I wonder if the recent earthquakes and volcano eruptions are symbolic of the changes we can be expecting among human societies soon? I, for one, hope to learn to grow and change without cataclysm!
But how many of us are really open to change? Do we embrace it or do we run from it?
I believe that change is a good thing when it derives from expanded awareness, more intellectual examination of an idea, a consciousness that has evolved. But the kind of change that follows a rush into fear or a determination to shut down a part of the self, especially if that part is the intellectual, thinking part, is a kind of change that does not advance humanity in its consciousness evolution. When we are in a state of fear we have fewer resources with which to work than when we are in a more relaxed state of awareness. And when we choose to stay in fear we give away our power to those who would take it from us.
This is the dynamic that bullies bank their efforts on. Make us fearful and they can take what they want from us. Big bullies on big playing stages can convince us to give up a great deal of our personal power if they can make us fearful enough. The only way to counteract this energy is to stay in our own power, refuse to cower in fear, and retain a connection to our thinking self.
Have you ever seen someone in fear who seems to lose their intellectual abilities and be able only to focus on that which they fear? I watched our dog, Tara, play with a mouse today and the mouse finally stayed cornered and shivering, essentially giving up in fear, when I blocked its path. [Unfortunately, Tara was still in the corner the mouse had left, still trying to dig it out – hadn’t noticed the mouse was gone. Obviously we need to get a cat!] But the mouse probably could have gotten away if it hadn’t been intimidated by a small Lhasa Apso and a large human being.
We sometimes do the same thing that mouse did – stand in a corner, shivering and cowering in fear – when if we stepped up and figured out a solution we could get ourselves out of that corner. This mouse scurried right by the dog who was continuing to dig for it in the other corner of the room. Maybe all we need to do is to face our fears and then get in touch with our inner power to overcome those fears.
No one can take away your inner power unless you give it to them. Remember that your strength does not derive from a gift from others. Your strength resides in you and all you need to do is to remember that it is there. When changes come, look inside yourself to see how you can best benefit from those changes. Do not be in fear of change. Use the energy of change to become more empowered. You can change that which no longer serves you and strengthen your resolve in those areas that you do not wish to change.
You can decide what to do with change energy. Decide to expand your awareness and advance the evolution of human consciousness. Join the group or groups that support you in this.
As Gandhi said, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.”
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Mystic Messages 
MUSE-INGS: “Be the Change” by Rosemary Bredeson
November 16, 2010 — RosemaryI wonder if the recent earthquakes and volcano eruptions are symbolic of the changes we can be expecting among human societies soon? I, for one, hope to learn to grow and change without cataclysm!
But how many of us are really open to change? Do we embrace it or do we run from it?
I believe that change is a good thing when it derives from expanded awareness, more intellectual examination of an idea, a consciousness that has evolved. But the kind of change that follows a rush into fear or a determination to shut down a part of the self, especially if that part is the intellectual, thinking part, is a kind of change that does not advance humanity in its consciousness evolution. When we are in a state of fear we have fewer resources with which to work than when we are in a more relaxed state of awareness. And when we choose to stay in fear we give away our power to those who would take it from us.
This is the dynamic that bullies bank their efforts on. Make us fearful and they can take what they want from us. Big bullies on big playing stages can convince us to give up a great deal of our personal power if they can make us fearful enough. The only way to counteract this energy is to stay in our own power, refuse to cower in fear, and retain a connection to our thinking self.
Have you ever seen someone in fear who seems to lose their intellectual abilities and be able only to focus on that which they fear? I watched our dog, Tara, play with a mouse today and the mouse finally stayed cornered and shivering, essentially giving up in fear, when I blocked its path. [Unfortunately, Tara was still in the corner the mouse had left, still trying to dig it out – hadn’t noticed the mouse was gone. Obviously we need to get a cat!] But the mouse probably could have gotten away if it hadn’t been intimidated by a small Lhasa Apso and a large human being.
We sometimes do the same thing that mouse did – stand in a corner, shivering and cowering in fear – when if we stepped up and figured out a solution we could get ourselves out of that corner. This mouse scurried right by the dog who was continuing to dig for it in the other corner of the room. Maybe all we need to do is to face our fears and then get in touch with our inner power to overcome those fears.
No one can take away your inner power unless you give it to them. Remember that your strength does not derive from a gift from others. Your strength resides in you and all you need to do is to remember that it is there. When changes come, look inside yourself to see how you can best benefit from those changes. Do not be in fear of change. Use the energy of change to become more empowered. You can change that which no longer serves you and strengthen your resolve in those areas that you do not wish to change.
You can decide what to do with change energy. Decide to expand your awareness and advance the evolution of human consciousness. Join the group or groups that support you in this.
As Gandhi said, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.”
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Please feel free to re-post this article and share it with your readers. All I ask is that you include the following information when you do: