You don’t need me to tell you the world’s going through unprecedented change on every level: socially, economically, geopolitically, geologically, meteorologically and spiritually. And the rate of change is apparently increasing exponentially: the flood in Pakistan, the post-heatwave storms in Russia, the earthquake in the UK, the ice-field breaking off from Greenland, the Chinese secretly building up their conventional and nuclear arsenals at an alarming rate, the markets showing a volatility never before seen, the drinking water running out fast and so on, yet set against this and no doubt because of it too, an equally unprecedented flowering of human consciousness, implying a quantum jump to the next level of evolution.
What to make of it, I don’t know and suspect no one does: the variables are too complex, many and seemingly random to predict anything on any level.
Remain present
And this increasingly forces us to stay put in the here and now rather than projecting ourselves into imaginary futures and freaking ourselves out by it.
The startling thing, anthropologically speaking, is how intent we are collectively and individually on focusing instead on the banal – the TV, the media, the marketing, the money, the fashion, the gossip, the pecking order, the possessions, the vanity and all the rest that comprises the superficial reality we’ve constructed to mask the messy underlying reality of life on a planet in deepest space.
And that’s fine – we have to enjoy being here regardless of whether the train’s about to come off the rails or not, and if banal distraction helps, let it be so.
Maintain perspective
Meantime, it’s easy loosing perspective in the moment, being swayed by self-pity or frustration as things inevitably fail to perform as expected with ever-greater frequency and it’s important for mental and energetic balance to keep on reminding yourself (I find), that assuming you’re not lying incapacitated in a hospital bed, that you’re not starving on the street, that you’re not without a roof to sleep under, that you’re not without clothing to cover you and protect you from the elements, or food and water to keep you from dying, and assuming you have use of your limbs and can wander about at will, you’re actually already well ahead of the game.
Keep giving thanks, I say, for being here to witness it all.
Keep reminding yourself, I say, that your own self-importance and need to be right are illusory values.
And above all, keep being willing to connect more and more with those around you, which ultimately includes the entire human population of this planet, on a heart and soul level and in the mutual connection developed, contribute the very most and best you can of your own unique essence to enhance the greater good for everyone, at least by intention.
As my old Tai chi master John said, we’re all sisters and brothers walking along in the dark, holding hands to help each other from stumbling and falling down.
The image that keeps springing to mind for me in respect of the changes is a hawk on the wing, riding the thermals with ease, precision and grace.
Make a radical choice
To start achieving which, perhaps begin by affirming a few times, “I choose to ride these changes like a hawk on the wing,” then visualize yourself doing exactly that.
The main thing is to enjoy being alive from one moment to the next, regardless of your view or experience of what’s going on externally, simply because you’re at one, at the deepest core level, with the cosmic background presence, the Tao and that’s the most joy-eliciting state there is.
With love, Supercharged
Keep being willing to connect more and more with those around you, which ultimately includes the entire human population of this planet, on a heart and soul level.
