The calamity in Haiti has thrust the whole question of social activism into the foreground of our thoughts these days. Questions about who is doing what for Haiti and who is not doing enough lead me to I ask, "What am I doing? Is it enough? Can I do more?"
I was recently watching my friend Edvard Viljoen on Spirit TV as he delivered his Sunday Lesson from CSL Santa Rosa and he made a reference to Emma Curtis Hopkins. Beloved Emma, mystic, absolutist for consciousness, keeper of the "High Watch" always hammering away at the fact that "You have no other work and no more important work than raising your own consciousness." Isnt it amazing that, that doesn't feel like enough. When faced with the destruction and loss of life on the scale of Haiti or the tsunami of 2004 raising my consciousness feels like a cop out. Like the thing you do when you don't want to do anything else.
Edvard went on to say that the person of "raised consciousness" would find and be lead to a sphere of action that would be THE most effective one for him by virtue of the degree of livingness that he brings to life. In the end the best action steps for all are the ones that are best for us.
Today, Willis Kinnear tells me why I'm important. Two phrases struck me in my reading this morning. In You Have a Job to Do " ... there is a limitless potential of ability that is always trying to find its way into expression through you." I believe this to be true and so raising my consciousness enables me to discover where and how that limitless potential will find expression. Today I am more aware of my importance as a unique individualization of Life's purpose.
Kinnear goes on to say in the next section Live Up to Your Own Importance "Live up to that importance, You have an obligation to Life. Live. Be, not do!!
Seems to me I undervalue consciousness because I undervalue being in favour of doing. Seems to me that what Emma was saying is that you came here to be and doing is something you do while you're here. That your doing finds its greatest expression and its highest expression when it flows naturally out of your "being" So is there anything more important than raising my consciousness? I said on Sunday, Haiti is a calamity and we can deal with that and are dealing with it. More importantly, Haiti is a tragedy and I wonder if we are dealing with that. Haiti is a tragedy in the fact that it is the poorest of the countries in the western hemisphere; that 80% of its population is unemployed and more than 50% are illiterate. It is a tragedy because when calamity on this scale struck there was no infrastructure to fall back on. Prosperity, education, social services, purpose and meaning are ideas, tools of the mind, expressions of consciousness. Perhaps I have failed Haiti because I have not assumed my position of importance. I have not done all that I can do to express love, harmony and creativity for the greatest possible good right where I am.
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Thanks, Terry, this does feel better and I do agree with your analysis. However, I am still challenged by the power of our compassion and desire to eliminate suffering from this planet, while witnessing the destruction of innocent people on such a massive scale. Will our raised consciousness be reflected in the real world as a better world for all, no matter where we are? I suppose I know the answer to be yes, but at times like this it doesn't feel like it. I also know standing here "ringing my hands" won't do any good either and the only thing I can do is bring more peace and love into the world by being that expression in my daily life.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your clarity of thought and I look forward to the next 27 days!