How do we create community in our lives? Start with Origination on the wheel and proceed counterclockwise. The social need is overwhelming. Let’s bring this to the world starting with our own country.
Origination
Creation opportunities must exist in the daily life of each person so it is important to allow each individual their process to accomplish a fulfilling life. Our country was founded on the ideals of freedom and the ability of each person to follow his or her dreams. For many, that is not likely or even possible. There are so many financial burdens placed upon the average person today that all he or she can do is work one or two meaningless jobs to survive. Those who want more than just physical survival often end up sacrificing their sacred time for the illusion of a big payday. It is time for change.
I have dreamt of a community center or centers within every town, city, and county of the US and the world. People can come for food, clothing, health care, and housing as it is available. Each person would contribute their time and effort to maintain the center. In addition, all would receive instruction and education about how community is run and maintained.
As this journey begins it is important to keep in mind the ideals that this country was founded upon; freedom, justice, opportunity, creativity, expansion, no taxes. All have been a major part of our growth except for taxes and financial burdens from outdated systems of government, which is now impeding our development and evolution. Suddenly it has become important to put this pink elephant on a diet. Until that can happen in a progressive way, we need to put into action a forgotten ideal that can bring all people together, community.
Many families are broken today and many communities don’t serve much of a purpose except to provide schooling, police and fire protection, basic services. It is done better here than in most countries but where is the spirit of community. The CENTER is missing in just about every community I have seen in this country. Where is the heart? Now is the time. How long can the patient live without a heart? Where there is not heart, there is no Spirit.
For so long we depended on the church to create community and it worked to a degree for many years even though there were sectarian prejudices and distortions of truth and equality. Today, church has been torn apart by scandals and distrust. This has created a vacuum where gangs and other groups have taken the lead. It is time to bring a healthy, creative, nurturing force to the center of all communities. If this doesn’t happen, I fear for the future of the USA. We might just end up with a two class system, the very wealthy and those who serve them. How is this different from all the mistakes of past, great civilizations? Now is the time for change, before it is too late.
Funding
Funding is obviously an important part of this project. Money should not be the major focus of society but everyone must understand that in its purest sense, it is a fair exchange of energy. There is too much emphasis on it in our culture because it has become virtually impossible to live without it. The accumulation of money gives freedom from the oppression and pressure society puts upon the individual and family to conform to business interests that fuel the status quo. Government should only be a medium for the expansion of individual and group interests that enhance community life. We don’t need a self sustaining bureaucracy that fosters the vested interests of those running it. That is what we have now and we need change.
The Oneness Centers will be community oriented with emphasis on raising the poor, disenfranchised, downtrodden, to a level of respect and humanity that everyone deserves. All people, rich and poor, benefit from community with the support and nurturance that would be provided. People should not live and work out of fear. Everyone has that creative spark within that needs to be unleashed. Oneness Centers need to be the yin, holding, motherly energy that gives love, security and stimulation for personal and group creativity. Society and government need this because the present system is totally overburdened with no hope for future generations repaying the current national debt. Things have gotten out of control and many more people will suffer if we don’t change the way structure is set up. With Pluto in Capricorn right now, it is do or die. The old ways are going to be dismantled and we need to invigorate the space with new light, new hope, together in Oneness.
Initially, these centers would need government money and donations. I feel many charitable organizations and trusts would find these centers to be a welcome addition to the great work that so many charities do now. Green businesses could also benefit by their financial support and training of people who need jobs in creative settings that support the earth and all beings. As communities grow there would be no need for welfare, social security, and health insurance. All the basics would be provided within the community and from the support of business and government as necessary. Healthy, self sustaining community fostering strong, creative individuals is the way of the future if our society is to make a meaningful mark in the new world order.
Using community land and buildings would be the quickest way to start the process as well as donated property. Food can be donated or grown through community gardens. Hydroponic growing techniques could also be used especially if the land is not pure. Clothing can be donated and also created through a variety of techniques, old and new. Education can be provided through volunteers (all of us have something we can teach) as well as through green business. A self sustaining center with self sustaining buildings and land, creating self sustaining lifestyles involving the entire community is the goal. Health costs should be taken care of through a universal health system that does not destroy a person’s will to live. Rather, healthy lifestyles can be taught and encouraged through a number of ways. Outlying homes can be used as temporary housing for those in need. Green construction techniques can be taught by volunteers. In this way everyone can be a part of the future. Everyone will have a say in creating their own future. The future can be OURS.
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Communication
Communication is perhaps, the greatest single attribute of a person who will find fulfillment in life. Many like to disappear into a shell when things get difficult and that is fine if healing is involved. However, many would benefit more if they knew how to communicate in a positive way, what they were feeling. It takes two. Those with problems need to communicate so that others can be available for help. Those who want to help need to be able to listen, meaningfully, and read between the lines as necessary. Communicating well is a skill. Listening well is just as much a skill. So, what are we hearing right now from society?
First of all, there is a lot of fear and anger. Random acts of violence are more prominent in the news. People are losing their homes because there were communication problems with the original mortgages. There was no listening much of the time, just greed. Credit card debt is at an all time high. Many people need greater debt in order to survive. What a way to live! Is it any wonder there is so much anger with the need to fit in determined by what you own and how much you make? This is crazy! This is not community. This only appeals to the competitive nature of people, and parents have to pay the bills. This is not what we should be communicating as a community, society, or government. Competition is wonderful at the high end of capitalism because it does have a non-monopolistic effect and streamlines waste. But, at the survival end of society, it does not work. It destroys people. The only way out is community, where there will be real life, real meaning, real love and nurture. You can call this socialism if you want but it does work at the low income of society. Once people can use their creative spark without fear, it is not as necessary. Both systems, the yin or community, and the yang of capitalism, can work very well together. Let’s work on what we want to communicate with what we create for the benefit of all.
It is important for all levels of society to be in close communication about what is needed in the grand scheme. Workers need to be trained to help create a wondrous future with technology as a fantastic tool. Creative possibilities are endless and this excitement is what we need to communicate to those now without hope. Many other productive jobs are available and ready to be created by new inventions. There is the huge job of cleaning up our planet so that from now on there will be a symbiotic relationship. It has to be good for both employee and employer in order to work. Oneness Centers can be a training ground for healthy communication.
Listen to the message being given. It is clear.
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Nurturing
It is important for all of us to feel nurtured so that we can grow with positive images of life and ourselves. Not only can family and friends help us but society and more directly, local community should do this. Today, society is not what it used to be with family units that work together in order to keep the food on the table and the roof over their heads. Everything has changed so quickly with the technological revolution that the values of the succeeding generations have done the same and the roots of each person have become less important. Just like adolescence requires a certain distance from parents in order to mature, the individual has done the same with community to the point where there is none in many towns and cities. Security and meaning has been lost because the heart is ignored. There is no center, no balance, no trust and openness. Social responsibility has no meaning to so many young people. It has become all about me and how much can I make and how quickly. This is the speed and excitement generation. New values have emerged. Look at the medium and you will find the message. What are young people involved in?
Youth is clamoring for more. The poor and disenfranchised need more. What is the “more” that society is offering? What youth really wants is a sense or meaning, of belonging, of being loved and nurtured with no expectations of who they are to become. Don’t we all want that? Don’t we all want to be accepted for who we are right now? Our potential is meaningless if we can’t love who we are and if others don’t accept us for who are. This should be the major function of a mature community that can fill in the love gaps from broken families and alienated children. Society, with church and charity groups has tried and some have succeeded but most turn dysfunctional for many reasons. Now, more than ever, we need to start building real community that supports the real problems and issues people face. This cannot be a competitive situation, a part of a money hungry capitalistic society. This is about giving hope, love, respect, not archaically fighting for survival. This is a time for change.
In this Oneness Center people can find a temporary home. There will be food from donations as well as community gardens. There will be clothing from donations and community projects. There will be temporary housing within and through extended family homes. There will be health services available from donations of time and equipment by hospitals and health professionals. There will be education programs provided by people who want to donate their time and expertise. There will also be games and entertainment inspired and created by the people who really need the community involvement. All creations will certainly be welcome and appreciated. This can be unimaginably fulfilling for everyone who wants to be involved.
Many people will come here with real problems and there have to be rules of behavior that have to be maintained if health, growth, and maturity within the community can be achieved. There will be no smoking, alcohol, drugs, sex, destructive talk or activities of any kind. There has to be respect of each person no matter what issues they have or what help is needed. This will be a positive place with positive energy and those in crisis will have to be treated in whatever way is necessary so as not to disrupt the sacred space of others. Rules for the good of all are important in any community and have to be observed to avoid chaos. Everyone involved must understand the rules and be willing to abide by a code of conduct that instills the security of a home, a safe sanctuary, a nurturing environment.
Everyone has a need for a nurturing community center and some towns are much closer to that than others. Many affluent towns could also adopt other towns and offer to help with the development of a Oneness Center or community center that serves their needs. There is no need for “gated communities”. All of us are in this life together and the sooner we can live like that the better for all of humanity, and the earth.
Creativity
A healthy community has to be one where the creativity
of each person, no matter how unusual, is encouraged. There are an infinite number of ways that we can be creative and all we need is space and stimulation. Who knows what will trigger the next great invention or breakthrough in all aspects of life. The point is that we need time and creative space in which to turn that creative spark into a glowing flame of illumination.
Many children and young adults, and even adults, have a focused interest in one particular subject that they would love to pursue. For one reason or another that might never have happened. Homeschooling with exceptional parents has been the exception where children are allowed to go to the depths of a particular interest. This immersion can bring out so many important qualities in a young person, or anyone for that matter. Not only is an interest satisfied but the process of drive, thought, research, perseverance, accomplishment is an example of life that can be totally satisfying and fulfilling. Inadvertently, other subjects are learned as well, such as reading, writing, math, communication, etc. There are many people with incredible talents who would love to share and perhaps do some volunteer teaching in a community center. What a wonderful way to bring people together.
Create the space and people will come. I have seen so many people distracted with the need for two and three jobs in order to make ends meet. Others, with amazing talents, fall into drugs, gangs and other negative social influences. Feeling different or lost are common emotions of creative people who need a sense of belonging, a sense of family and understanding, as well as space for their unique manifestations. Caring volunteers would be needed to help bring these people into that loving space and nurture the inner drive in a positive way. This is extremely important in a vibrant community setting.
Health
Everyone has or will have health issues that can be overwhelming, not only financially, but emotionally as well. It can drain you of your wealth, your energy, your emotion, and finally, your soul when you feel like there is nothing left. How can people even attempt to heal if they do not have the financial means or emotional support? It is even difficult to keep your health under many of the unnecessary stressful circumstances that encumber so many people. There is no excuse for this in this country. How can we help the rest of the world if we can’t even take care of ourselves? The wealthy have the best chance of getting the best care along with many of the dwindling middle class. The poor have no chance unless the system recognizes their issues and confronts them.
We will be developing a Wellness Corner on this website that can help lead people to natural or holistic ways of healing and maintaining health. An ounce of prevention is definitely worth more than a pound of cure that can cost thousands of dollars. Diet and good nutrition awareness is so important as most of us know. It’s the details that elude us. Public education is getting better but there is still a long way to go. How many of us are addicted to sugar, fat, white carbohydrates, etc. All of us have our vices. But with growing awareness and that constant reminder, we hopefully learn to limit ourselves and find a personal balance. Much information will be available as we organize and post it.
Of major concern in this election and the future is our health care system. We do need Universal Health care because everyone deserves it. This country was not created for only the rich. Everyone should have access to quality health care no matter how much money they have. The Canadian and European health care systems are much better than ours. We should insist on adopting one of them right now because if we don’t it’s not going to happen after the election. The insurance companies and drug companies have a lot to lose here so they are going to fight this all the way to city hall. Politicians will be bought off in one way or another. Go watch Michael Moore’s movie, “Sicko”, if you have any doubts. Watch it again if you have already seen it. Also, go to this website for a first hand impression of the Canadian health care system compared to ours. http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/76032/
Educate yourselves so that you know what is happening around you and what the possibilities are. There is no excuse for not helping ourselves in this way. Decisions need to be made about the future of the health of not only ourselves, but our children. This is too important to ignore.
The Oneness Centers, community centers, can be local conduits to good health. As people realize that these nurturing bodies can help with all the fears, anxieties, concerns, and desires of everyone, community will truly exist. We are at a time and place where, if the social system can be organized efficiently and optimally, it can support all the programs needed to make this country a shining example for all to follow. Help is needed. Tax systems have to be changed. Entitlements have to be eliminated. Welfare will not be needed. Social security will not be needed. Meaningful socialism can exist at the lower financial rungs of society and can lead to the involvement of all in real community, real Oneness. This spiritual ideal is absolutely possible in every city and town of this great country and world. It does not limit the abundance and creativity of our capitalistic system but will feed and support it with new blood coming up through the financial ranks. The centers can feed green companies that are earth friendly. These centers will be about our ideals, living them, being them, and getting everyone involved.
Relationship
Healthy relationships are the key to building community. Doesn’t everyone crave quality relationships in their lives? If there is anything that is sorely lacking in our individualistic, capitalistic society, it is solid relationships that nurture, empower, and merge with our being. More often than not, the stresses of everyday life sap the personal energy needed to make focused, attentive, loving bonds with those around us. Instead, those people end up being scapegoats for our frustrations, fears, and unfulfilled existences. Rarely do you see the perfect relationship or perfect family or dynamic community. There is no time for those luxuries, those moments that distract from our earning capacity, our vocation, our selfish desires. If community were set up in such a way so that all of those needs could be met, Nirvana would be the name. If the ideal is visualized, it can happen.
It has happened in Northern Italy outside of Turin in a community called Damanhur. It is self sustaining and is an amazing artistic and co-creative example of what can be done. You can Google the name and view the wonder of what this group has accomplished. All of our communities in the US are capable of accomplishing something similar and with our own personalities. Where community creativity flourishes, all fears for survival disappear. Fear involves lack. Happiness breeds abundance and expansion of consciousness. Will we choose fear or happiness?
Healthy relationship is not exclusive to people. It is inclusive of self, animals, plants, the earth, space, creation, All That Is. Good working relationships are focused and involve initiation, understanding, cooperation, interaction and completion of projects. There is always a beginning, a middle, and an end to all aspects of life. Good relationships come from being within this process so that there is creation. This is not always easy and takes a lot of effort. But, if we want meaningful community we have to be the process. It doesn’t magically appear for all to enjoy and indulge in. Immediate gratification is not being totally involved in the process. The process is work. Work does not have to be a burden. The process can create fulfillment, love, abundance, and all the wonderful attributes of the perfect life. This is not a secret. These are the laws of nature. So, it is up to us if we want to work within the process or settle for the taste of immediate gratification with no reward but empty memory. When a community is organized for the support and nurture of its members, love and creativity flourish with moments of indulgence to satisfy the senses. The point is, it takes creative work. It evolves and new people bring new energy and creative resources. Open your world to community and the possibilities. The true meaning of life will make itself known.
Relationship Oneness is working through all the issues of life, within the framework of the world that touches you, in such a way that builds creative bonds that form new entities. All that we feel, think, and do needs to have awareness of the probabilities and possibilities coming from interactions with other beings. Decisions are traditionally made based on what is good for self but as we evolve, that is increasingly not the case. What is good for self becomes what is good for others in working toward a balanced inner state. Everything has to come into balance and if each one of us can help facilitate that Oneness, true community can exist for the good of all. Relationships will then be the fulfillment all of us search for.
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Alchemy
Alchemy is bringing two different entities together and coming up with more than just a composite, a totally new entity with its own unique properties. This can be called, partnership, in human terms. Transformation through partnership with equal acceptance of other realities can lead to amazing, new dynamics. The Oneness that can be created with this equanimity of energies is magical with the ability to bring new ideas into manifestation. Once people have learned relationship standards and responsibilities they are better prepared for this experience.
Many societies are getting closer to this archetype. Creative energy is not just individualistic as has been true so much in the past. As people master relationship dynamics, not an easy task, joint ventures and partnership projects can and will yield some amazing products. No man is an island, unless he is lost. What we must create is a responsive community that can foster healthy relationships leading to creative and dynamic partnerships. Alchemy is a process that all people should have access too. It is not a necessity but can lead to a rich and fulfilled life if done well. Look at all the new groups with philosophical mandates that have helped individuals find meaning as they have added their energies to the group. Greenpeace is a good example and there are many others.
If the individual is not aware, independent, educated, happy, and loving of self, there are many partnership traps that people can fall into. We have seen this in cults, religious groups, business associates, gangs, etc. This is why self development before partnership is of utmost importance. If not, experience can be a harsh teacher. Co-dependence is not the partnership ideal. It’s more an amalgamation that is held together with weak bonds. It is not transforming. Sooner or later, these combinations erode with the forces of society and nature.
Partnerships are a give and take. Both sides need to give and be able to receive. Each will have to compromise in order to reach a successful conclusion. Once in a while there is so much synergy that creation becomes second nature. There are a lucky few that have that kind of combined, integrated energy. If each person feeds off the other, great things can be accomplished. Many times that kind of energy can be seen in composite astrological charts. My eyes light up when that occurs. The potential can be enormous. So, master self and relationship, and you will find partnerships ready and waiting.
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World Understanding
Exploring the world and looking at the big picture of life is important for all people in all countries. The diverse cultures with so many rich traditions and philosophical practices have to be respected and understood. What is good for one group of people is not necessarily good for all, and perhaps none. The control of natural resources has always been an issue to fight over but now the world needs to share. The rich may have to sacrifice more than the middle classes and the poor of the world in order to reach a more equitable balance. Everyone deserves food, water, clothing, housing, and health care. The Oneness of all the world’s children has to be acknowledged and encouraged. The indigenous traditions should be preserved for all to appreciate. How boring if everyone were like us.
Many countries have more community integration of individuals than we do in the US. Our individualistic lifestyles have grown from the survival of the fittest, Darwinian archetype within a capitalistic system that breed the wild, wild West. We are just learning what many other societies have practiced for centuries, caring community. Technology pushed us beyond the farm and community family life. Most were seduced by the money available to those who worked really hard or found a unique way to make their fortune. There was some luck, hard work, ingenuity, creativity, and adventure involved. And, there was opportunity, which should be available to everyone. Strong world community, based on Oneness, can nurture opportunity better that corporations, the government, and peer groups alone.
Religions around the world have not brought about a unity of people from all social classes and ethnic backgrounds. In so many cases they have created wars and all kinds of conflicts based on self righteousness. There is no need to rehash the history of religion. The point is that we need a unifying philosophy and way of living that can bring all people together, those who want the positive, creative opportunities of life. We are part of one universe, one solar system, one earth. When we start thinking of one country, one state, one community, one family, we start looking at differences and reasons to think that ours is better or sometimes worse. There are easy comparisons because they are in front of us every day. Emotions of differences can arise such as self righteousness, jealousy, dislike, envy, etc. Details and differences are important to notice and accept as unique parts of the organism we are a part of, the Earth. Details are wonderful to relish in, to help solve problems, evoke ideas and memories. They are the spice of life. When differences become greater than they are, rising beyond the scope of Oneness, prejudice can arise and those variations mistakenly guide the philosophy of the individual or group. Details and differences are just that, not to be elevated to archetypes. All religions have had this problem at one time or another. Every religion has to have an underlying belief in Oneness of all beings for there to be true peace and Love in the world. There are no excluding or destructive belief systems that have any merit in a caring and peaceful world.
Any community must include cultural education through whatever creative means is available. Everyone must understand what it is like to walk in the shoes of another. Empathy has to be far reaching. Ideas and emotions have to be stretched to include the world community and other ways of thinking and believing. Volunteers from all nationalities could teach in these community settings and help with creative projects that inform and educate the local people. Community centers need to be inclusive of all cultures and belief systems. Creating dialogue and Oneness are the goals.
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Social Structures
Our social structures are the basis of our social personality and what we represent to the rest of the world. These include our government, our businesses, our religions, our communities, our families, our schools, our charities, our tax system, and more. What is at the heart of all these entities? What is the philosophy and what are the results as seen and felt by all the people?
So many governments have undergone tremendous transformations in the past 13 years that Pluto has been in Sagittarius. So much has been brought to light so that the world has better vision of what was lurking behind the secure walls of control. Power is, and will continue, shifting to the people, as all kinds of corruption, abuse, and misuse of power are laid bare, naked for all to see. Now, with Pluto in Capricorn until 2025, we will see amazing changes in the basic structure of all forms of authority. Just as what happened 247 years ago, social revolution is in the wind. New forms will arise that cater to the real needs of all people. The old freedoms that we fought for in the past have been eroded by unfair taxes, the high cost of energy, health care insurance costs, and education costs. Most cannot afford to live without two jobs and there is no time to take care of self and family. There is nothing wrong with free enterprise and the capitalistic system as long as there is a heart in the body of it.
Everyone does have opportunity. But, what kind of opportunity? It does depend on economic status, intelligence, appearance, athletic ability, creative talent. Those that are average or less in these social success criteria will usually not fare anywhere near as well as those with above average abilities. The Darwinian approach should not be forced upon the average person who does not want to compete, but, who just wants to live a good life. Blind ambition is not part of the soul.It is part of a competitive personality that has been nurtured and conditioned by society. Many times the results can be negative as seen by abuses within the system and against the system. So, how can society nurture everyone to personal and social success without extracting that competitive pound of flesh?
It all starts with community as being the base for personal and family development. Only a few schools serve this purpose right now and beyond that, there really isn’t much. There is no real meaning to life in so many towns and cities because people can’t connect on a deep level that goes to the heart, the soul. Many parents don’t know how or don’t have the time to be real mentors, guides, counselors. So many children today have to raise themselves for one reason or another and that is pretty lonely.
In order to foster community building, government and society has to help support the philosophy of Oneness that everyone can be a part of. The tax codes have to be changed to The Fair Tax, a consumption tax that would eliminate other taxes. There are many formulas that can provide the money necessary and would be much less complicated than the mess we have right now. Some of this tax money would be funneled to Oneness Community Centers that would relieve the local people of stress over basic necessities and would also allow people to creatively work in building community around personal needs, talent, and group personality. A viable, caring, involving community center would create a grass roots womb for social evolutionary growth involving all people. This is the kind of socialism that we need as the base of society that can grow strong individuals who can feed the free enterprise system in a much more healthy way.
The health care system also needs to be simplified to one government overseer that looks after the new Universal Health provider. Companies should not be making profits from controlling people’s health needs. The providers of health care are the ones who should receive the compensation. We only need one middleman in this equation and that is a government agency of the people, by the people, and for the people. Doctors, nurses, and staff should not be wasting their time on useless paperwork for middlemen and expensive lawsuits controlled by lawyers. The goal is for health care professionals to have as much time as possible with the patients without worry of lawsuits, insurance costs and requirements, etc. Just as in other countries, doctors and nurses should be rewarded by the number of people they bring to health and maintain health over a period of time.
Some of the biggest health problems are created by the foods people eat. Many have undiagnosed food allergies and genetic intolerances to certain foods. Much more needs to be discovered in this field so that diet can create health rather than sickness. Food can be the best medicine. Daily exercise and better environmental conditions are also important for creating health. Many of these issues are talked about but an organized personal plan is lacking for individuals and families prone to the same issues. These are things that can and should be offered to communities if health care providers had more time to do what they were trained to do.
So many of our institutions can be simplified and given a social conscience. Education is a big part of this as well. Right now the cost is the problem and it will get worse. Somehow it has to pay for itself which can happen with a post college teaching service program for all graduates. This can take the place of other service obligations that all citizens should have to contribute to their country. Much of community development can be done with this kind of service commitment from youth as well as from volunteers in the professional world. If we organize around heart instead of greed, the world will be a much happier place.
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Self & Group
As we connect to the structures of our society we find that certain people and ideas attract our attention. Friendships develop within communities, schools, focus groups, and businesses. These electric relationships stimulate ideas and then creative projects that can either strengthen the connections or break them so that we progress to new friends and groups. As much as we want structure that we can be comfortable within, the new is always more exciting and doesn’t allow us to stay stuck, in old habits and old forms that don’t productively serve us anymore. Unless, for one reason or another, we are afraid of change. Many do find the old very comfortable either out of fear, inertia, nostalgia, insecurity, and other emotions that hold us in place. The internal battleground is basic, the strong force versus the weak force of quantum physics. The strong force keeps us young, innovative, exploratory, constantly growing. The weak force allows nature to erode our energy, courage, strength and wear us down to the point of death. It is a natural cycle. All individuals, groups, institutions are a part of this. That is why it is so important for each one of us to accept positive, constructive change with open minds, with open hearts, with open arms. Otherwise, the disintegration process will destroy all that we are comfortable with right before our eyes. Let the change bring new life to the oldest forms so that the newly born can flourish.
If a community is brought together with the highest ideals and positive energy, people will come who have similar goals in their being. Like attracts like. These centers are not meant to be security blankets that keep the child within pacified. The purpose is to encourage dynamic change in people’s lives so that fear and insecurity are displaced by creativity and confidence. The positive will be rewarded with kudos and personal evolution. The negative will be minimized. Constructive thought, emotions, and action will be elevated as examples of how change and community support go hand in hand.
As people gather for reasons of need, sharing, curiosity, and ideals, various relationships will lead to group projects involving teaching, learning, sharing, creating, working, etc. Many never have had a positive group experience and some might not have had a good relationship. It is very difficult to go through life with the feeling of being alone. There is a certain hopelessness to that and when life is not valued, destruction can occur in many ways. This does not help anyone and certainly is a detriment to the group and society. Learning how to be in a state of Oneness, thinking and feeling at One, is a key to strong relationships and valuable contributions to the whole. Then we can create a world of ONE.
Think of the creative work that you really like to do. If you don’t come up with one, try to go deeper within and look at what is most sacred to you. That could be work which is really important in your life and on your path. It you still have trouble with that, call me for a reading and we can talk about it. Being open to new possibilities that you might not see right now will help develop a path that will be more fulfilling. If the word work is an issue for you right now, then use the word play and see where that goes. Any parts of you that feel stuck need to be examined so that disease does not develop or can be worked or played through. The important point here is that all of us have talents and abilities that need to be developed in a creative, positive way so that we can be valuable contributors to our own evolution as well as that of the community.
Start looking at friends and groups that you would like to be a part of on the deepest levels. What would you like to learn and what can you contribute? Step by step, start getting involved. Each one of us has to take that step. It is time.
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Lost & Found
This part of the wheel of life is about completion and the issues that creep in to prevent that. It is easy to get lost in deep water creativity where amazing things happen but sometimes there seems like there is no way out. Lost in drugs, gangs, the dark side, we find addictions that distort reality and what life is all about. So many tragic stories of great artists dot the pages of history. There is a beginning, a middle, and an end to everything in this 3D life. There is more. And many try to find it here. Some are successful. And many are not. Most of us have felt lost at least once in our lives. Where there was confusion, no hope, no future, and the hole just keeps getting deeper and darker. This is not really the powerful black hole of life where all energy gets sucked in and then transmuted into new light and energy. No, this is the vast sea of isolation and loneliness with no life preservers except what we muster from within. No one can hear our pain of exhaustion. There is no land anywhere in sight. How do we survive?
Real community can help where there might have been very little hope before. The lost are not meant to just fall by the wayside. Our humanity, our sense of Oneness has to reach out and offer a helping hand. All it takes is that one hand to make a difference of life and death for someone. Sometimes, nothing works. But there is always hope to share if the other person is willing. Once people feel the community resource is real, not just a shell, they will come. Take away the burdens of life for a few moments of their lives, anything can happen. It might be the beginning, the middle, or the end of that person’s life but it can be in a state of Oneness, of beauty, of excitement, of creativity. We are what we create. I say that to myself every day.
Allow that hand to pull you from the sea. Artists can still paint the creative picture of their pain. They can sing the blues of life and their past. Movies can depict the horrors of those degraded. Books have been written through the memories of great struggle and hopelessness. But, these creative people can also create magic, hope, ideals, love, beauty. That one hand can lead to a road not foreseen, a road to the bliss of Oneness, those feelings and dimensions that were so elusive. Offer and you shall receive. This is the road to completion, and, the seeds for the next cycle.
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