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| January 2008 |
A Lesson For Us All...In looking back at the year just passed, we saw endings on many levels. Relationships, life transitions, even on the home front.....2007 was about letting go. How many of us heard that message, and heeded the nudge from Spirit? We have been feeling the energy for some time... recognizing in the process that the old ways of doing things were no longer working for us. And yet for some, the vision of what we are moving toward isn't quite clear, it still seems too far away to comprehend or grasp. It is then that the Soul, with the help of Spirit, does more than nudge. The death of Benazir Bhutto was a shocking thing to witness. With the explosive force of a bomb and one lone gunman, hopes and dreams and lives were shattered that day. Reminiscent of November 1963 and our loss of John F. Kennedy, or April of 1865 and Abraham Lincoln's death. The list is long. As we step back for a moment from our disbelief and sadness, we can ask what Benazir's soul choice was. It's not a new paradigm to suggest we create our reality, or that experiences come about as a result of co-creative soul agreements. It is just difficult to mentally process an occurrence of this magnitude. At the soul level, was Benazir in agreement with this experience? And if so, then why? The commentary has been endless - Time, Newsweek, CNN, Networks, the internet - have all been focused on the unfolding drama. Viewed as a political leader and a hero, welcomed by mobs of hundreds of thousands of people chanting her name, she had survived previous assassination attempts. How surprising was it that one final attempt actually succeeded? And despite her obvious courage, intellect and passion, why was she viewed as a hero? Her two previous tenures as Prime Minister ended in scandal, including questionable service by her husband, and she went into exile. The legacy of her family is tragic, notably her father's political demise and death. Yet you could see the true desire in her eyes to change things for the better, that was what she was fighting for. She wanted to bring true Democracy to Pakistan, and in the process diminish the growth of Muslim radicals and their extremism. But she was going about it the old way. And how did her supporters respond to the terrible incident? As they always have, with riots and burning and more people getting killed. Very un-Democratic and a mirror of extremism. Though I have compassion for their frustration, what honor does this pay to the principles she gave her life for? I can't say whether she heard the message or not - The energies of the old ways must fall away and make way for the New ways. But there is a broader lesson in it for us all. What she was working to change was the cause and effect that creates a vicious cycle we see played out over and over again. Cause: ignorance, fear, death and destruction; Effect: ignorance, fear, death and destruction. Collectively, we have to find a way to break this cycle all over the world, and we can start with ourselves. Cut 14 small strips of paper about an inch long, write the following words down, and put them in a bowl on your counter.....new, original, innovative, fresh, groundbreaking, pioneering, inventive, unique, creative, imaginative, unusual, inspired, resourceful, ingenious. All synonymous with the word new.
Give me 14 days. Each day start out by speaking to yourself out-loud: Today I will do things in new ways, I will be _________ and then draw a word and speak it. Keep that key word in your mind throughout the day as you encounter situations or challenges. Pick a new word every day. After two weeks, look back over your life and see what has changed. |
