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3 Sep 2002 @ 15:42, by cosmicday. Spirituality
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
committed citizens can change the world.
Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
- Margaret Mead
What do we expect from this New Myth that we seek? In my opinion, in an environment of tribal awareness – as the earth is now – the Hero of every myth eventually becomes a religious figure, usually evolved from an existing one. There are more than 10,000 practicing religions worldwide, and the numbers are increasing every day. More people have perished in religious conflicts than in any other type (economic/political). Every religion is based on a small number of heroes. Do we want a new religion?
Just as Joseph Campbell said, I feel that the only myth that will be worth thinking about in the near future will be one that talks about the planet, and I think that in this myth everyone must be the hero. Earth is our only home. We all must be Heroes if We want to survive. In becoming heroes, we can heal the planet that others neglected.
In a society of tribal awareness, inherited fears become conditions to maintain security. Technological progress was inevitable, but the spiritual evolvement of the human being has been very slow. In every generation we keep on saying that children are the future, and as a result very little changes. Biologically speaking, our children are indeed our future. But, how can a child know what to create if we (adults) teach them our worst fears? How can a child know what to create if the adult role models are irresponsible toward other human beings and the planet? We have to take responsibility for the future.
We as adults have the power to teach our children by being loving, compassionate, and responsible members of the society. Isn’t that a reflection of all the Gods of earthly religions? We can also teach our children that the terrors of the past are not conditions in designing the future. Justice is not revenge, but reform. We, the people of the present, must be the change we wish to see. The Future should not be based on the phobia of neglect – wars, starvation…. I feel that our children and their children will love us even more if we give them a loving future in which to create and play. Otherwise, societies based on blame and shame will continue.
To me, the Planetary Myth could be referred to as the Collective Human or Global Human. In a self-centered conditional society, the Vision of the Planetary Human seems like a paradox. But, the idea of Collective Consciousness is not an elusive Vision; we can achieve this state of awareness within our own lifetime, and our children can continue to perfect it in generations to come.
This Planetary Myth can be real if we acknowledge that Heaven is everything this Universe has to offer and not a condition for worthiness. In this way, the concept of the Collective Human will be based on an entirely New Thought that encompasses the spirituality of every person – with no conditions. To some people, this might sound like a dream. Risk is the infinite possibility of success, as the Creator cannot lose. How real is the Vision of the Planetary Human? The answer is as real as we want it to be – NOW.
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8 Aug 2002 @ 12:09, by cosman64. Spirituality
This is a mail I wrote to Sindy, an active member of NCN. More >
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6 Aug 2002 @ 15:36, by sharie. Spirituality
Are you convinced that wealth is determined by your bank balance, stock portfolio, and other assets?
The dictionary says that *wealth* refers to resources of value to exchange or use.
Since you are infinitely resourceful, you are infinitely wealthy.
Your talents, your brilliance, your insights, ideas, innovations, hope, and encouragement are your wealth, and since you are more flexible than material possesions, since you earn more interest than any bank account, and since your inherent worth is unlimited, your wealth is beyond compare.
No financial statement, stock portfolio, diamond mine, oil well or skyscraper can stand up to your value because your worth is eternal and ever-lasting.
Your love and joy is more valuable than all the treasures in the world.
That makes you the new measure of wealth.
( ... And so is everyone ... )
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6 Jul 2002 @ 07:26, by chaiyah. Spirituality
...Is the Bible right on, or is it a thousand years behind the times?
...Is the Rapture coming, or did it occur a thousand years ago?
...Is the New Jerusalem still in the formative stages, or is that Level/dimension of experience operating simultaneously with Heaven and Hell now?
...How can and do physicists describe reality, in three sets of compacting particles, yet they have no sense of Reality as three levels of awareness--Hell, Physical and Heaven?
...Where are we?
...Events are rolling over us; and it's not a simple matter to predict whether they will move this way, over us, or that way, and move us onward.
...Peace is an effect. It's an effect that does not appear to exist at the level we are, and about which we are speaking.
...What appears to be the primary and predominant sense of this place is actually "Torment."
...Who do YOU KNOW, who is NOT TORMENTED by "what might have been"?
...I don't know ANYBODY.
...Now, think about this long and hard.
...Peace is the sum/total of works plus dreams. What we cannot accomplish in TIME, we must accomplish IN and BY reflection, in the Subjective while we sleep.
...There is no short-cutting the process to creating peace.
...If peace does not exist HERE, than the HERE we have accepted is not the Kingdom of God because THAT is NOT HERE.
...You can't just GO DO THAT, as if you were baking bread according to a recipe.
...You can't COMMAND the cooperation of others; nor the love; nor the respect.
...In fact, my experience says, you can't even command a hearing ear AROUND HERE.
...I am working on the issue of, "WHO is the chosen of God today?" AND "Where are we? Are we actually IN the Physical Kingdom of God [among us], or are we somewhere ELSE?
...Why is the nation of Israel in torment? WHY are the Jewish people today under accusation? Why are the Christian people today, also under accusation? What does THAT say about God and His physical earthly Covenants?
...I contend, God's Covenants are not operating HERE. So, where is HERE?
...God Yahweh was very clear that He has a people. Okay, I'm dealing with figuring OUT who that is.
...I'll let you know, when I get to a place that makes sense in view of what we are seeing with our eyes.
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 1 Jul 2002 @ 13:24, by magical_melody. Spirituality
What draws me here? What gift(s) do I bring here to NCN, and what do I come away with? What is the Gold that I reap from NCN Now? What are the pearls for me? What zips my doo-dah? More >
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 23 Jun 2002 @ 14:51, by magical_melody. Spirituality
AQUARIUS:
A New Living Story of Birth for the Earth!
Golden Visions, Galactic Pulses and Mayan Portals as Symbols, all guide and quicken us to open to the inevitable changes of birth! The Dance has moved into its ecstatic stage, and no longer can we stay in the trance of our former selves and world! A new day is dawning!
Picture of Nasturiums on hillside at Muriwai Beach in New Zealand. More >
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 26 May 2002 @ 20:10, by magical_melody. Spirituality
Alana's Prose in Honor of:
The Meeting of the Sisterhood
Written On the Lunar Eclipse
May 26, 2002- in Sagittarius
Goddess Artist: M. E.Procknow-Image is Gaia
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26 May 2002 @ 03:37, by zebket. Spirituality
Or has Man, with his great conceit and ego imagined God like himself? More >
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 24 May 2002 @ 13:06, by magical_melody. Spirituality
I give honor to My Self, my NCN Friends and All of my Companions on the Path.
Prose: Honor to the Warrior
Visionary Artist: Diana Elizabeth Stanley
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 24 May 2002 @ 08:15, by zebket. Spirituality
A Tree Can save your Life
A tree is a wonderful creation. What is its purpose? Why are there so many? Do all lands have them? More >
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