We
are so used to hierarchies and the power flow in those hierarchical
structures and systems we create. Hierarchies are so deeply ingrained in
our bodies that they even seem to define the way we THINK about mundane
things, and so, very often we don't even listen deeply.
This whole system of hierarchy operates on victim-hood and fear. One feels superior to the other because of his lust for power and his fear that he will not be needed or will go out of business. The other feels scared to own his own power and assert himself, and therefore continues to attract people who reinforce that fear. Both are victims of hierarchy.
What is needed today I think, is for us to get out of systems that reinforce this hierarchy and deep-rooted fear and infuse them with love. Love is the only life-force that can transform. Unconditional love emerges when one has embraced one's own shadows and pain, by surrendering to life. When you are constantly seeking a balm for your pain, or a tool for "self-improvement", or trying to "fill up" a void, and you become that balm, that tool or that container, you are actually creating a divide and running away from life and love. You are falling into the trap of hierarchy and fear and unconsciously perpetuating it.
The key I feel lies in the intent, in each of us. It is important for each of us to think about our own fears, our neediness, and our own attitude towards life. If we think that we have walked through life fearlessly and courageously, and have therefore worked out what life is about, and can now "teach" others or "help" others, we will continue to walk the edge of this endless power game and struggle. We need to dig deeper, and get away from this superficiality.
If we have faced our utter helplessness, been gripped with and shivered wieth our earth-shattering fear, drowned in our neediness, and most importantly, BECOME all of that, by staying with them for as long as it takes, instead of wishing them away or rushing for relief.....and continue to look at life with wonder and joy, we would have embraced our life and our pain, and would therefore be a living guide....an equal, in this journey of life.
It is only when you can see/feel your own essence and the essence of your own pain, that you can see/feel the essence of another and the essence of his/her pain. And the way to finding your true essence is to step into your deepest, darkest fears and your shadows that you keep away from the world...tear yourself open to bare that and stay with that.
When we find our own essence, we find true love, and that is the way to transform ourselves and the world.
This whole system of hierarchy operates on victim-hood and fear. One feels superior to the other because of his lust for power and his fear that he will not be needed or will go out of business. The other feels scared to own his own power and assert himself, and therefore continues to attract people who reinforce that fear. Both are victims of hierarchy.
What is needed today I think, is for us to get out of systems that reinforce this hierarchy and deep-rooted fear and infuse them with love. Love is the only life-force that can transform. Unconditional love emerges when one has embraced one's own shadows and pain, by surrendering to life. When you are constantly seeking a balm for your pain, or a tool for "self-improvement", or trying to "fill up" a void, and you become that balm, that tool or that container, you are actually creating a divide and running away from life and love. You are falling into the trap of hierarchy and fear and unconsciously perpetuating it.
The key I feel lies in the intent, in each of us. It is important for each of us to think about our own fears, our neediness, and our own attitude towards life. If we think that we have walked through life fearlessly and courageously, and have therefore worked out what life is about, and can now "teach" others or "help" others, we will continue to walk the edge of this endless power game and struggle. We need to dig deeper, and get away from this superficiality.
If we have faced our utter helplessness, been gripped with and shivered wieth our earth-shattering fear, drowned in our neediness, and most importantly, BECOME all of that, by staying with them for as long as it takes, instead of wishing them away or rushing for relief.....and continue to look at life with wonder and joy, we would have embraced our life and our pain, and would therefore be a living guide....an equal, in this journey of life.
It is only when you can see/feel your own essence and the essence of your own pain, that you can see/feel the essence of another and the essence of his/her pain. And the way to finding your true essence is to step into your deepest, darkest fears and your shadows that you keep away from the world...tear yourself open to bare that and stay with that.
When we find our own essence, we find true love, and that is the way to transform ourselves and the world.
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