Do you want to live in a world ruled by fear or a world ruled by love?
Christopher Dos Santos writes:"You will in fact always be building two homes: one of fear and one of love. You are informed that the home you live in, is the one most complete."
This sums up, very simply, what I mean by "old paradigm" and "new paradigm". The universe is asking each one of us to move our focus of attention from the old house of fear to the new house of love.
The basis of our existing "civilisation" is fear: fear of poverty, fear of scarcity, fear of losing employment, fear of illness, fear of death, and so on. The system is based on authoritarian control and exploitation of the masses by a greedy and elite few. The slavery of the masses is mainly voluntary, though there is very strong pressure to "conform" through media and societal brainwashing. Individuality is discouraged - the masses are expected to be "conventional" which means to copy everyone else, and not think for oneself. The chains that most of us wear could easily be slipped off, but the wearers do not notice this, or are afraid to try to escape.
This old paradigm has had its day, and is now following the law of entropy - the second law of thermodynamics that governs our physical universe - into chaotic oblivion.
A friend of mine recently observed that "you cannot buck entropy" and I disagreed with him. He is correct from the viewpoint of the old paradigm, the house of fear, where love does not exist, because it cannot be measured by scientific instruments... ok, most people do accept that love exists, but they associate it with romance, desire, need, taking.... that is not true love.
The new paradigm, which is rising subtly, and unstoppably, in the background, is the house of love, true love. True love gives. True love cares. True love shares. This new paradigm comes from the heart and is inherently spiritual, while the old paradigm is unashamedly materialistic.
The law of entropy does not apply to spirituality. Spirituality tends towards unity, towards perfection, simplicity, merging. Spirituality is holistic.
So we can stay in the old house of fear, shaking in our boots, as the walls of our existence come crashing down. We can react to this by lashing out in anger, or by losing our minds to terror.
Or we can embrace the house of love. The house of love offers inner comfort, joy, peace, and strength. The house of love brings us together with all of nature and all of creation.
It is our choice, each of us, individually. It is simply a question of where we focus our energies and attention: to the house of fear, or the house of love?
Which house would you prefer to live in?
5 comments:
Beautifully written and so very true. I very much enjoy reading your work.
Namaste, my brother, ripples of love from a good man...
thank you for your kind words Christopher, and thanks for the inspiration!
Namaste my brother Deepian. Thank you for sharing your thoughts in 2010. May 2011 bring you ever closer to unity and unconditional love.
In Lak' esh, my brother, rich is your mind...
Hi All, this is a favorite topic of my work (see below for links) and so thanks for reminding us. I can agree with: "It is our choice, each of us, individually. It is simply a question of where we focus our energies and attention: to the house of fear, or the house of love?"
I have found there is the "simply" part to this formula and lived experience as articulated, and there is a continuum of "complexity" parts to how to actually achieve the paradigm shift. Both/and. My work is based on the thesis that yes, we ought to shift from a paradigm of fear to Love, as many traditions have taught this (East and West) over millenia. I then argue that the path of that shift is one of fearlessness, and that's where it all gets a lot more complex, in evolutionary and developmental terms. I write about the complexity of human development, even when we make (if we do) the paradigm choice of Love over fear. Reality shows, that to "live it" is not merely about choosing it cognitively, or even from the heart. There are a lot of reason it is more complex than that, not to forget to mention the role of the 'Fear' Matrix in attempting in every way to resist that shift. I trust you may check out my new book and blog, website. Go to http://csiie.org (Department of Integral & 'Fear' Studies), and/or http://fearlessnessteach.blogspot.com
-R. Michael Fisher, Ph.D.
Fearologist
Michael - thanks for your comments. I have had a look at your blog, and I find your writings of interest - I have added it to the recommended section on this blog. I myself have been focusing recently on where my feelings are coming from, whenever I make any decision - is it from love (radiant heart) or from fear (gripping sensation in the belly) - if the former I go for it, and if the latter I stop and meditate, until I come back into love.... this is working very well for me so far as a practical method to ove towards fearlessness.
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