We Don't Like Your Government.... You We Like.

Masai Warriors-Kenya

For so many years, well actually for many generations, individuals have lived under various domination type systems. In the times when survival required that the village acted quickly and as one, this model of leadership was critical. Invaders were spotted, one leader sounded the cry the the entire village hid, fled or stood to fight. This survival routine is anchored very securely in our lower brain.

When we sense a change, even a subtle one, our brain signals and the loop for survival kicks in. Alert! Fear? Freeze, Flee or Fight.

In such systems, the individual must mold and adapt to what is dictated within the group, usually from the top. In our day, we call it the patriarchal model. When you look around, you see the model everywhere beginning in many homes. Fathers are in charge because he is male, he makes more money, he expects to be obeyed, it is tradition.

And you see it in corporations. Policies are set at the top to accomplish the goal of the top, in most cases, great financial reward. Those in the corporate community are expected to mold and adapt if they want to keep their job. It is not a system that values various voices to either expand the goal or to add policy that would create greater well being for individual workers or a more generous working environment.

You see it in every major religion. In fact, it is in those domains that it is most deeply entrenched. With "god" at the and the physical leader as the one who makes "gods" wishes visible, who can question? Of course the congregation members are expected to mold and adapt themselves to the culture created by the religion.

We have become experts at surviving. We are entrained to mold ourselves to every outside system. We mold ourselves to our religion. We mold ourselves to our work. We mold ourselves to our families. We mold ourselves to our friends.

Where in our lives are we living true to our inner dreams? When was the last time that you sat with yourself to identify your values? In what area of your life would you consider the reflection of "you"?

Instead, we dis-associate.

•  We dis-associate from our work. "They are so discounting of the employees But, I just keep my head low."
• We dis-associate from our spiritual community. "They take a hard stand against gays. But, I just keep quiet about my friends who are lesbian."
• We dis-associate from our relationships. "He is really very jealous. But, I stop going out with my friends and that seems to help."
• And, we dis-associate from our government.  "The government has drones that are targeting and killing. But, that is not me. That is not what I would do. I am just going to live my life and keep quiet."

We have come to believe, in our twisted state of thinking from our outdated survival model, that the government is not US! We sleep well at night because the horrors brought upon families in other parts of the world by a government that sees "terrorists" everywhere is not in power because of ME! We go about our day of busyness, confident that people in other parts of the world love Americans, they just do not like our government. We are Good. Our government is Bad. We are Stepfords Wives from our generations upon generations training to be good, obedient followers.

We are stuck in the automatic survial loop:
trusting voices other than our own to interrupt signals of difference as danger
not questioning
turn off media and freeze into denial

When we live in such states of dis-association and entrainment, we cannot call yourself enlightened, aware, compassionate, caring, mature, whole. In truth we are living lies. To have any aspect of our life out of sync with our values, our goals, our desires, our dreams, our sense of good, is to be in-congruent, imbalanced, shadows of ourselves. Instead of creating a culture of unity, harmony, equality, thriving, generosity, which is we are are our core, we contribute to the outcome. The outcome is a government, corporations, religions, communities that are fractured and acting our that fracture.

What will it take for us to hear from each other and from other countries, "I love my life and I love my government". "I love you and I love your government"? I suspect it will take citizens who identify their values, honor their sense of good, act to the good of community and then require that all systems in their world do the same. Integrity for what we are as divine beings.

Out of the Shadows certainly is a book that reminds you of a different way to see our "history."

What Separates?

It has been a very busy month in my world. I have been thinking about "us vs. them" for most of that time. Finally, this morning I have space to write about "separation".

With the elections approaching fast, the political rhetoric is heating up. Our nation has been fashioned into camps of blue or red. The entire process has become about which "candidate" is the worst one. What is lost is "who has the skills to bring to the policy making tables that will bring benefit to our citizens and our environment?". In fact, how many have been guilty of withholding the skills, insights, support and resources in order to make the other guys look bad? The political focus has not been on how can we come together as U.S. citizens and elected officials in order to make changes for the Good of all but on demonizing the opposition.

Separation .... Division .... Disaster

Every concept or way of thinking creates a separate group. Even the unconscious thoughts that we inherited as children tie us into "group think". In fact, it is the unacknowledged concepts that hold us most powerfully as they are the ones that go unexamined. Traditional ways of thinking have been in place for us and our family for generations. They create the "tribal mind" that Carolyn Myss speaks of. Such as, the world is unsafe, secrets are kept within the family, men are designated to rule.

Another very powerful group of constructs are those that fashioned by "god". They are untouchable. "God says". . .  causes wars on the personal level as well as on the world scene. Outrageous, atrocious acts have been justified because "we are acting for god" or "god says it is so".

Diversity is the nature of our life on this planet. Being clones was never the point or goal. Indeed, the very opposite was true. One purpose for earth experience is to manifest in diverse ways. The challenge is, "How many varieties of our Divine Good Nature can be identified, manifested and experienced on this planet?"

Consider this. Our Divine state of Being is not our finite physical body. Our Divine state of Being is the infinite "body" of energy we call intelligence, etheric, consciousness. That which holds life is unseen by physical senses and exists as vast field of Beings of intelligence and consciousness. Each Being is like a drop of color or sound within an unlimited field of color and sound.

There is a great field of Intelligence. of which you are a part, that underlies all life

In this illustration, you have a side view of energy intelligence. At the bottom there is all that is possible. Some call it Source, Intelligence, Greater, etc. This is not the field of "gods".

The next level up you see that even in the vast field of Intelligence, we have the option of aligning our "unseen" body to those who choose a similar specific vibration which becomes a unique experience. In the illustration you see choice alignment creating colorful whirling tornadoes. The variety adds richness to the field.

This is how our diversity looks from above...

The idea that we are separate from one another is not our deep truth. It is true that there is not another human being exactly like you. It is true that we have unique experiences. It is also true that we intended to experience variety and them share with one another what that experience was like. What is true also is that divisiveness and separation have occurred because we have forgotten the field of our Divine state of One. We have forgotten that we are each one part of unlimited intelligence, creativity, inventiveness. We have forgotten that our Divine state is all aspects of good; generous, honoring, respectful, loving. We have bought the less than "divine concept" that "if you are not with us, you are against us". We have gotten stuck in the lower, reptilian brain that identifies anything, or anyone unlike us as the "enemy". In a culture that sees only those who think and act the same as "good", everyone is an "enemy to be ignored, diminished, or killed.

Any group; red, green, blue, yellow, white, blue, violet, etc. is only a small portion of what is possible and only a limited view of our Divine intelligence. If you are in a red "group think" then you see only red, think only red, experience only red and are sure that the other possibilities would be harmful. Whether the "group think" represents a concept of "god", a change idea, a savior leader, it is limited by the very nature of humanness. In human body suits we are finite. At any one time we can only experience a portion of all that is possible. What prevents us from becoming locked into limits, blame, judgment, fear and conflict is our ability to hold a mental/spiritual view that diversity is good. It is the ability to create a large enough space that we can hear the unique experiences of others.

No matter how enlightened, how messianic, how grand one idea or person is, that is only one small possibility within the unlimited greatness of our Divine Nature. Even "god" is an example of limited thinking. Holding tightly to your "god" is like being in the golden web above, missing out on the richness of pink, blue, green, red, violet, brown, orange, yellow and aqua.

Since the lower reptilian brain see all ideas, projects or individuals who are unlike you as dangereous, unless intercepted, the brain triggers conflict, judgement and discounting. It is your conscious ability to choose from a bigger picture understanding that evolves you. That choice to discern opens the door to investigate the values that any new brings.

Survival reptilian or higher curiosity and problem solving? Our world is at the evolutionary cusp.