A discussion of what is in the pot of transformation.
Change is constant, and currently in our great change. Folks are dealing with overwhelming symptoms of stress, anxiety and fear. Or having compassion fatigue or service burnout to help others? The core issue or boundary is about a person’s sovereignty and responsibility. The basic questions are “who am I and what shall I do?” Are you a victim? Or lighting the path?
The Burden
Many folks, both healers and victims feel they are stuck carrying the burden, whether it is their own or for others. Victims feel the need to carry a burden of repentance. While healers have a sense of duty because of their love and compassion of fellow beings, which is admirable. However, despite being admirable, becomes a weight. What is a person to do?
The most direct question to ask oneself is “who am I?” And second, is to ask “why am I doing this?” Whether you are a victim or a healer, the mistaken focus is external. The victim focused on being held to their situation of demise. And the healer focused on others. Both need to focus their attention internally. The initial focus on why this is this occurring? The only conclusion that can be made is that it is a self-induced ego driven illusion/delusion. Which is fine… we all got to start somewhere. The ego of both the victim and healer is based on painful and anguished experiences and future wants, needs and desires. The ego can look to the past and future. But it can also look inward, outward, and presently. Thus, the ego experiences itself as the king or ruler of what is “known and conceptually that might become known.” But what happens when this ruler comes in contact or experiences something that is unknown? The unknown, usually causes fear or fascination often entraps the ego. But if the ego has the fortune to understand this unknown is happening to me, then for me and then why me? The “why me” directs a brief or long detour of “who is this me… who am I?” Eventually, after discovering the “I am,” the ego discovers (or is relegated) to its rightful place of “through me.” The ego is merely a humble tool of navigation and negotiation in the lower realms of space and time.
Back to the Baggage
Having arrived with this baggage. The question on the path to sovereignty is who carries this baggage. The second question is why carry the baggage? Third is how to drop this baggage? The difficulty is how to drop the weight… karmic dieting anyone? Karmic dieting is an old school of learning lessons. A lesson is learned then moving on to the next until there is little weight left. Nothing wrong with old school, it builds muscle, character, and street credentials. Though it is rather slow and burdensome.
The new school is to just drop the weight… what? Yes, just drop it… drop what? Yes, just drop the who, what, when, where, and why? There are many ways, each person gets to decide how to drop their weight. Some dance, sing, love, etc. It is the release of who they thought, felt, and behaved. Thus, enter into the flow of being. They let go of the ego, the whys and the ways. And expand into becoming the flow of being.
This is not some airy-fairy magical unicorn manifestation. You are still you, but you as a being of energy. Not as a being of some repute, creditability or linage… because there is no one there… there. There is only divinity, be…ing and spontaneous flow. This is easy to conceive because it is an expansion beyond what we have known. It is like a dream of being at the top of a cliff. You jump off or get pushed off the damm thing. You either fall and surely to die (i.e., the anticipatory fear of dying) but you never hit the ground. You continue to have the feeling of falling and falling. Eventually you note, well I’m still falling but not dead yet… what is with this? Maybe at some point you figure out you are not falling… (by-the-way, where would you fall to?). But you are floating. And then discover that you can fly.
Or you can choose to jump off the cliff and discover you can fly. Choice is a noteworthy aspect. It is your sovereignty… your free-will. You can choose to fall or fly. By-the-way if one is so inclined, falling and flying dreams are interesting relative to dream yoga, lucid dreaming, astral projection, remote viewing, dream journalling and intuitive symbology.
Yours, Mine, and Ours
An aspect or perspective is sovereignty. Sovereignty can be viewed as spread along a spectrum of being (or existence): The God given, unaware, aware yet undeveloped, developing awareness, awareness of individual sovereignty, awareness of sovereignty of others, and the awareness of the interaction and relationships of and between two or more sovereign beings. A brief descriptive: God given existence; unaware is as in an animal, aware yet undeveloped such as toddlers and children. Developing awareness teenager to adults; an awareness of a person’s sovereignty in the realm of “I am” and “I act” in relation or relative to others and the situation or environment. And the emergence of sovereignty as a recognition of unity and then choosing to be in relationship with that dimension, reality, frequency, etc.
Responsibility
Thus, being in relationship or connection, the responsibility is yours, ours, but mostly mine. That is choosing why, what, when, where and how to both connect and be in the relationship. Which determines, limits, expands our connection, interactions and relationships. We usually think of this as duties, responsibilities in a form of some interactional transaction, social, ethical, legal, abstract mental, emotional or a type of contracted relationship from energetic, physical, social, to soul and beyond. Again, responsibly is on a spectrum which is based on or relative to one’s awareness of their sovereignty interacting and exchanging with another being. This is nothing new… we are just expanding our awareness and choosing of our relationship(s).
Boundaries
More specific aspect is that of “boundaries.” And boundaries are the random flotsam of the negotiation and navigation of interactions. Of course underlying, are the concepts of sovereignty and responsibility. Deeper is the essential or basic determination is “who am I and what shall I do?” The question of “who am I” and subsequently the “I am” determines the capacity, limits and where on the spectrum one and the other are. By the definition or identification of “who one is.” Again, this lays out along a developmental spectrum or maturation of “I am.” In western psychology, the “I” culminates in the notion of the individual rational, coherent ego. Yet in eastern psychology, the “I” continues to expand into “the relationship with unity and beyond. Emerging is an awareness of the “I” in relationship with the “other or environment.” Basically, two halves make a whole, the sum is greater than the parts, the Yin and Yang and the Way, etc.
Being
We are just in the emergent phase of revelation, development, and experience. We are expanding beyond. The former ways, methods, and notions of the paradigm of ego sovereignty are no longer useful in our evolution; presuming that we are on the cusp of evolving from homo sapiens toward the emerging concept of homo luminous or homo universalis/polymath. Often, we note the individual experience is that of imagination, intuition, intention of expanded “I… ness.” The old “I… ness” of the individual ego is expanding to the “wego and we …ness” of the I… divine…ness.” Which recognizes the underlying divinity of all.
For example, currently there is the explosion of the psychic realm. For some it is fascinating, others it is quite disorienting and psychotic. However, is this merely a phase of development? Which entail the qualitative notions of interactions such as integrity, transparency, compassion, grace and yes sovereignty. These qualities of being do not replace the former notions of rational ego, physics, science, etc. But enhances them to fit in relationship with an expanded awareness of “unity ethos of being in relationship.” The question is no longer what is good for me or I… but for us (which includes the planet, other beings and lifeforms). The preeminent directive moves from the ego/individual to unity of us (which is merely an expansion or leap to the next level).
With the emergence of unity, energy, psychic, etc., we currently see residual battles as the declining once former preeminent corporate entities, centralized AI, social media, centralized banking, etc. Perhaps this decline, is merely the recognition that these forms are not salient existence, but are and have been tools that we have used along our developmental journey. And are a witness to emerging forms of being. The central question is “what emerging forms of being are we choosing to create, support and be involved with?”
The Caterpillar into a Butterfly
The transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly is a metaphor and allegory of what is currently happening. We are at the chrysalis (cocoon) stage of going within ourselves. “Inside the chrysalis, several things are happening, and it is not a “resting” stage. The caterpillar’s old worm body turns to juicy elements inside the cocoon and forms a new being with beautiful wings appears after a couple of weeks. (See for more details https://sciencing.com/happens-inside-chrysalis-butterfly-8148799.html).
It is important to understand and attend to the transformation that is happening inside. After building a cocoon, there is the releasing of the old form of the larvae into a juicy elemental form. Then by their DNA blueprint the juice transforms into being a butterfly. It’s a part of transformative change which we have been through many times. There are many metaphors and allegories that note the same process on different scales and with different cultural accoutrements, perspectives, and stories. Such as death and rebirth, phoenix rising from the ashes, redemption, physics, astrology, etc. This blog, it is often referred to as the “gap;” the opportunity of change.
The World of the Gap
We are between two worlds. The old form of the world that is falling apart. And the new world that will emerge. The point is there is also the third world. The world of the gap. Which in this blog is about the internal world of transformation. Specifically, the introspective process of transformation. Because our attention is relative to the external world, we mistakenly have feelings of crisis and discombobulation. But it is winter’s process of evaluation (decomposition), release (surrender) and renewal (rediscovering and connecting to our source). Traditionally this is an intuitive mystical process. Yet science also notes the analogous biological process of life whether an acorn dropping to the ground, wintering over and sprouting seedling that will grow into oak tree, butterfly, etc. Whether we call it a DNA template, energetic imprint, or some esoteric intuitive metaphysical process. It is the recognition of transformation and becoming a new form. Some already know who they are and have taken on their responsibility to be. They know who they are. And are emerging (an intuitive flow) to become who, what, where, when, why, and how to be. This can be simply viewed as the concept of the ”rate of innovation or adoption curve”… (which is cycle-like, but really an expanding spiral). No Fear… Be curious and ask questions that will form who you are (who am I), what you will be (what are your love, passions and joy) and what you will do (sovereignty, free-will and choice)? Is this similar to an esoteric interpretation or meaning of the “Lord’s Prayer (walking through the valley of death).”
It’s Not the Pot, It’s the Stew
Another way to look at this is that we are the stew in the pot. We recognize we are not only the carrot, potato, onion, meat, or spices in the stew; but we are the stew. And the pot is what we call reality. The question becomes, how can we make a divine stew. How can we contribute, share, and enjoy? Potluck anyone! As a kid, Sunday church potluck was my favorite. Running around playing with other kids, stuffing myself silly… guess what happened? I became “Juicy” and the nickname stuck, even into my college years.
In the gap (cocoon), the chrysalis is the transformation. Love Change Grow is just a conceptual and metaphorical frame and process; a guide to transform, be transformational and be who you are to be. Metaphorically we are entering the winter transformational season. Abide within; pay no attention to the winter storms happening outside. Go into your old worn-out feelings, feel them deeply, appreciate them for what they have taught you. And then simply release yourself to float into the depths of your being… the stew of your being. Enjoy, wonder, and wander in your being. This is your renewal, rejuvenation, and place of transformation. It is the womb of your next conception in which to become anew.
Blessings,
Tim