What a difference a couple of years make. Especially when they include a worldwide pandemic and the economic and the personal recoveries we’re are all going through.
I have been reflecting on everything that is happening around us and have come to the conclusion it is healthier for me to be an observer, than it is to be in the midst of the chaos.
For many years I have felt we are on the verge of the next evolution of humanity. That many of the old systems, structures, philosophies, and ‘go-to’ solutions for how we address or approach a situation are prime for change.
Personally I have believed, like many others, that our worldview of duality is destined for change. The prevailing idea or default view that there is only good or bad, right or wrong, us or them, has been limiting and damaging for way to long.
Humanity is complex. Yet most of the time, we are expected to boil down multilayered and multifaceted situations into simple yes/no or for/against decisions in a matter of seconds. When the truth is there is very little we encounter that is actually “simple”.
For me, it seems as if we are at the apex of “choose your side”. Regardless of the topic or issue. We are pitted against each other in so many ways. It feels as if we are in the midst of the last, best effort of ‘duality’ trying to hold onto its position of power over humanity.
Instead what I have been trying to do, is to not participate. To not take a side. Instead to remain open. To allow my thoughts and emotions to ebb and flow. To see where something feels right for me, but to also understand someone else may not feel the same way.
Not jumping in to “take a side” is new for me. But right now to “take a side” only adds to the “us versus them” narrative. And trust me, any topic you can think of right now has… 2 sides.
Instead, when I find myself wanting to choose, I try and stop myself… even when I am alone. I could be reading an article, see a headline or a story, or overhear (or be a part of) a conversation or a broad/podcast. As soon as I realize I am taking a side, I stop myself. I wonder: “What else is possible or are there other options?” Or even.., what does neutral feel like?
Realizing that I don’t have to take a side has been powerful and freeing. Don’t get me wrong I recognize I will always have preferences. I make choices for myself all the time. However, I don’t have to assume my choice is the right one for anyone else. And my choice is not something I have to champion or defend.
It is funny to realize how empowering it feels to not “Take a side”!
Great post, Charles and it immediately brought this quote from Bashar to mind…
Paradox -a holding of two or more separate frequencies, ideas and or actions without reduction of the tension aspects of either. “Paradox as the Point of Power” quoting Bashar, “If you are understanding things which appear to be opposites, at the same time, that means you must be at the center of those opposites, squarely at the center, positioned at the balance point, which is the point of power.” Releasing yourself from the either/or paradigm to both/and, is freedom. Disparate choices apparently, are simply different aspects. But when we become frequency alchemists, they become, not confused but co-fused and they lift to a higher order of complexity and harmony. Beauty is a frequency, rather a harmonic of frequencies think exhilaration plus serenity experienced simultaneously. As we increasingly expand consciousness we become more and more attuned to the resonances of paradox. (Cutting Edge Consciousness Podcast-YouTube)
My favorite part is the part about beauty being a frequency.
So great to read your writing again!
Hey Vikki! Thanks for sharing this perspective… I love thinking of being in the middle is a point of balance! And yes! ‘Beauty is a frequency!”
I feel the same way Charles!! I think it is even more important to hold the image of us finding a common ground, in whatever small piece we can agree on to create something new going forward.
Let’s create something new together Heather!