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Angelic Troublemakers
by Robert Rabbin
As we enter 2007 together, I can think of no better theme than "embodied spiritual action" to help us focus on, and commit to, demonstrating the highest expression of our common humanity -- love, wisdom, and peace -- as conscious, consistent choices in all areas of life.
We embrace spiritual principles and practices in order to become free from self-created alienation, suffering, and confusion. We long to experience our wholeness, our connectedness to others and the Earth, our creativity and joy, our authentic being. As we do so, it is important to remember that experience and its expression-as-action are a singular, inseparable movement, and that all manner of personal growth, self development, and higher consciousness ultimately bear fruit in this world, as embodied spiritual action.
Exploring the nature of mind, self, and reality often takes us into higher and subtler planes of existence, where we can lose touch with the physical world and the dramas of everyday life. Many religions and spiritual traditions place spiritual above material, creating a false hierarchy and pitting Soul against World in a struggle for supremacy. This misconception has helped to create the common stereotype of a mystic or sage as an aloof witness to the world. But I have learned the greater purpose of inner spiritual work: to unite spiritual wisdom with compassionate action -- in the world. The essence of this view is that wisdom is both insight and action; thus we want to engage life fully and with our whole heart -- nourishing self, relationships, work, and world with wisdom, compassion, and love through conscious choice and action.
This awakening to the practical implications of "oneness" was a long time coming for me. For the first 20 years or so of my "spiritual" journey, I was addicted to self-transcendence, to a medicated, meditative lifestyle in which I allowed my feeling for the world--my caring and passion and enthusiasm for life and for living--to be numbed by too much witnessing and watching, and not enough acting.
Shortly after the shattering morning of September 11, 2001, a deeper awareness of the connection between spiritual awareness and social participation opened within me. I was horrified at the militaristic responses of America. During the US bombardment of Baghdad, I felt as if the missiles were exploding in my own body. Is this firebombing of a city of 4.5 million people actually happening? Is this carnage and slaughter of a nation half of whose population is under 16 years of age actually happening? Suddenly, my every cell awoke to the true meaning of what I had first learned decades ago in India: tat tvam asi, Thou Art That. I had first learned that the "that" was a transcendent consciousness, an invitation to take refuge in pure consciousness as my fundamental identity, or nature. But I was discovering that there was a relative dimension to Thou Art That: I am this world, and this world is me. Every spasm of violence, each shattered life and moments of horror were happening inside me. It was not something I could hide from or ignore. My being, my body, had grown as big as the world. I was that supreme, world-transcending consciousness, but I was also the world and everything in it.
I began to write and speak about engaged spirituality, about taking responsibility for the condition of our world and carrying spiritual practice and principles from the meditation halls into the world. I realized that we risk social apathy in our search for personal enlightenment if we believe that the goal of spiritual work is to transcend the world. It is not, as these words from Kabbalah suggest: "First we receive the light, then we impart it. Thus we repair the world." Imparting the light requires great things of us: authenticity, honesty, courage, determination, empathy, personal responsibility, and commitment. Repairing the world requires that we add responsibility to realization, caring to love, and action to insight. The task of renewing society to reflect the heart of wisdom requires us to demonstrate our unity-in-love with all creation in all areas of life through direct action. "Every community," said civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, "needs a group of angelic troublemakers."
The philosopher J. Krishnamurti once said, "The crisis is not out there in the world; it is in our own consciousness." It is self-evident that the outer, cultural world in which we live is a direct manifestation of our inner world of beliefs, attitudes, and values -- all of which determine and drive our actions.
Naturally, whatever any one part does touches and affects the whole. Every thought, every word, every slight touch of our hand sends energetic impulses racing outward on the trillions of strands of connective tissue that enfolds us all in the One. Whatever we do to ourselves, we do to each other as each action is a stone thrown into the pond of our common existence. Within minutes, or hours, or days we will feel the ripples of our actions wash over everything. This is why we cannot use war as a tool of peace, because the killing keeps coming back. We have to wage peace, not war. And then peace will keep coming back. Our every thought, word, and action holds the power to create or destroy. In the simplest of terms, our choices are between the paths of war and peace, between violence and nonviolence, between hatred and understanding, between fear and love, between retribution and reconciliation, between aggression and restraint.
Our world is begging to be healed of violence, brutality, and greed. Let this be our project. We cannot use our spirituality as an escape hatch from social life and responsibility, nor be afraid to put our spiritual hands into the mulch of committed action for social change. We cannot let national identities, religious dogma, political ideology or spiritual apathy corrupt the knowing of our one heart. Can we rise above the self-created tyrannies of our times -- nationalism, racism, militarism, sexism, corporatism -- to establish just societies in which all people, indeed all living creatures and the Earth herself, may live in harmony and peace?
The French novelist Emile Zola once said, "If you ask me why I came to this Earth, I'll tell you: I came to live out loud." And we, too, must live out loud, but with wisdom and love and kindness. These are the truths we must embody and send like a cosmic roar throughout the land. Let us start now, right now, this very minute, to heal our world.© 2006/Robert Rabbin/All Rights ReservedRobert Rabbin is an angelic troublemaker whose diverse roles include keynote speaker, executive/life coach, leadership/communication consultant, teacher, and author of five books and more than 250 articles. He is the originator of "Presencing," a holistic style of public speaking and communicating based on the integrity, transparency, and clarity of the speaker. For contact and further information, please visit www.radicalsages.com and www.presencing.com.au.
From Australia
submitted by Heather D
My predictions for 2007 are. There will be more earthquakes and tidal waves in parts of the world. We will get some news on Osama Bin Laden this year. A famous couple in the US we thought would stay married as they have been for a long time will separate.
A huge cover-up of monumental proportions of secret scientific work being conducted underground will be exposed at great expense to the journalist.
A definite sighting of a UFO in the daytime by more than a few people. This will happen in more than one country.
A US politician will have to leave office because of illness.
Meetings of heads of government will continue re global warming and plans put into action.
More scandal surrounding young and old celebrities in London and the US.
The Next Ice Age?
I had a dream like no other I have ever had. The World had frozen over. We were gathering snow and melting it on a fire. This was our only food. Few people was left most had died. Little snow was left and I ask myself what we might eat when the snow ran out.
When it all seemed completely hopeless and death felt near, God appeared. He patted me on the back. I told him there was few of us left. He raked his stick on the ground the snow disappeared, the earth turned black again as if spring had sprung, and plants began to grow. We all knew at that point everything was going to be alright. The sun came out and life was be good. The burden was lifted. I was saved and it felt wonderful!
I believe he was warning me about the end of time. I believe it must be coming and I believe I might live through it. It will be the toughest of times, but for those who survive all Earth's problems will be gone. Ronald
Many are predicting the beginning of another ice age, at least in Europe and there are certainly some signs that this could be true.... if so, it will happen very quickly... and only the strong and pure of heart shall survive... to create a new world, free of the fear that has ruled for eons... Let us pray... thanks for sharing. Lotsa LLLove, Danielle
Facing Our Shadows
Hi I believe that we are currently being moved towards working with our shadow and in that shadow we are finding many of the fears of catastrophe that were activated during the falls of ancient civilizations. Rather than being a catastrophic event, I feel that the transition is an opportunity for us as a species to work with those original fears. We are being asked to grow emotionally and many of the tools becoming available are for that emotional growth. Those I can think of at the moment include Pathworks lectures, EFT,Voice Dialogue and also Debbie Ford's book on the Dark Side of the Light Chasers. All give us tools for working with the shadow without being consumed by it or by guilt. An offshoot of this work is a certain humility as we come to terms with all of this "negativity" as part of each of us, or perhaps more correctly "available to each of us to choose or not to choose" but to no longer be suppressed and disowned. Not sure that this is what is wanted here but I felt like writing. Regards Wendy H
From New Zealand
1. I think New Zealand is coming of age on the planet and will be the home of major healing centres.
2. I think the area called Northland, poor, predominatly Maori, with some of the most spectacular world coastline will become the seedbed for new healing forms - integrating many traditions - many small towns coming together and it will attract people from around the world.
3. I think they will find oil off the north east corner, when they start looking
4. I think corporate New Zealand is being gobbled up by international investment where we what is big to us is but a sneeze internationally 96% of business in NZ is small business. Could they one day all be shareholders (like franchisees) against one overarching organisation that negotiates globally. NZ may well be a portal of many dimensions! Maree N.Life As We Know It Is Changing
I have dreams of life as we know it changeing. In my dreams there are kids who never age. In my dreams the world has become a desolatet wasteland barely able to sustain human life. normal people would see these as mere dreams and nothing else, but I am 16 and I have had dreams that come true since I can remember. when something bad happens well before it happens, I sense it. I can feell it coming. It's been geting stronger with each passing year and I fee;l a great threat is about to plagye earth. I had to tell someone, thanks. Jason
Certainly there are many people who believe that we will make those dreams of yours come true - and we are on a terribly destructive path around the environment... but if you live your life in fear of what can happen, you will never accomplish what you came here to do... and my sense is that there's a very good reason why you are having these dreams... perhaps you have come here to do something about the problems we are facing now... and perhaps these dreams are about signaling you to your mission... and your gifts... I encourage you to focus on drawing the love vibration to you - visualize yourself surrounded in a beautiful pink and green light - the colours of Divine Love, think loving thoughts as much as you can... the desolation you see in your dreams is a direct result of our unloving ways - towards ourselves, each other and all that is in our universe... if we could each nourish the energy of love in our lives, we could see a dramatic turnaround on the planet... Lotsa LLLove, Danielle
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