Wednesday, July 14, 2004
Prenuptial Agreements
Let us say that somewhere, in a time not known, in a place not named, "you" (in whatever guise you then existed in that other realm ) volunteered for a cosmic project. You did not know the full nature of that project (other than that it was profoundly benevolent toward the universe), nor did you learn your exact role, nor how the full scenario would play out.
You agreed to enter the earth-field and to undergo birth as an "earth-being," through the common biological processes of that sphere. You were informed that once you were "conceived," (made ready) your memory bank would be scrubbed, and that you would no longer recall your origins nor your previous nature nor even the conditions under which you came. You would be "shrunk" in the process, reduced from your state as a freely roving spirit with near limitless abilities and knowledge, to a small, seriously restricted being, subject to all the challenges and difficulties of the human plane. Pain and agony and frustration would be part of your daily lot, along with all the rest of humanity struggling to survive in difficult circumstances.
Your task would be to discover and serve, as best you could, that central purpose for which you came. You would at some point be profoundly "awakened" to your inherent nature and given a glimpse of your appointed task, but even then you would not be privy to the overall design nor to the designers and overseers. To a great extent, you would rely on faith itself that you were involved in a worthy scheme, one created to benefit humankind in crisis, and thus the cosmos itself.
Who, then, do you serve? How do you fulfill your "assignment"? How can you avoid the many "traps" which lie in wait, such as ego-inflation, the distractions of the myriad "trivial pursuits" which infest the modern scene? Must you forever struggle alone to fulfill your intention? How will you discover what you are supposed to do?
I think many of us share such intimations of serving an underlying larger purpose, a sense of connection with something unknown but of prime importance. Perhaps our feeling could be described simply as a general inclination toward good. Perhaps such intuitions stem from the soul's prior existence as an inhabitant of invisible celestial realms, the sphere of spirits who descend in order to serve in humility and compassion. (Many early writers have spoken of the pre-existence of the soul, including Plato and Wordsworth, who said that we came to earth "trailing clouds of glory.")
What can we say, other than together we struggle toward light? In the midst of world trauma and personal challenge, we open to transformation, allowing the renewed self to become the impetus for worldwide metamorphosis. One by one, we move into the unknown to allow the new humanity to be born.
Our souls enter holy union with the unseen divine, and thus we honor the "prenuptial agreements" which we know are our own.
Kundalini is one means by which the self is awakened to its own true nature and purpose. For this reason, I think that those who have experienced this process of enlightenment bear a special responsibility to answer the world's cry for help at this time of extreme crisis. We are in a special category, for we know the fullness of love and the inherent joy of that invisible reality. Thus, even in the midst of what sometimes seems like universal catastrophe and woe, we can find grounds for affirmation, and discover reasons for hope. It is indeed as though god (the goddess) holds our hand as we walk through fields of fire.
You agreed to enter the earth-field and to undergo birth as an "earth-being," through the common biological processes of that sphere. You were informed that once you were "conceived," (made ready) your memory bank would be scrubbed, and that you would no longer recall your origins nor your previous nature nor even the conditions under which you came. You would be "shrunk" in the process, reduced from your state as a freely roving spirit with near limitless abilities and knowledge, to a small, seriously restricted being, subject to all the challenges and difficulties of the human plane. Pain and agony and frustration would be part of your daily lot, along with all the rest of humanity struggling to survive in difficult circumstances.
Your task would be to discover and serve, as best you could, that central purpose for which you came. You would at some point be profoundly "awakened" to your inherent nature and given a glimpse of your appointed task, but even then you would not be privy to the overall design nor to the designers and overseers. To a great extent, you would rely on faith itself that you were involved in a worthy scheme, one created to benefit humankind in crisis, and thus the cosmos itself.
Who, then, do you serve? How do you fulfill your "assignment"? How can you avoid the many "traps" which lie in wait, such as ego-inflation, the distractions of the myriad "trivial pursuits" which infest the modern scene? Must you forever struggle alone to fulfill your intention? How will you discover what you are supposed to do?
I think many of us share such intimations of serving an underlying larger purpose, a sense of connection with something unknown but of prime importance. Perhaps our feeling could be described simply as a general inclination toward good. Perhaps such intuitions stem from the soul's prior existence as an inhabitant of invisible celestial realms, the sphere of spirits who descend in order to serve in humility and compassion. (Many early writers have spoken of the pre-existence of the soul, including Plato and Wordsworth, who said that we came to earth "trailing clouds of glory.")
What can we say, other than together we struggle toward light? In the midst of world trauma and personal challenge, we open to transformation, allowing the renewed self to become the impetus for worldwide metamorphosis. One by one, we move into the unknown to allow the new humanity to be born.
Our souls enter holy union with the unseen divine, and thus we honor the "prenuptial agreements" which we know are our own.
Kundalini is one means by which the self is awakened to its own true nature and purpose. For this reason, I think that those who have experienced this process of enlightenment bear a special responsibility to answer the world's cry for help at this time of extreme crisis. We are in a special category, for we know the fullness of love and the inherent joy of that invisible reality. Thus, even in the midst of what sometimes seems like universal catastrophe and woe, we can find grounds for affirmation, and discover reasons for hope. It is indeed as though god (the goddess) holds our hand as we walk through fields of fire.
