Many are experiencing varying degrees of turbulance during these changing times, because this change is being impressed upon our souls. Turbulance in the collective is the unveiling of that which is anti-evolutionary -- and what's being unveiled is the collective 'shadow'. Once seen it can't be unseen, and some are willing to confront it within themselves and on the world stage dispite much opposition. Without the naming and dismantling step, the emergence of new possibilities and a deeper and more fulfilling way of being and living in the world can't emerge.
Theologian Clark H. Pinnock's sobering word-confirmation from: FLAME OF LOVE - A THEOLOGY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, is startling but true. Few snippets:
"Our lives occur in an environment that can turn on us. The created order is an expression of God's love but entails suffering too. There is waste, there are dead ends. Higher levels emerge amidst pain and death. + Nature is not finished and groans in the pangs of childbirth. A cross is woven into its creation. + Suffering and struggle are involved in the creaturely process. Anxiety, loneliness, limitation, temptation are all part of it. We are not protected from challenges and trials. This is not a struggle-free world order. God wills good for the creature, but also a creature who corresponds with God in terms of love. Only a free creature can fulfill such a destiny. It cannot be preprogrammed.
Alongside the freedom to love is the freedom not to love. + There is vulnerability and fragility to the creation, and part of our calling as human beings is to join with God in preserving it in the face of dark possibilities. + Ecological damage is our doing, and we will suffer the consequences."
The author doesn't say, 'when Jesus steps out out of a cloud, ('second coming' theme) magically the life on earth will change'.
I see the lamentable results stemming from the "man above nature" philosophy. I clearly see the appaling sin of racism, misogyny, greed, lust for power, materialism-driven vanity, etc. The human family has many lessons to learn and the courage to look at the ugliness, and create an opening for higher-level values to emerge. We already see signs some are ready to stand up for their rights.
Each souls' unfoldement contributes to the evolution of the collective emergence, and many already feel deep dissatisfaction with the status quo and the glacial pace tolerance towards the 'rich' company owners who who take advantage of the hard working folks.
Some feel this yearning in depth's of our souls and are compelled to live with courageous willingness to tread where most dare not. . .Our Soul's Light-consciousness is that inner courage-strength and our most trusted Guide.
She sings:
Thought-churning mind is no longer needed when light and dark looses all meaning, so fear not dying to your attachments of the previous stage. Dying to the illusion that we are separate from each other, is most beneficial. . .
Be willing to embrace a wide variety of spiritual teachings/perspectives, and dare to believe that your highest calling is the one that beckons you to become a living incarnation of 'holiness' . . .
Be willing to surrender to the Will of Divine within your innermost being. Be willing to believe that (collective) critical mass-point of positivity and enlightenment - our energy of love-in-action - and our intellectual and psycho-emotional and spiritual intelligence, is creating new possibilities. Creating new structures that humanity will have (and built new ones). . .
When we know who we are (in Spirit) we lose fear of death. Be fearless when nasty people and nasty situations challenge you! Challenge them, but don't hate them!
I agree with American philosopher, transpersonal psychologist and mystic, Ken Wilber's statement - from article published in What is Enligtenement magazine (2004), titled: Conflict, Creativity and the Nature of God (few snippets):
"The evolutionary impulse itself is definitely Spirit-in-action; It's an Eros. And half of it is blissful pushing into newness, and the other half is sort of carpet burn and the death of the old.
Evolutionary Creative process includes conflict and is often far from pleasant, but its what keeps the (self-transcending) divine impulse seeking ever higher expressions of itself in the world of Form going.
"We have no choice. Evolution is conscious of itself now. There's no going back. Therefore we have to take it into our own hands. It's spirit in action today. So if you're spiritually active today, you're helping to understand evolution. That's my strongest belief."
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