It Has To Drop (Part 2)
There are daily demands
to be met. Demands which seems far from the spiritual solace we are seeking. The bills that come regularly and must be
paid, the sudden demand for time to be spent doing other than a preferred acitivity, the
striving to be promoted, the trips to the grocery, laundry, dentist, vet, and
good restaurant; the myriad and one different ways to spend time that on the
surface seems far away from the quiet moments a growing spiritual awareness
would demand. Where is a decent cave when it is sorely needed? How is one to
progress along a spiritual path, when there are such good shows on television
or that wonderful movie that will not be there next week? Add to all that,
there are the social events and cultural gatherings to fill those Tuesday
evenings, and Saturday mornings. What's a being to do? The whole thing boils
down to the heart. What is in the heart to do? How does one know what is in the
heart to do, and what if that something draws one away from the very moorings
that is the main orbit of one's life?
It is as if we are
standing on the brink of the vast unknown and plunging would mean certain
transition, or perhaps change so drastic we would not know ourselves after it
is done. Yet within there is the urge to take the plunge, go for it, lift off
from the very edge of certainty and see what happens. Can we dare? Is it within
us to move off this edge of uncertainty and into the beckoning arms of our
dreams. I see it this way.
We, all of humanity, are poised for a great change. All of evolution has brought us to this point, some are lagging behind, but most of us here are at the point when we must change. Our collective past, be that a day, a year, an age, or all of the billions of years the earth is said to have existed, lay behind us as a long road. Some of us can remember every step along that road, and then again to some of us we just became aware of the journey, yet here we are at the brink. We look back with some regrets, some nostalgia, some faint longing to keep the road as it were, but no it has ended and brought us squarely here at the brink of the vast unknown.
We, all of humanity, are poised for a great change. All of evolution has brought us to this point, some are lagging behind, but most of us here are at the point when we must change. Our collective past, be that a day, a year, an age, or all of the billions of years the earth is said to have existed, lay behind us as a long road. Some of us can remember every step along that road, and then again to some of us we just became aware of the journey, yet here we are at the brink. We look back with some regrets, some nostalgia, some faint longing to keep the road as it were, but no it has ended and brought us squarely here at the brink of the vast unknown.
In certain circles
there are those who predict what is on the other side of the brink. Some say it is the fourth dimension, some say
it most certainly is heaven, others maintain that it is the other place, and we
had better stay where we are. But brinks
call for decision. One may not stand
forever at a brink. The inherent nature
of brinks is to precipitate action. One
must leap over, fall in, or turn back.
Now that's a notion, turn back.
There are many voices for that choice as well. If we could just un-invent the computer,
un-discover fire, or un-learn all our science and technology, grab a club and
climb into the old cold cave, things would be perfect, they would be what they
were. Then we look back to see if indeed
it may not be possible to turn back, and lo and behold there is no back to go,
the way is clogged by those making their way to our brink, which will then
become their brink in the blink of an eye.
At this rate we will all be standing at the same brink attempting to make
the choice for progress or retrogression.
(Continued in Part 3)
(Continued in Part 3)
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