Change your Mind Change the World

Lately I have wondered about the survival of humanity and came to the conclusion that we must Direct the Change we expect to see in the world, or as Gandhi said, BE THE CHANGE. To me this is pure and simple Magic. Most people back away and run at the word magic,, it has that magical effect on people,, to push the right 'fear' buttons that need to be consciously recognized.

For most of us, we hold onto fear like a teddy bear, unable to let go of our childish behavior because the Unknown is more, and so scary. Change is something that most do not wish to deal with constructively, it is easier to let 'change' be fearful and frightening to us than to work to help it evolve into something closer to our dreams. Most of us hold onto outdated and ancient belief systems because they are familiar and comfortable, they make us feel good, and safe, believing that they hold the key to our survival. But, what if we are wrong? Maybe the antiquated ideas that have been handed to us by our Priests, Priestess', Rabbi, Avatars, Sheiks and spiritual leaders are in need of modification to benefit us as humans in todays world, who may want to survive into the 21st century. Maybe Religion is due for a massive amount of rehaul and change to help us continue to survive as a species. Maybe the wheat needs to be seperated from the chaff and as a whole we decide to take an active part in the change that is sweeping the world, instead of waiting for some savior to come and make all the bad disappear.
The first thing that would have to change is the way we think, our consciousness about it ALL. We must first and foremost realize that Change is Good and that even timeless truths must be spoken in the language of the times that it is presented. Baltic Blue is not the common language of most of humanity so I understand when the writing is on the wall but no one can interpert the meaning. Our lexicon of words is one of the first things that must be challenged, because the Babel effect in general and in religion especially is so evident by the wars that are perpetrated in the name of the Gods. We do not understand each other because we do not speak the same language, and I am not nessesarily talking dialects and Foreign languages that need translating, but the words themselves. We must change the way we speak to each other in the most basic and most profound ways, because the words of our forefathers has done nothing but lead us into 'temptation', whether it is a temptation to go to war, or kill so that ones soul is a martyr, it doesn't matter, we must have a single agreed upon way to speak to each other about our basic need to keep Earth Alive. Because we are killing our biosphere, thus ALL LIFE HERE ON THIS PLANET.
So first I believe a Lexicon of the Human is needed, and call upon those of such background to lay the foundation for a language that is based on Justice and Love. We must learn to speak 'the same language of our collective Humanity'.

I read an interview with Andrew Cohen and Ken Wilber (a must read) who said that: ".........unfortunately, you can't really embrace Gaia until you transcend Gaia. Otherwise, you have a mere addiction to the finite realm. You're not embracing it with love; you're embracing it with basically the same addiction you would heroin or any sort of sensory indulgence."
I have been grappling with this thought for a long time, trying to understand how best to be of benefit to Gaia, humanity and the Universe and have found that paradoxically from Mr. Wilber it too must be transcended. (NOTE: For Kate and others, is this where the Thought of the NWO takes hold, if so we must challenge it wholeheartedly) We have to not only be as I promote so heavily, be a Citizen of Planet Earth, but also a Galactic citizen who would know the unborn and Universal truths that Justice holds in front of us all today. Sometimes, Love just is not enough, if it is only face to face love, or justice if it does not also expect our social, political and all human institutions to be Just. For Justice to prevail as the most common of denominators we must Change our governments, churches, social systems to their foundations.
We cling to the outmoded with our fear, because who wants to tell the Pope and Catholic Church that they perpetuate evil, if they are Catholic? Or recognize the inhumanity to man of the Jewish state if they are Jewish? Or remember Ghandi's words to the newly formed country of India,where he said he would renouce his homeland if they betrayed Hindoo thought and adopted the more military western perspective,,, which they have, and surely he would be in self exile if he lived today. What Chinese persons have the knowledge of Justice to condemn the leaders of the the most populous country today? What Americans will stand up and face the Gargantuan Beast that has become American Government?? Our schools in so many ways are turning out 'intellectual barbarians' in that great thinker Berry's words. Were is the riot for CHANGE, why has there not been a mass movement to revolution,,, to disembowel the systems which hold mankind in this slavery which we are fearfulf, now for many thousands of years.
It would matter little if the stakes were not so high, but humanity is on the brink of self destruction and most feel powerless and pitifully helpless and hopeless in this modern world.
Many of us, have left theTraditional and Organized religions behind, seeking a more transformative way of being that includes our belief in the "Evolution of Consciousness and Spirituality". Is there a New form that lays in the distance of future events that will take us to a path that has as it's foundation the Gems of the Past, in the pavement of the New Path that many of us are consciously or unconsciously creating in our lives. Do we dare to grab hold of the Change and Mold it to lead humanity to a higher understanding of his/her place in the evolution of this planet. Dare we banish our fear of change and accept the responsibility of Becoming an Active Participant/ or Co- Creator with our Gods and Goddesses??? Are we able to realize that in our abandonment of institutional religions we have created Individual Spirituality that one day will regroup into a religon of its own? Why, because the systems require a redress and they too must be 'made anew' so that they will conform to the will of our spiritual beliefs. We will recreate religions, but can they be any different than the ones we possess now? Dare we create the failsafes to stop the inhumanity of bureacratic instititutions from become self feeding behemoths that just feed off the sheep they shepard?? Dare we Create a Religon which is founded on the Co-creational aspects of being a Human?? Dare we accept the divinity that is within us to overcome these human problems and situations that bind us so much in a material stasis?? Can Humans Change? Of course we can, we are built to adapt and change, we must constantly change to survive,, even if it hurts. The real question in my mind now is can we realize that we MUST DIRECT THE CHANGE?? In the language I use most often, it is called Magic, to direct my will and make Reality conform to the changes I have envisioned,, this is my definition of magic, and Amias has spoken many truths in one post, that so few took notice of about this,, maybe it is because we call it what it is that they are fearful to look at it, Amias.
Well Magic is Magic, no matter what you may think, I know from experience its power and scope, and if you can change the way you think regarding one thing, you have performed a feat of magic.
To be fearful of the 'word' is partly because of programming, as Western peoples in America, we expect ''science'' or religion to answer the big questions, but Magic means as Amias has so pointed out: ""any mysterious, seemingly inexplicable, or extraordinary power of influence"
So, that is a big bag which can contain practically everything!! Can you Change enough of your consciousness to Believe??
You must, because it is nessesary for human survival, believe it or not.
**Todays Picture was from a website copy of a speech given by Elisabet Sahtouris, Ph.D. which everyone should read.