Is it really possible that a new human species is emerging? A man I recently dated kept commenting how “different” I was. We did not last very long, because it did seem like we were a different species. This is a man that only a few short years ago would have been a dream come true for me. In all of the ways that we culturally measure merit and worth, he was a 10. But… that little word….but, he had not developed himself spiritually. So as we would communicate and be with each other there seemed to be vast worlds and experiences I wanted to share with him and but had no framework to even begin to understand. It was Greek to him as they say. It made me realize that the great gift of spiritual maturity and years of committed practice bring a kind of alone-ness that may be unanticipated. Of course, there is the Oneness with everything, the moments or days or weeks of samadhi, the sense of Grace of living an expanded reality… and, that small word, and… as one progresses the field both broadens in that one can feel compassion and deep oneness with all people and things, the very nature of Life in its stark and soft Beingness, and…. and… the field of incarnated beings who know, not in theory, but in daily lived experience, know this vastness of being, way of being becomes smaller and smaller. This is where spiritual leadership comes in. By being so fully this expanded human and acting in the world with intention, in the spirit of Universal Service, we make it easier for others to emerge through the chrysalis anew. That way, we have more people to play with.
I am convinced that it is like the 4 minute mile. Before Roger Bannister broke the elusive barrier in 1954 , folklore has it that it was impossible for the human body to move that fast. But as soon as he did, it fell like a house of cards and suddenly many could. British biologist Rupert Sheldrake calls it morphogenetic resonance. That is, once an energy field is created, it becomes easier for others to then tap into it to achieve the same results. Skeptics usually raise and eyebrow or two, but it has been tested and replicated in experiments all over the world.
So I say, emerge… trust, another little word, trust what is emerging through you and as you, even if others view you as “different”. They will thank you later.
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