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by Janeanne Narrin
Every life has at its core a dream
that quietly and unobtrusively asks to be fulfilled. Each
of us dreams such a dream. It is an important part of the
original blessing of being in this world. Purpose is another
word for this dream. If you wish to realize your purpose
in life you best start by relaxing. Relaxation allows for
an open, unbounded, creative space. In this openness you
can celebrate, that is, apply yourself, exercise your talents
within the healthy boundaries of your chosen field or profession,
get what you want, and not give it away, but share it wisely.
Relaxing, opening and celebrating - three simple steps to
individual well-being.
Woven into the formula for individual well-being is a need
for supporting the global community bringing our human endeavors
into alignment with a partnership model of reality. This
means that everybody wins. Although based on self-interest,
everyone's actions contribute to the highest good of all
concerned. In their prayers our Native American brothers
and sisters refer to this extended sense of community as "all
of our relations". All of our relations of our global community comprise our fellow humans, the
animals, plants, minerals: the rocks, mountains and seas,
the deserts, swamps and wetlands, the great plains and wild
forests. How can we effectively support them?
We could introduce ever more new and tighter legislation
- adopt stringent rules and regulations. We have seen how
this plan works. And about its effectiveness there can be
no illusions. Laws created by man are manipulative and subject
to manipulation. Rules can be bent and regulations have loopholes.
Furthermore, rules and regulations imply that we are ignorant
of universal or natural law. By their very existence they
infer that we do not inherently know, feel or sense what
is right, but rather, because of our ignorance, must submit
to some outside authority. Poised between ourselves and the
world, laws, rules and regulations may even widen the gulf
of separation between ourselves and nature.
The benefit of "all
of our relations" really cannot be decreed from the outside. Founded on interconnectedness, it
unfolds through understanding, and through assimilating and
growing into universal law. It amounts to a deep healing
partnership process—an empathic resonance, between nature
and humankind.
If we wish to support and restructure
our global community in genuinely new and liberating ways,
we cannot do so just by the decree of manmade law. Instead,
we have to start closer to home, with ourselves, our personal
integrity, our own energy. In other words, we have to become
ourselves, whole and healthy individuals. We have to think
for ourselves, wean ourselves away from undue outside influence,
take good care of ourselves emotionally and physically, and
follow our purpose in life - and we have to be open and intuitively
grasp the particular strands of universal law that apply
in a given situation.
In the energetic model of reality
there is no separation. Focusing upon our own wholehearted
well-being, letting it flow through our lives and out to
others, will eventually help manifest a wholesome and healthy
global community. Not only do we have bodies and minds, but
we also partake in and embody the very energies that create
the universe - and this in our perception - moment by moment
anew. This energy is our most precious resource and can be
directly accessed.
Years ago, the "100th
monkey" theory was widely popular and often quoted. It went like this: if, one by one,
a hundred monkeys on a distant island learn how to use sticks
for picking bananas the knowledge of picking bananas with
sticks all of a sudden becomes an integral part of monkey
consciousness. All monkeys everywhere all around the world
will then be privy to this knowledge and be able to use sticks
to that end.
The principle of a vanguard few preparing
a shift in consciousness applies to humankind as well and
has inspired many changes in past history. Anyone can be
such an agent of change, but the more dedicated you are to
what you are doing the more impact you will have as an agent
of change.
- JaneAnne
Narrin, Artist, Businesswoman,
Life Coach, Author and Mother
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