As I look out over our political landscape this week, I see what is happening from two levels. One is the literal level of a democracy under siege, in which a minority faction is attempting to overturn the will of the majority and commandeer the mechanisms of power.
The other level is the symbolic, the mythic, the story of our journey toward awakening. On that level I see an epic drama playing out in which the mind is coming face to face with the ego of its own making and wrestling with the choice before it: to continue to live in allegiance to the ego and adhere to its ways or to claim its freedom and step into the Reality of Love, into the unitive consciousness that is its true nature.
In this unfolding drama the mind is beginning to recognize the ego for what it is—a “separate self” that is itself an illusion—and is seeing how ego operates behind the scenes, relentlessly asserting its own “reality” and sustaining that “reality” through blame, attack, coercion, division, intimidation, threats.
Shocking though it may be, this is an important step in the mind’s awakening, because it must first see the illusion it has believed in in order to leave it behind.
Now we are witnessing the ego making its last desperate attempt to hold onto power using the same tactics of coercion and fear it has always used. But these attempts to maintain control are futile because the rule of ego is over. The choice has already been made.
When I see this epic story playing out in our midst I see it as an invitation for each of us to affirm that choice for ourselves. Are we willing to walk off the battlefield of the mind? To decline to enter into the ego’s fray? To renounce the ego’s tactics? To refuse to participate in its script of blame, attack, coercion, division, shame, enemy-making?
To stand on the far side of this choice is the miracle. To abide in the Reality of Love, in which there is absolutely no judgment, is the shift in consciousness that opens the way for the Earth to be healed and a new world to arise.
As we move into these tumultuous days ahead, I hope you will join me in holding it all in the Heart of the Spacious Self, in the Love that cradles all things, in the Kindness that encompasses the storm, in the Vision that sees through every fallacy and fear, in the Wisdom that knows who we truly are.
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The last four years have shown us the monumental failings of an Egoic Democracy. The time has come for a Democracy based on Love and Unity to right the world.
To think that the age of the EGO is coming to a close is overly optimistic, since the human EGO is the default for all humans on earth. And the western world is built on an economic system that entails constantly seducing the EGO to purchase some product or service that enhances its self-image, power, sex appeal and comfort. In practical terms, for some reason you refused to name the parties. You are talking about the 21st century Republican party that is now a criminal organization with a mobster boss in Trump. Even if he leaves the White House, he will remain in charge. Trump is the most EGO driven man I have ever encountered in my 68 years here. And the GOP is so EGO obsessed with attaining permanent political power that they no longer abide by any law unless it serves them. On January 6th, we will see what they are made of, as their constantly lied to base infests Washington DC to rant, rave and hope for violence. Within the Capitol, their representatives will be trying to stage a coup to overthrow the electoral process based again on lies the GOP created. This is a new evil in our midst. And it is NOT going away any time soon just by wishful thinking. I tell my “New Age” friends who tend to live in that bubble that they need to get out more, since they seem totally out of touch with the reality of humanity in general right now.
Human evolution is an exponential curve. Approximately 4 million people turn 18 in the U.S. each year.