conscious mind in its attempt to bring balance back to which the verbal Universe has brought imbalance. Yet those words, though sacred to me, are only pointers to the potential of others.
Yet, to continue to point, I must.
Hatred, indifference, positive or negative empathy, love, healing, or mutual destruction are parts of our infinite potentiality. The choice is ours to make for our unique life experience when we become more healed and conscious. There is a Silence within each of us attempting to inform our consciousness as to how to best exercise our free will. What is our choice today?
The Silence continues to reach out to the turbulence within our world and bring balance back to our imbalanced souls.
My world will never be the same.
How about yours?
