Transformation - becoming something different than before....a new kind of human being.
Well, 2013 is almost half over and for those who expected dramatic changes at the end of 2012, this year can feel like a big disappointment...or a relief, depending on their vision. But the cosmic forces of change began decades ago, and will continue until at least 2015, perhaps to 2024, now and then breaking on the shore of consciousness as they did in Dec 2012 to remind us to stay awake and prepare ourselves for what is to come, then subsiding until the next set of waves.
Those who have been paying attention, both to the inner and outer fluctuations in the energy field, are learning to ride the waves, and if they dare, to let themselves be carried deeper and deeper into their own beings and the heart of mother Earth, for that is where we must go to become fully ourselves.
We can feel the tremendous movement of the cosmic forces, and even though we do not understand them ... cannot understand them for they are beyond our ken ... we know we can trust them, for we are part of the cosmos, and it is part of us.
We are and always have been cosmic beings. The times of awakening are upon us, when our oneness with the cosmos will become more and more apparent, even on the material level, so that the only ones who will not see will be those who close their hearts and eyes in fear, or those who have buried themselves so deep in the lie of the little self that they cannot see light even when it shines before them.
We are at a point where we either integrate the huge influx of divine energy that can carry us to the next stage of our spiritual evolution, or the window closes and we start again, for the cosmos energy moves in cycles, and we are either ride the cycle and move forward, or we are left behind. And with each cycle is the promise of greater awakening ... if we go with it ... or an even greater fall into the stillness of death if we don't. For...
as the opportunities for awakening and transformation increase, as they are increasing now, the loss or waste of opportunity increases as well.
At each window of opportunity, Masters come to awaken and help guide us, but the choice is ours, as is the choice to stay on the path and not fall back, until we are truly spiritualized, body, mind and soul, and become something new.
As I re-visit the old myths, the perplexities of the old testament, and Dante’s mystical journey to paradise, I realise that there are indeed levels of transition, and that to become new, we must pass through all of them.
The old myths of a wrathful, ever-judging God 'out there' are no longer relevant, nor are the old myths of our unworthiness. In the old testament, God is fearful and must be obeyed, because mankind then was in its collective soul like an animal to be tamed. In the new testament, man is lost in his ignorance, like a wayward child, and God is the loving father to whom he must turn.
Now, we are at the level of surrender for we recognise God as the prime force, the vibration of life and goodness, and we either put aside ego to let the God force enter deeply into us, or we do not.
If our personal mythology, our individual, unique set of beliefs, attitudes and values, is still stuck in the old myths of separateness from God, of unworthiness, then we will always look outside of ourselves for answers. Our new myths must be founded on a fundamental belief of Oneness, starting with a recognition of our (yours and my) oneness with the God force, Buddha mind, for only then can we recognise that we must choose, consciously and willingly, to attune our ego mind and its attitudes with the inner Sacred. That is what it means to have free will.
Maybe that's why there are now so many masters, so many teachers, for it is no longer enough to follow a Master to be saved. What is needed more than anything now is to bring the Christ mind, the Buddha or Krishna mind, to fruition within ourselves.... and that can only be done by knowing ourselves for what we really are.
We must turn within to recognise the Master within ourselves, and follow it.
The energies of transformation are pouring down upon us, wanting us to invite them in, to accept them deep into our being. Should we refuse this once-in-an-aeon opportunity to evolve, to be transformed, the texts tell us that we will not be able to just breeze along, but will fall back to the start, into the animal-human who needs to be tamed through fear and punishment (something that Mother Earth may make happen if we do not stop mistreating her).
Are there enough of the willing and prepared among us to carry all of humanity into the next level of being? I doubt it. But I do know that the cosmic forces, the creative force that is God is compassionate, and merciful. If a city was saved for the sake of ten good men (in the Bible), maybe there will be enough souls who love humanity enough to save it from itself and help carry it from its present moral and spiritual darkness into the light.
If humanity does not pass through the needle’s eye this time, perhaps awakened souls, boddhisatvas and avatars, will return to help humanity understand its backwards fall, and to find its way forward. Will another Master come to guide us then, or will humanity be left alone for long ages to suffer its consequences so that it can learn from its ignorance? Many mythologies and Revelations forsee a great awakening to what we have really made of ourselves and this world, a self-knowing so painful and horrible that we are ashamed and humbled. Perhaps through this, humanity finally and fully opens its heart to the invitation of the Master who will come, marking the beginning of a great peace.
Think about it. We are given everything we need to evolve, and have everything to gain from it. Will we use those opportunities, those teachings, that cosmic energy, that divine love to awaken, or will we not? Not just as individuals but humanity as a whole? I hope so.
Everyone is being affected, but everyone makes the choice to work with the energy (however they do it) or ignore it. It must be a conscious choice.
“I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live” (Deuteronomy 30:19)
No one can honestly say they don't know that they must change and grow. They just have to look at their lives, their stress and negativity and the miseries our world to know something needs changing. But if they choose NOT to see, choose NOT to recognise their oneness with the rest of humanity, choose NOT to care, or love, or forgive, or to seek and knock on the door to ask for guidance, then the opportunity of these times will pass them by.
The doors are opening. Clear away past grievances, resentments and judgements. Empty your heart and open it to the great flood of love that is pouring upon us. We are all ONE, and wherever we may travel, Earth is our true home, and it is here that we can evolve into true human beings.
Image from http://www.zengardner.com/ without permission as I cannot contact them.