Global Oneness Project
Finding Our Shared Values Through Film
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Created: Mar 20, 2008
Updated: Nov 18, 2009
Membership: Open
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Topic: What if our enlightenment comes from light?
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The first post disappeared, apologies if it comes back as a duplicate..
My basic point was we'd want to make a distinction between the shift in consciousness and the outward manifestation of that shift. The mind tends to identify with the form and what it can do in that context, but solar energy is rather like a symbol of tapping into the source just as the internet symbolizes oneness and interconnectivity. (which is still not used to its full potential, although of course there has been strides) It's a nice beginning, but a lot more can happen.
And just as solar technology is inspired by not the actual source of power, we can bring about a deeper shift if we focus on the source of the shift in consciousness rather than the ideas and practices it inspired, as useful as they may be. The article brought to mind the Gandhi quote: "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." Before the shift can happen in our very way of being, however, there has to be that inspiration. When I think of the idea of enlightened action it has more to do with inspiration than literal light. Anybody can follow in the footsteps of those who are inspired, and they may do great work, but imagine if that inspiration is decentralized and is alive in everyone, in their day to day living - now THAT would be something to see! |
Over the past year I have heard numerous contemporary spiritual teachers, such as Eckhart Tolle, Deepak Chopra, and Marianne Williamson, predict a profound shift in consciousness accompanied with an evolution to the next stage of humanity.
Where? When? How? I wanted to know. Could it be the fervor of an election year and promise of change? Could it be related to the intriguing prophecies of 2012 which predict a major transformation?
But then, like Goldilocks, something felt “just right” when I read Talkin’ ‘Bout My Generation (August issue of Ode) What if our enlightenment has to do with light?
Until now, I primarily saw the advantages of renewable energy from an environmental perspective and hoped that it would lead to a more peaceful future if we do not have to battle for resources. But if by decentralizing energy we decentralize power, as this article suggests, imagine the implications it has on our society and world as a whole. In the article Jeremy Rifkin, alternative energy activist, claims that remaking the power grid, “represents a paradigm shift so complete that it will also change human consciousness and social relations.”
Could this breakdown of centralized, hierarchical structures, pave the way for successful models of sustainable communities and interdependence? I can’t wait to find out!