It is word
we hear every day.People use it to
identify and define themselves.It is
used to differentiate ourselves from other groups of people.It is used in corporations as in the
corporate culture.There is fashion
culture, music culture, art culture, language culture, heritage culture, folk
culture, sexual culture, gender culture, community culture, drug culture...the
list can go onto to infinity and yet it is a word which seems divide and
separates us.
We fight
over culture.We blame other cultures
for the plights within the world.We use
culture as a comparison mechanism.My
culture is better than your culture.We
define people based on imaginary little lines stroked across Planet Earth.On this side of the line you are from that
culture, and the people on that side of the line are from this culture.We use
culture as a word to instill fear and suggest that someone else’s culture will
destroy us.We stamp children at birth
with a culture and tell them this is who they are and who they will be for the
rest of their life.We create
stereotypes about the various cultures, and pigeonhole people. We hide behind
culture and sometimes we use culture for the economic and social benefits.
Yet what
exactly is culture?Who defines it?Who owns the culture?Who speaks for a whole culture?Is there such a thing as a whole culture? Do
all the people under the umbrella of a particular culture all think the
same?What happens when you grow up and
discover that the culture you are born into and the beliefs you accepted are no
longer valid to your life?Is there
really such a thing as cultural appropriation?Who creates the cultural road show and sanctions the changes within the
culture?
Dreaming in Paradise
Watercolour by Beverly Blanchard
Man is all Imagination and God
is Man and exists in us and we in him. The eternal body of Man is the
Imagination and that is God Himself.”-- William Blake (1757-1827)
Throughout
the course of history, there have been many prophets, seers and enlightened
beings who have told us in various ways that the source of our power is
within.Yet, for some reason we have continually
accepted stories which places Spirit/God outside ourselves.
When
you came into this world, you knew who you were.Unfortunately you didn’t have the experience
and wisdom to articulate it.As time
went on you forgot and began accepting what the authorities in your life told
you to believe.It is these beliefs that
have taken you away from your true infinite power.Many of these beliefs have locked you into a
pattern or state of being that is not in your highest interest.
As
explained in the Law of
One, there is no separation.Spirit resides
within you and is entombed within your skull.Spirit dreams within you and it is waiting for you to awaken to the
realization that you and God are one.The
dream is within you.You do not need an
intermediary to connect to the divine presence.We are all spiritual beings manifested in human form operating from the
same Source Energy.We are each a fragment
of Source Energy.
It
was Shakespeare who said, “All the world’s a
stage and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their
entrances…and each man in his time plays many parts.”The man playing many parts is Spirit.God is the dreamer, dreaming all parts into
existence.You are the author of the
story.Through your thoughts, perceptions,
beliefs and feelings you are continually writing the screenplay.Everyone who appears in your world comes to
you through your invitation and is Spirit in human form playing that part you
created.
Your life is really like a
movie.You are the author and main actor.Spirit is the producer who looks after all
phases of the movie. He makes it happen.The nagging mind is the director who is continually telling you that you
haven’t mastered the role.The people
and experiences coming into your life are the cast and crew.All brought together because of the story you
wrote.
If you are dissatisfied with
the play, it is up to you to rewrite the script to make it conform to your idea
of what the play should be. You cannot demand that the actors in your play
change their role in your life.You can
however with Spirit’s assistance change your movie because all changes must
take place in the mind of the author.Everything
is an outsourcing of your mind’s imagination and it is only through our consensus
that we are dreaming in concert.
To change your script you have
to know: What
Story Are You Telling?Spirit makes
no judgment on whatever story you create.We are in the world
of duality or some say the land of the shadows.Spirit just lines up the vibrations to match
the story you are writing and telling.All
the good, the bad and the ugly experiences in your life, are matched perfectly
to the dominant theme in your script.
Next post I will show you how
to line up with Source to access your inherent power because Spirit is your
imagination. In the meantime, here is a short clip from philosopher Alan Watts.
A person experiences life as
something separated from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of
consciousness. Our task must be to free ourselves from this self-imposed prison,
and through compassion, to find the reality of Oneness. – Albert Einstein
The Law of
One simply states that we are all related and connected.There is one source and everything is
contained within the whole.I am you and
you are me.We may be unique beings but
we are not separated beings.Everyone
and everything is a spark of the original source and that source is love.
Many
indigenous populations have demonstrated this type of understanding in their
philosophy on life.They believed everything
and everyone was related, and everything was contained within the circle of Existence
was their family.When they prayed they
gave thanks to the Great Spirit, Grandfather Sun, Grandmother Moon, Father Sky,
Mother Earth, the winged, the four-legged, the four elements, the tree spirits,
the water spirits and the two-legged.Everyone and everything was seen as a part of the whole family of the
Great Spirit, and everything and everyone was contained within the whole.
To
understand this law on a personal level, one need only look at their own
body.To the eye the body’s boundary is
the skin which keeps everything together.Within the skin there are various organs such as the heart, lungs,
liver, stomach, intestines, brain, and spleen.There are various glands.There
are also muscles, connective tissues, energy centers, and a blood supply
comprised of billions of cells.Although
each part of you has a specific function and looks to be separate, they are
actually all connected and working within the whole of what is called you.
To further
the analogy of one, look at the connection between humans and trees.In order to survive, human beings breathe in
oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide.Trees
on the other hand, breathe in carbon dioxide and exhale oxygen to survive.Without the trees, where would man be?Without man, where would the trees be?Everything within and around you is connected.Everything is energy spinning in form.
Here are some exercises for you to play with:
1.See everything and everyone as
Source Energy in action.As you go about
your day mentally visualize everyone and everything as the Source Energy spark.Mentally say, ‘There is God/Source Energy
doing….’ For instance, you see someone picking trash out of a container
mentally say, ‘There is the spark of Source Energy picking trash out of a
container.’Someone is running for the
bus, ‘There is the spark of Source Energy running for the bus.’You see a bird flying in the air, ‘There is the
spark of Source Energy flying in the air.’
2.See everything and everyone as
you in action.As you go about your day
mentally visualize everyone as you.Mentally say, ‘There I go...’ You
see someone picking trash out of a container mentally say, ‘There I go picking
trash out of a container.’Someone is
running for the bus, ‘There I go running for the bus.’You see a bird flying in the air, ‘There I go
flying in the air.’
3.Release yourself from the
concept of ‘I’, ‘mine’ and ‘my’.Once you use the words ‘I’, ‘mine’ and ‘my’, you make
yourself separate from everyone and everything.Try removing the words ‘I’,
‘mine’ and ‘my’ from your vocabulary for a week.Instead
of saying, ‘I am going to work.’ say, ‘We are going to work.’Instead of saying, ‘I am going to my house.’
say, ‘We are going to our house.’
Here is a beautiful animation by Dreamworks Animation entitled First Flight. Watch how a busy businessman finds a connection with a small bird.
