We need to find our life’s purpose or life career, as I like to call it. This requires going through a very rigorous examination of our talents, our dreams and the reality of what we are currently doing. At some point each of us must face the question “Are we living the life we are meant to live, or are we doing a great job of fooling ourselves to be comfortable in what we have?”
In other words, the norm up till now has settled on just trying to be a good person, i.e. don’t do harm to others. This is fine, but in our new consciousness we can do better than that. Let’s move beyond the neutrality of not committing bad acts and move into the sense of obligation that we have to commit good acts, and often, and every day to all kinds of people in all kinds of ways.
We need to shed that ego-driven perspective and move into one that incorporates the needs of our entire community. This is a huge step, because we want to be recognized by our achievements and announce our personal enlightenment. In our current materialistic paradigm, it is about ownership, but when it comes to socially based transformation, ownership is a false reality. Our evolution will never belong to any one person.
It is critical that as we experience the spiritual shift in consciousness that we remain balanced mentally. This means remaining present, open and emotionally intelligent. If we are to successfully evolve as spiritual beings, we must be balanced and centered in our psychological perspectives, and by that I mean seeing the other side of the story to enable us to be reasonably sympathetic to the “opposition.”
For those close to me, my confidence in our technological advancements might seem very unlikely. While I might not be the biggest technology buff around and am probably the last man on earth without a cell phone, I do recognize that technology has to be a big part of the solution. Once we are able to break through the cultural conditioning that has enslaved us to material scarcity, humanity as a whole will be able to focus on the new light of spiritual abundance.
On a beautiful summer evening, July 23, Greenheart Transforms presented the second installment of Emanuel Kuntzelman’s I Ching workshop. Circled around the Adler Planetarium’s Spiral Sculpture, those in attendance enjoyed their picnic dinners while Emanuel opened the evening’s gathering with discussion on spiral formations, synchronicity and the cosmic evolution that has brought us to this singular moment.
Don’t sit out there and wait to be a chosen one. Choose for yourself and decide that you are one of those that have been called. When you choose to make that decision, that’s when you reach out and find those around you who are making the same choice of reaching their highest potential. As Michael Murphy says, “If you have a calling, that is the most precious and sacred thing in life.” And if you choose to be called in the company of others, forming a spiritual community, that’s when the story begins to take on a life of its own.
I strolled up to the hilltop on the far end of the grounds overlooking the gardens and was just amazed at the rich, psychedelic splendor of the plants, vegetables and flowers. If there ever was a Garden of Eden, it couldn’t have been much better than the garden of Esalen. There I flourished in a mindful meditation, enjoying my own experience of oneness with the now, and was able to obtain the natural high of ecstasy at Esalen.
So, I bought a bike, but what I’m really saying here is that each of us, every day can make a decision to find our inner freedom, exercise our inner will, improve our life, develop a healthy habit and make that personal contribution to our own evolution. It could be as simple and mundane as buying a bike, but it does symbolize a true, deep and profound spiritual process within the individual. I encourage everyone to symbolically go out, and buy their own bike.
Individuals like Einstein and Steve Jobs are the first to come to mind as those who definitely went against the grain to follow their own conviction to change the world. Even Fred Smith of FedEx was told his idea for overnight delivery was unrealistic. I encourage you and every individual out there to get in touch with the real dreams inside yourself, listen to them and move forward and not pay too much attention to what the experts say. As Harvey Mackay asks; “What could you accomplish if no one told you it was impossible?”
