This is the first day of the rest of my life and yours too, for that matter. And we have SO MUCH to look forward to. We have access to more than we’ve ever had, to
- expand our minds,
- create our realities,
- increase our profits, and to
- revolutionize our world into a world that we actually love living in!
I’m starting my very first real blog this way because I’m feeling slightly melancholy (which doesn’t happen often) and really passionate about where we’re headed as individuals, as countries, as nations, and as a universe.
To bring this into a greater perspective, writings in this blog, hopefully, will inspire you, first and foremost, and, two, integrate our story (as a civilization) into a picture that clearly explains how everything and everyone is connected, and how that connection affects us all.
It is equally as important to understand how we, as individuals, play our own part to affect that connection, as well. Bringing this down to a personal level, and starting with ourselves, seems like a very good place to start. After all, we’re living our lives in ‘real time’. It’s not a fantasy or a part in a movie we’re playing, we need to get it right…and we need to get it right, right now!
Life, in general, is about healing and self-growth. Whether you know this or not, or believe it or not, is not important. Healing for ourselves and healing for others is what is important to our current lives and to the seeds of our future generations. Why? Because, until someone slaps us out of our stupor of mundane existence and makes us aware that something isn’t quite right (to put it mildly), the way things are going, our world is marching in place (and forward) towards more chaos and destruction. So, if your neighbors are sleeping, your friends are akin to zombies without a brain, your family is trippin’ in the dysfunctional zone, and no one listens to you, it’s time for you to make a serious change. It’s really not necessary to swallow anybody else’s ’nightmare pill’, once you’ve got your act together. Whatdayathink?
Getting our act together means growing from within ourselves, healing ourselves first, and setting the kind of examples of what we want to see in the world. This is what sets individuals and nations on a path towards ‘that get down and dirty, deep-seeded, healing’ that counts.Think about it!
Today, we live in a world that has become a surface world. Those of us caught up in that surface reality, fail to see the depths of our wounds. In America, it’s gotten to be all about expensive cars, ripped physiques, bling, bling, and more bling, and all the other ‘things’ we own, not to mention the ‘greenbacks’, the Benjamins, and that almighty dollar. And truly, all of this is perfectly fine (we ALL want the best in life), except that’s ALL we pay attention to .
I call these ’Surface Realities’; the parts of life that are illusionary and ‘not really real’. People have become so afraid to open up and to experience life at it’s fullest, that what they think they see (on the surface) is not what they see at all.
Now is the time to stop being afraid of our own shadows. Now is the time to stop being afraid to face ‘truth’ because it hurts. Now is the time to go deeper through self introspection, which literally frees us from ‘the surface realities’ and ‘the self-made prisons’ of our lives. Balance, calmness, true depth, and a deep commitment to healing will bring more fun, passion, and a ‘true realness’ to our lives. We’ll connect and re-connect with other humans for deeper meaning and for tapping into a freedom that makes you wanna holla! (I’m so silly sometimes!) Yet, tapping into your true freedom is very real and very awe-inspiring, once you experience it.
Very few of us are looking for WHO a person really is, what kind of values they have, what suffering they may be experiencing with a happy face attached to it, what they have to offer, or even what their dreams could become if they had just a thimbleful of help.
Without the bling, expensive cars, the designer bags, and the plastic exteriors, most people don’t even know who they are. They identify with their ‘props’, as if their ‘things’ are simply extra appendages, another costly extension attached to their arms and legs.
Instead of embracing and celebrating our ‘oneness’ with ourselves, with others, and with our humanity, we’ve learned to treat our friends, families, and neighbors, as if they’re invisible or as representing the enemy, just one step up from the gates of hell. In the year 2007, animals are treated with more love and respect than most humans, and definitely with more love and respect than the people we say we love the most. This does NOT have to be this way. We have the chance to change it. It’s in our power. It’s in our hands. It always has been. With this state of affairs, healing must be our biggest order of the day.
So what does this all have to do with the Body, Mind and Spirit thing? Well, you’ll have to stay tuned to my daily posts and simply prepare yourself for the ride. It’s going to be a ‘wild’ journey, of which I believe you’ll enjoy.
I know I started this one out a little on the BIG, esoterical side, but it will eventually all come together, in very simple, down-to-earth terms. I know you don’t know me from Adam, but, at some point along the way, we’ll connect, and the healing will begin!
I encourage you to make comments, whenever you like. Feedback, discourse and communication make us thrive and I’d love to hear from you! Until next time!
