IS: Who could be a cynic?
I believe in better. I believe in progress(ion). I believe in protopia. How could I do otherwise?
When I say, "believe in," I mean that I have seen the reality of this process (growth, change, development, expansion) already in my life. I find meaning in striving to contribute to furthering it at all scales, to continue the infinite game of life. We might lose the game, almost at any time. But I will never regret playing, and the optimism of faith propels me independent of the odds.
Every day of play is a win. It's the joy of discovery, for me. The thrill of growth, unfolding, frontier exploration, is the core thrill of life itself in my own dance with the universe. From its vast possibility space, new beauty keeps emerging and surprising! How could one be a cynic?:
At times, the joy that life attacks me with is unbearable and leads to gasping hysterical laughter. I find myself completely out of control and wonder how could life could surprise me again and again and again, so completely. How could a man be a cynic? It is a sin.
— Norm Macdonald (@normmacdonald) April 17, 2018
My power flows when I am in integrity with my wisdom - the deep knowing that arises from my bones, from the core of the earth, from the universal source. This is heart power, soul power, the substance of love and of seeing swirled together and unshackled from fear. It moves us and leads us in rightness.
There exists power in force, also. Physical, technological, social - force as domination, as constriction, as developmental fallback. I have access only to this when my awareness collapses, trust is gone, and I like Bilbo say, “Why shouldn't I?”
Wisdom is my name for what governs the balance... the seeing and awareness that produces and maintains the vast capacious perspective-taking of my truest self. In that way-of-being, I can speak powerful truth from love. I can be the being I am invited to be, called to live in service to the ongoing evolution of life in the grandest scale.
Awareness is my name for the gate, the enabler and limiter of how and how much I can be who I want to be - and thus what I also can do to conduct wise power through the universal organism.
Can you feel the energy of that same source of wisdom, power, truth, and beauty in-and/or-around you? Can you touch it, remember it? I believe you can. I believe you have. And I know that we together can embody a culture and communion that strengthens and enlarges and enlivens our biggest selves.
I've seen so far no firm limit to what we can see and become together, as a collective living life in connection that grounds us in expanded awareness. From self to dyad to crew to congregation to network to society, we can work towards inhabiting the fullness of the world of our desires. That world intermingles with the current realities of every moment, overlapping with our intentions for our unfolding future.
If you have your own path to walk, more power to you in the journey. If you have wisdom to add to ours, come teach us! If you feel the stirrings of kinship, draw closer and join our party on this path we share! We are travelers together, whatever the depth of our connection - but I invite you towards deepening. Connected with tribe, with congregation, we become stronger together and travel deeper into the land of better.
The next entry point into community with Intentional Society is Sunday October 6th, when we will begin our 16th seasonal cycle. Come and ask questions the day prior to get hooked up.
Cheers,
James