We have learned to fear the unknown and I imagine when we learned it, the world was a bewildering and terrifying place. We had just awakened to our minds. We had been operating on instinct for thousands of years and suddenly we began to think, to rationalize, to put two and two together and gain knowledge.
Knowledge became a source of security. The more knowledge we acquired, the safer we felt. We explored our world and discovered many wonders. Science was born out of our insatiable curiosity, but also out of our fear. We have come to depend upon science to predict the future so we can control it. Predict and control. These were the motivations behind the birth of science.
Early scientists, limited by their paradigm, came to some faulty conclusions. Newton taught us that everything is cause and effect. Our Universe was made up of tiny billiard balls that caused other billiard balls to react. Don’t get me wrong. Newton was brilliant, but he could only see so far. He was able to penetrate the visible limits of physical reality and form a theory that was accurate, but limited to the physical dimension.
Charles Darwin observed untouched species in the Galapagos Islands, compared them with fossil remains and concluded that life evolved through a process of natural selection, that creatures competed with one another and the strongest determined the path of evolution. He admitted that he didn’t know whether his theory applied to humans, and recent discoveries indicate that it does not, but that’s another story.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, we began to explore other dimensions. Freud and Jung delved into the unknown territory within the psyche. What made us tick? Freud applied scientific technique to the puzzle of human character and developed a theory around childhood experience. We have been damaged and if we could find the offending billiard ball in our past, the knowledge of which lay in the subconscious, then we could pluck it out and be healed.
We had already heard this message from our religious leaders. Humanity was flawed. We had disobeyed our Father and now we’re on a “time out.” The purpose of life was to bear our suffering and try to control our sinfulness. In a way, I think Freud was trying to find the cure for original sin. I think this is one of our primary subconscious desires.
We all have our own approach to the problem. We can choose to ignore it, suppress it, deny it, defy it or we can choose an endless path of improvement. More and more of us are choosing this path which is leading us into other dimensions of consciousness, other realities with different operating systems. We are going beyond the mind. The physical realm is not all there is. We are the manifested version of a far greater reality – one so vast it boggles the mind. If we surrender to the boggle, we discover wondrous truths, we tap into boundless love, into wisdom that grows exponentially, into the collective realm of the Mind of the Divine.
This is where meditation takes us. Meditation is the practice of exploring inner space. The first step is becoming aware of the ego mind. I will use that term because in our society they are practically synonymous. The ego’s job is to look out for #1. We needed the ego during that phase of our evolution, but it has gotten out of control. It has us convinced that this is all there is, that we are our minds. We have become addicted to thinking, listening to the ego recite our story to us in an endless loop.
I was lucky to grow up when art and music, physical education and skill development were a big part of the curriculum. They stimulated our right brains, tickled our imagination, exposed us to beauty, to the unifying magic of music. And they kept us grounded in healthy bodies, training our reflexes, our agility and strength. Gradually these essential subjects have been phased out and we are attempting to raise a generation of minds that will function like robots – all math, technology and business.
That’s not going to go away. In fact the sign of Aquarius stimulates our curiosity, experimentation, engineering, innovation in technology. That is why it is crucial for us to become Spiritual Adults now. We must be sane, responsible citizens dedicated to the welfare of all life on Earth, no longer limited to looking out for #1. Number One expands to include everything – not only humanity, but all the kingdoms of nature, the ecology of our entire planet. Otherwise we will continue to destroy the very living organism that keeps us alive – our Mother Ship – our Planet.
This is the crossroads in our evolutionary path. Will we remain unconscious and self-destructive, or will we wake up and take the helm? This is the big question Saturn conjunct Pluto is asking. What will we choose to manifest – a new, improved version of humanity or extinction?
If we are wise enough to choose to transform ourselves, our society and our global identity, we will have to step into the unknown. I ask you, which is more frightening? The known – the world we have right now, on the brink of disaster? Or the unknown filled with potential?
Let’s take off the blinders and get a clear look at what is happening. Let’s stop pretending it isn’t a real crisis. Let’s stop making it worse. Let’s stop the blaming and excusing, the arrogance of thinking we know it all, the addiction to selfishness. Let’s stop squabbling. Let’s get real! All it takes is breaking our addiction to the ego which has taken over our minds and dictates to us a false version of reality.
And how do we do that? We start with meditation. We take the time to examine our minds, to disengage from them, to notice that the mind is nothing more than an idea-generating machine that never stops. It’s like the little child screaming “Mommy, mommy, mommy. Look at me. Look at me!”
We become aware of our presence, our depth, our true selves. This is what the world needs now – authenticity. Look at what deception and lies create! Let’s try honesty. Let’s get real. This is how we get to know ourselves and to discover that we are all the same, in our uniqueness. We share the psyche of humanity and we are responsible for it.
I was going to write about Chaos Theory and the Strange Attractor this time, but it’s too big a topic to begin now. I’ll just say that when we let go, when we move beyond mind, when we open to the unknown, we open to the Strange Attractor – the Divine Archetype or pattern of creation that holds our love and light, our truth and beauty, the ideal pattern of humanity’s potential. If we stop trying to control reality and tune in to what wants to become, we can be the channels of the Divine Plan. And that’s the greatest wonder of all.
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