As Jesus states in the "Gospel of Thomas:"
"If you bring forth that which is within you, that which is within you will save you. If you do NOT bring forth that which is within you, then that which is within you will kill you."
Our job as parents and elders is to foster that bringing forth within our children, ourselves, each other and the land we walk upon and the seas we sail. If we do not bring that forth, we are possibly going to go extinct.
Time is short. We are being killed by a planet whose waters, lands and air are polluted by corporate greed. In this environment of pollution, we have become polluted in physical, psychological and spiritual ways. It is time we purify ourselves. Yes, we are full of polluted beliefs that have been conditioned in us since the day of our birth. What's your biggest barrier to letting go of your conditioning? What would it be like to enter an awakened state? Is it worth the cost of letting go to what you think is real?
Ultimately it's your own Psyche or Soul who has been knocked unconscious by the stepmother that enslaves Cinderella or the witch that causes Dorothy and her friends to shake in fear in the Wizard of Oz. Both of these women, vanity and fear, keep you from evolving. But, as Dorothy realized, the Wicked Witch was easily destroyed with a little water. Kansas (undifferentiated unity, Genesis 1:2) is but a boot-heel's click away. With Cinderella it was the kiss of Love, of Eros. Can you feel his awakening kiss on your cheek?
Christian mystic Jacob Boheme describes this kiss as where (Underhill):
"Love enfolds love by every excess of its virtue. And in that love we cease, we die, and in that death we find a new life within us. And, that is eternal life".
It is with that kiss that Cinderella wakes up. Are you willing to die to the conditioning that keeps you dependent on Wall Street tycoons and bought out politicians? Are you willing to die to or let go of the illusions inherent in living in this day and age in order to birth a new world?
(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).
1
1
1
