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Meet the Uni-Verse by discovering it again in yourself "If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other." -- Mother Teresa by Darryl Pokea The challenges of recent world events can lead our minds into the illusions of hopelessness, helplessness and despair. Accompanying these congested processes, there are equally intense offerings of hope, courage, healing and enlightenment through our Creator's image in the great diversity, among our truly loving Spirits. I am a gentle paradigm buster who realizes that old paradigms cannot be taken away without having something else to replace them. Our species struggled for centuries to dissolve the geo-centric view. In this view, we thought of the earth and ourselves as the center of the universe, and yet, in our new millennium, remnants of this paradigm still remain. This old paradigm lingers each time we choose to worship our own minds' self-centered view about the way we think things should be, rather than how they are. The rest of the universe in its many dimensions simply does not operate as if all is centered around our planet and ourselves. If you surround yourself with yourself, you cannot be aware of anything but yourself. Our current pain and suffering may be viewed as a result of clinging to remnants of this old geo/self-centric paradigm. The Everlasting Paradigm is eternally changing and not fixed by mind, but rather embraced by our Spirits. We each are invited to participate in the Divine Paradigm, as the Divine Reverence for the unfolding of our own consciousness is omnipresent and infinitely respectful of our choices. Indeed, there are choices. We can choose to fall down and worship our own mind and its very limited views. We can choose to worship the minds of others, some of whom are "gatekeepers" who reward us for surrendering our thoughts to their minds' control. A third choice is to allow each of our minds to reach unlimited potential through a greater participation with the Divine. In the latter, Divine Providence offers knowledge, compassion and understanding according to what we are able to receive in our next stage of personal and/or collective evolution. This process can be illustrated by our discovery of human flight. Several people on the planet at the turn of the last century were simultaneously open to the idea that human flight was possible. Their openness to more expansive paradigms, allowed them to be receptive to Divine Inspiration in the design of an airplane. Certainly the early French and American designers were met with mockery and ridicule, as is the case with all visionaries. Yet 100 years later, for most on our planet, the "man can never fly paradigm" is essentially dissolved. We are in a new millennium now. The evolution of our species cannot be thwarted without destructive consequences. This is perhaps one explanation for the overwhelming conflagrations that seem to be peaking in these times. We are multi-dimensional beings, who, like atoms in a nuclear reaction, are rapidly reaching critical mass in our developing consciousness. We are connected with all sentient beings throughout the universe and with each other. We are all made of the same stuff as well, the stuff of stars. Our evolution requires that we each express the full dimensions and potentials of who we really are among ourselves, so we can connect with the other dimensions of our fellow beings. Rollo May once stated that creativity, unexpressed, gets turned inward destructively. Allowing others to limit or deny the full multiplicity of our being leads to this destruction and consequential loss of our humanity. More importantly, these times, with all of the intense challenges, also provide the deepest learning experiences in being fully human, fully sentient. I recognize that there are as many pathways to the Divine as there are people in the world. We are not limited to those paths deemed "correct" by the gatekeepers' minds. Our real strength is in the great diversity throughout our species that mirrors portions of the great diversity throughout the Universe. We can be respectful that paradigmatic attitudes can be slow to change because of fear of such profound diversity. The release from the tethers of such fear, in this author's view, is only possible by a greater participation in Divine Mind. This Mind not only assists us in transcending the fear, but Creates and Diversifies through our Spirits and the multitude of forms of being throughout the Universe. We can release our inner fears both individually and collectively as a species at our own pace in evolution. As we do so, our perception will become clearer with the additional lucidity that we are not alone and are interconnected in all dimensions of being throughout Creation. Our Creator has infinite reverence for all the individual and collective paths as our species unfolds in its evolution. New constellations of thoughts and compassion are offered and emerging. In Providence, we can reclaim our humanity, kindle it in our children, and consciously live it more fully again. As we recognize our humanity manifesting more and support diversity and compassion among our children, we can awaken more completely to the full spectrum of light and being resonating through the Uni-Verse. Dr. Darryl Pokea (pronounced "Po-Kay") is a professional speaker and author on Mind, Body and Spirit Interconnectedness and Complementary Medicine. Dr. Pokea invites you to his website to view synopses of his presentations and listen to samples of his healing music and soothing voice in his Meditation and Relaxation CD's at www.drpokea.com Copyright © 2004 Darryl Pokea |
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