Given all that is going on in the world it is
no wonder that many people are sitting in fear and anxiety. War, terrorism,
destruction, massive displacement of people, global financial issues, famine, drought etc etc. Unfortunately, when
what we need is for our leaders and the media all around the world to step up
and offer calm rational discourse, instead we have the situation where fear is
being pedaled on many levels.
As
such we are continually having our reflexive fight or flight, ‘them or us’
responses activated. And that is not only not appropriate, it is not healthy on
any level, individual, societal, physical, emotional or spiritual.
I
grew up in Northern Ireland during the “Troubles” so I know only too well the
impact of fear, stress and continual discourse in hate and anger. It’s why when
I first came to Australia it felt like I could finally breathe. Sometimes over
the last 5 or so years though, I have felt that that level of freedom and sense
of societal openness that so inspired me in 1987 is no longer so evident. Perhaps it is the same all over the world. It
saddens me greatly but I refuse to go back to the energy in which I grew up,
where ‘them and us’ was the framework upon which all other constructs, belief
systems, reactions and interactions were built. A framework that apparently justified
the distortion of pillars of democracy which one would have thought were
non-negotiable such as justice, law and order and human rights.
Indeed, as those who seek power know only too well, it is when we are most fearful that our moral position can become a sliding
scale and the hierarchical nature of our values is revealed. But we have a
choice, we do not have to buy into the game. We can step back and detach from
the ego based illusion and connect with our soul energy. From the perspective
of its eternal wisdom we can shine light upon the distortions, the overreach
and the hidden. We can be horrified but not afraid. We can be concerned but
not overwhelmed. We can be human and humane.
There is a physics demonstration
in which several glasses of water in a row and vibrating at different levels
will all eventually align with the highest vibration. That simple experiment is
a microcosm of the human experience. Our purpose, life time after lifetime, is
to raise our energetic vibration and in so doing to raise the collective vibration
of humanity. And we achieve this one fearless moment at a time, one conscious thought at a time,
one loving act at a time. That is true power.
