|
The
Universe Within by Gwen Randall-Young
As
we evolve into the next stage in human evolution, we strive to align more
with our souls -- to develop understanding, acceptance and compassion.
Ideally, we aim to transcend polarity. It can be difficult then, for
soulful individuals to find themselves in situations where they must stand
up for what they believe, perhaps confront, maybe even ‘do battle.’
Perhaps we find ourselves party to a litigation, or see something so wrong
that we must become involved. How can we ‘fight’ with integrity, when
we do not even want to fight in the first place? How can we remain in
integrity, when faced with people or situations that are completely
without integrity?
Such
situations are incredible challenges along our growth path, for they will
trigger ego to jump in and say: "To heck with all that soul stuff you
have been practicing, this calls for something different!" Almost
without thinking we can be drawn into anger, polarity, and defensiveness,
taking a strongly adversarial stance. It does not feel good in our body,
and we become annoyed with the person or situation for ‘ruining’ all
that good ‘higher self’ stuff we were developing. Deep down, we are
annoyed at ourselves because we see we still have some of those ego
qualities we so want to move away from and that we perhaps still judge
others for. (Of course we would never admit that, because we ‘don’t
judge’.) Nonetheless, there we are with ego-egg all over our faces. We
have just encountered another ‘teachable moment’, courtesy of the
universe.
We will continue to have
these experiences until we understand, at the core of our being, that no
matter what is happening, it is not about the other side. As long as we
think in terms of ‘other side’ we are co-creating polarity. It is
about us ourselves.
What alternative is there, particularly if we are in
litigation, or fighting for a cause? Here is the key: we do not create
anything worthwhile when we fight against anyone or anything.
Instead what we must do is to align with truth. We are not against
bad, evil or corruption -- we are for honesty, integrity,
disclosure, truth, and justice. We may bring forth information that is
damaging, but it is not for the purpose of creating harm, exacting
revenge, or gaining the upper hand. It is for the purpose of bringing
into the light that which is of darkness. If we see, through the eyes
of our soul, that the Earth, another person, or we ourselves are being
harmed, we do not need to hand the file over to ego. That just adds more
heavy energy to an already overburdened world.
The evolutionary
challenge is not to dispense with ego completely, for we cannot, but
rather to let soul take the lead. Indeed, some softer, more soulful types
may well need a push from ego to get out there and take a stand! When we
are aligned with our own souls, and with truth, we do not take things
personally, nor do we attack others personally. When our efforts are
directed to alignment with truth, and not against anyone or
anything, the process is not emotionally draining. This is because we are
not attached to any particular outcome. We know that we cannot control
others, and often do not have control over outcomes.
In enlightened moments
we will also realize it is the egos of others that create difficulty, and
they are only out of integrity because their egos are holding their souls
hostage. That is a situation worthy of our compassion. So we hold our
heads high, speak our truth loudly and clearly, do what we have to do with
as much integrity as we can, bless the souls of all sentient beings, and
then go home and have a good night’s sleep. That is the best way, even
if we have to get up the next day and go out and do it all again.
Gwen Randall-Young is a
psychotherapist and author of Dancing
Soul: The Voice of Spirit Evolving and Baby Soul: A Blessing of
Spirit.
Back to
September, 2002 Index
 Top
|
|
