Avoidance
The phrase that keeps running through my
head lately is "Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we shall die."
Hmmm. . . that sounds like a
real doom-and-gloomer, but in fact I see it as a wake up call. We still have time to change. And,
slowly but surely, I am seeing some people finally waking up. I am especially
heartened by several people on my mailing list who finally "get it"
and have begun their process of "taking out the garbage."
But not enough.
Many readers may interpret my writings as
"negative." Well, hmm. . . . on that one,
too. I have always perceived myself as one of the most positive people I know.
How else could I possibly have survived the ordeal I experienced over the last
ten years?
But to most people, if it makes you feel
good, it is positive. If it makes you uncomfortable, it is negative. But I see
it as just the opposite. It is our discomforts that are telling us that we can
no longer operate in the universe in which we have been living for such a long
time. And the more miserable we are, the more energy we are putting into
forcing change. Take it from one who knows first hand. Woe to you if you are
feeling great these days. . .
But I don't think the issue is that we are
feeling great, happy, satisfied, fulfilled, peaceful, prosperous, (no matter
how much material wealth we have), healthy, and particularly loved at this
point. I think the issue is that we are avoiding facing what is really going on
in our lives, by pretending we are living all of the above. We think that we
are being positive if we focus on "feeling" those feelings. But what
we are really doing is lying to ourselves to avoid facing the issues in our
lives that need to be purged. I will say this again and again and again. NO ONE
will get in to the new dimension to which we are fast and furiously headed
while still carrying old baggage. If we do not scrutinize our lives in great
detail, and take out the garbage—everything we know is not working—from relationships, to jobs, to lifestyles and
bad habits, to all that old trash we have in our basement, attic and yard, we
will remain stuck in a world growing quickly extinct. It we do not go back and
review all our past lives, and free the karma and destructive DNA patterns, we
will not be admitted to the next world. I have been saying this for two years.
Less and less people seem to be listening.
I was talking to a friend the other day, and
I was perplexed as to why so many people in this area are so determined to hold
on to their misery. "Maybe they are just not miserable enough yet," I
said. She looked at me skeptically. "Or maybe, they have a high misery
tolerance," I suggested. With that, she agreed.
I have an extremely low misery tolerance. In
fact, if my life isn't EXACTLY the way I want it to be, if I am not getting
EXACTLY what I want, then I won't accept it. After all I have been through, I simply
refuse to accept anything that is not perfect. I have raised my standards
again and again, and know that I deserve nothing but the absolute best. And I
will not stop until I get what I want. Struggling and making do and settling
for what you get simply are not part of a high vibrational existence.
What this has done is fueled an
extraordinarily strong drive to move forward, almost to the point of being
giddy. But that is what this up and coming world is all about. Don't you see?
We were never meant to settle for second best. We are gods and goddesses, and
when we finally recognize that, then we become
unstoppable. I know that I, personally, am one of the strongest movers and
shakers on the planet today, because I know what I want, and I intend to get
it. When you reach the point where nothing but the best will do, then you will
claim your power, also. You begin to change your energy output so that you are
constantly pushing and pushing and pushing up against those energies that try
to hold you back. Then one day, you realize you have over powered one, and then
another, and then another. So you not only begin to see results in your life, but
you feel a planetary change as well.
But instead, what I am seeing is a very
disturbing pattern of avoidance, even, (and especially) by my so-called
"spiritual" friends. It seems so many people have reached a plateau
where they are relatively doing OK, and they know at an intuitive level that
one little jiggle, and they will rock the boat. So they sit very still, lie to
themselves, and pour their energy into holding on to what they've got. I see
this at a local level, but also at a national level. Most of the "spiritual
gurus" who have made it in the public eye, really
have not changed for decades. They are still operating in a 1980s-'90s
vibrational level. I have lost interest in all the authors I used to love.
There are few who speak anything of value to me any more. Most of it is old,
outdated news. Although, I do realize that people who are just getting started
on the spiritual path will find their teachings useful. But there are also many
of us who need to move on, and have not.
Last summer (2005), I noticed, at least
locally, a trend begin, that is still continuing. People seemed to be losing
interest in things related to holistic/metaphysical lifestyle. Businesses that
were previously booming took a sharp plunge. I think in many cases, those who
were not truly committed seekers, who wanted to find that magic bullet that
would somehow cure all their ills were not finding it
in meditation, yoga, or the numerous other modalities being practiced in the
area. When they realized they actually had to commit to their own inner
healing, they were off to find the next instant gratification. I am seeing that
become even stronger. People are less interested in working on themselves, and
more interested in finding someone who can "fix them". So they essentially
make a commitment to nothing.
So, that is one way in which we avoid.
But there are many others, and now we get
into the really irritating stuff. . .
Ok, so we all know about the obvious escape
tools: drinking, drugs, overeating,
Sex, when
used as a means to escape or manipulate. Overspending. That's one you may not have thought of, but
every time I see the stock market reports gleefully announcing that the Dow has
set another record, there goes that little ditty again. . .Eat , drink, and be
merry. . .
We are not in anything even remotely
resembling a healthy economic situation in this country or this world. Maybe
the wealthiest 5% of the population is, the ones who
control the world at this point. I read on the AP news that 135 corporations
are being investigated for corruption and fraud. Just look at Enron. One
minute, everything looked great in the books. And the next minute, lots of
people who thought they were rich found themselves out of a whole lot of money.
I don't trust any reports on what I hear about the economy. I go by my gut
feeling, and there is nothing about it that feels right.
We are, as a society, constantly bombarded
by the message that too much is better, so we are assaulted by too much of
everything. Too much entertainment. I was talking to
someone when I was took a load of trash to the
I believe it is the Dark Forces sending all
this distraction to those who are easily pulled along with the crowd, like
dangling a carrot in front of a mule. However, the mule never really does get
the carrot. It just keeps dangling out of reach, manipulating the mule to go in
whatever direction the carrot goes. And so we are pushed and pulled along with
the latest trend, only to find that it really doesn't give us what we want or
need. What it does is waste our precious time that should be spent getting our
spiritual lives in order.
But it is not only entertainment that is too
much. It is everything that is too much. Too much noise, too
many people, too much technology, to the point where our brains can barely
comprehend any more. Does anyone else but me long to return to the very
simple ways of doing things? I really do, mostly, but the minute I step off
this farm, I am overwhelmed by a world that is just. .
.too much. It is becoming painful.
The energetic clutter on the planet is
reaching unbearable levels. It is getting more and more difficult to
communicate, though we are led to believe it is easier. In the "olden
days" people used to visit, chat, come over for lunch, be
there for each other. Now we have instant messaging and cell phones glued to
our ears. But we are more removed from each other than we have ever been. We have become a society of robots, and that
has little to do with raising our vibration. It is more about being sucked into
a lifestyle that no longer values our humanity. We are hamsters on a wheel and
we have forgotten how to get off.
While all these modern conveniences we have
are supposed to give us more free time, most people I know are working more
hours than ever. I am disheartened by the fact that even the
"healers" I know are so caught up in the "make a living"
world that they have forgotten how energy really works. Those who get off the
hamster wheel will begin to remember our roots—how we were at the beginning of
time—able to create from a thought, and enjoy our creations. When enough of us
decide to become humans rather than hamsters, a monumental shift will take
place.
Or maybe we just don't want to. After all, busyness
is a wonderful excuse to avoid the really difficult task of dealing with the
garbage.
Whether we like it or not,
or even want to admit it, the evolution of this planet will continue without
everybody being on board. There are too many of us that simply will not
tolerate the insanity. Or at least enough of us at this point
to tip the scales. And when the scales do tip, many of us might find
ourselves facing our garbage head on, with no place to run
So what is the first step you can take?
Stop. Just stop. Then begin asking yourself all those hard questions you have
been avoiding. Rather you ask them, than have a crisis throw them in your face.
We are in an extremely difficult period on
the planet, there is no denying that. But for those who are determined to get
to the other side of all this, the rewards will be awesome.
Copyright©
2006 by Laughing Crow