Every once in a while we come to a choice point about our own beliefs. Something that we assumed was “the right thing to do”, all of a sudden is questioned. I believe it is in these moments that we have the opportunity to make quantum shifts in our lives. However in these times of awareness, we also have the opportunity to put our own inquiry on hold, or tuck it away for another day.
I think one of the reasons that I personally put them aside for awhile, is because I don’t actually know what or how to
be, once I have sat the old belief down. I have no
experience walking around in this body with the new belief.
What changes? What do I lose?
Let me give you an example. I have always been politically active. I vote as often against politicians who represent policies or philosophies that I oppose, as I do for the politicians who I feel best represent my values and priorities. I sign petitions for the things I want and the ones I don’t want. I invest money in organizations that represent the causes that are close to my heart. I am a fighter when it comes to getting what I want.
NOW… I am not sure any of this actually serves the greater good. Mind you this is just one example, however, it is showing up in many areas of my life. If I am focused on fighting poverty… Do I give more energy to poverty itself? If I am fighting against a war instead of working for peace, do I get the same results? More and more, where it feel like I have grabbed on to one side of the rope in a game of “tug of war”, I wonder if it just adds equal resistance to the other side? As they say, for every action there is a reaction.
Please realize, I have know idea what or where this contemplation leads. However I am confident that there is a reason it is appearing in these different areas of my life. I assume it has to do with the balancing of masculine and feminine energies on the planet that we are all witnessing too. So, instead of tucking it away one more time, I think it is time to allow it to steep and simmer. Then see what new ways of being emerge. AND, if a time of quantum shift is possible~isn’t that enough of a reason to walk into the unknown?