It's a classic tale: The Village is attacked; people are killed; people are taken. The son of the chief has failed to protect his people since he really doesn't feel that he is worthy to lead. Guilt, fear, desperation and no small amount of love are his driving forces. Somehow he must rescue his people, his love, and himself.
The enemy is evil! Of this there is no doubt. It has subjugated others with greed and fear to do its bidding. Without these tools, it would never succeed, for evil has no foundation and must feed on others. It is lost in its understanding and desperately reaches out to take what ever it can find. How sad its plight. Neither sympathy nor empathy will benefit it.
Only Love has the power to transform it.
I've seen two movies lately that have inspired this writing. "Apocalypto" and "10,000 BC".
In both, the warnings that danger was coming was obvious but the people chose to ignore the warnings because they were too comfortable and complacent and because they didn't quite know what to make of them. The destruction of their world might have been avoided or at least lessened had they heeded the warnings and prepared themselves. But then, where's the adventure in that? Besides, it wasn't in the script. We do so love conflict as long as it doesn't effect us.
The theme I am speaking of is a constant thread in the fabric of our society.
Indeed, without it, what controversy would we have to overcome? What would we pit ourselves against? Is this a third-dimensional syndrome?
The fact that we have allowed ourselves to believe that we are disconnected from Source, opens the field to infinite scenarios of conflict and its resolution. The society we have created is reaping the "benefits" of our conscious and unconscious actions. We look at the headlines and squelch at the atrocities. The destruction is so rampant that the mind reels while trying to maintain perspective. Our entertainment runs from the extremes of lust to violence to mindless absurdity in our quest to not focus on our perceived reality.
What can I do about it all? The mind reels again. It's too much. Just be a good citizen, contribute to the economy, keep paying your taxes and don't ask too many questions.
Is this really the life we want?
You can though, if you look deeply, find an amazing array of consciousness just below the surface of our society. In many places, it is sprouting above the surface like seedlings in the springtime. In some places it is already in full bloom. The light is penetrating the darkness and already the confines of darkness are being breached. The image I see is a huge dark mass that has grown in density and has attempted to cover the whole of our awareness. The light is bursting forth as more and more beams penetrate this darkness. We must be aware though, that as the light increases, so deepen the shadows.
What I recognized in the warriors in the movies, is that at some point after they had allowed themselves to feel the depths of their self-pity, they knew the source of it. They then recognized the power of the Love within themselves. At that point, nothing could stop them from their mission. They realized what was important and found within themselves a source of strength they had never even imagined. The radiance of that realization shone forth to touch and empower everyone around them ? except the enemy, of course, which it just pissed off.
Evil, it seems, has no understanding of this power and often is instrumental in its own demise when faced with it.
I believe we are all standing on the threshold of discovering the Hero within us. I have delved about as deep into self-pity as I care to and for myself, I would far rather face a warrior's death than to dwell in a prison of someone else's making.
These are not our only two choices though. My choice is to dwell in the power of love and to consciously transform this adventure.
The fourth and fifth dimensions are shimmering on the horizon. Yes, there is darkness in our path. Dawn is upon us.
- Contributed by Laura
The enemy is evil! Of this there is no doubt. It has subjugated others with greed and fear to do its bidding. Without these tools, it would never succeed, for evil has no foundation and must feed on others. It is lost in its understanding and desperately reaches out to take what ever it can find. How sad its plight. Neither sympathy nor empathy will benefit it.
Only Love has the power to transform it.
I've seen two movies lately that have inspired this writing. "Apocalypto" and "10,000 BC".
In both, the warnings that danger was coming was obvious but the people chose to ignore the warnings because they were too comfortable and complacent and because they didn't quite know what to make of them. The destruction of their world might have been avoided or at least lessened had they heeded the warnings and prepared themselves. But then, where's the adventure in that? Besides, it wasn't in the script. We do so love conflict as long as it doesn't effect us.
The theme I am speaking of is a constant thread in the fabric of our society.
Indeed, without it, what controversy would we have to overcome? What would we pit ourselves against? Is this a third-dimensional syndrome?
The fact that we have allowed ourselves to believe that we are disconnected from Source, opens the field to infinite scenarios of conflict and its resolution. The society we have created is reaping the "benefits" of our conscious and unconscious actions. We look at the headlines and squelch at the atrocities. The destruction is so rampant that the mind reels while trying to maintain perspective. Our entertainment runs from the extremes of lust to violence to mindless absurdity in our quest to not focus on our perceived reality.
What can I do about it all? The mind reels again. It's too much. Just be a good citizen, contribute to the economy, keep paying your taxes and don't ask too many questions.
Is this really the life we want?
You can though, if you look deeply, find an amazing array of consciousness just below the surface of our society. In many places, it is sprouting above the surface like seedlings in the springtime. In some places it is already in full bloom. The light is penetrating the darkness and already the confines of darkness are being breached. The image I see is a huge dark mass that has grown in density and has attempted to cover the whole of our awareness. The light is bursting forth as more and more beams penetrate this darkness. We must be aware though, that as the light increases, so deepen the shadows.
What I recognized in the warriors in the movies, is that at some point after they had allowed themselves to feel the depths of their self-pity, they knew the source of it. They then recognized the power of the Love within themselves. At that point, nothing could stop them from their mission. They realized what was important and found within themselves a source of strength they had never even imagined. The radiance of that realization shone forth to touch and empower everyone around them ? except the enemy, of course, which it just pissed off.
Evil, it seems, has no understanding of this power and often is instrumental in its own demise when faced with it.
I believe we are all standing on the threshold of discovering the Hero within us. I have delved about as deep into self-pity as I care to and for myself, I would far rather face a warrior's death than to dwell in a prison of someone else's making.
These are not our only two choices though. My choice is to dwell in the power of love and to consciously transform this adventure.
The fourth and fifth dimensions are shimmering on the horizon. Yes, there is darkness in our path. Dawn is upon us.
- Contributed by Laura
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