The human group - 108 - open topic; fear, illusion, change, unravelling the orthodoxy and story.
The open topic conversations are a consistent way of tuning into the collective. Sometimes the suggested topics can seem isolated but throughout the discussion the connections are found intuitively with very little facilitation. This is yet another beautiful example of the power of the yarn; connections are stumbled upon.
There is a certain willingness among the participants to listen to each other that does make this possible and the intention of the human group creates a container for this quality of interaction.
Suggested topics
Fear and scarcity mindset and its affect upon the voice referendum. Citizenship and participation.
Illusion and the impact of unacknowledged trauma playing out from within those who hold tremendous power and influence.
Unravelling the orthodoxy and guilt promoting restlessness.
Fear of change, attachment to the past.
All this speaks to the unconscious murmurings of our human condition. The stories that are playing out as the foundation of our decision making; that drive us towards shallow conscious goals seeking self worth, that make us defensive towards change, that allow us to be steered by ideas of evil and feelings of shame and guilt.
The story has been neglected for too long and now it is consciously or unconsciously wielded by poor quality incentives. Namely money and power and just beneath the surface of these incentives are the two entities of fear and scarcity.
Particular native American cultures spoke of fear as a virus, they called it ‘wetiko’, a disease represented by the metaphor of a vampire and other monstrous ancient myths. When you are bitten, infected by fear, you give away your power and responsibility generally to those amplifying the fear, you become empty as the soul withers in neglect hence a vampire’s lack of a reflection. The vampire feeds upon life, those who have souls, those who follow their nature and are in touch with their own unique voice.
We are largely infected by this disease and it has overtaken our institutions and created a disempowered and disengaged population. We feed upon nature and those aligned or protecting nature, siphoning multidimensional existence into a one dimensional number hierarchy.
As we are faced with the prospect of change we defer our decisions to those who scream the loudest and inspire the most fear. A population of wetiko stricken vampires listening to Dracula and voting for his reign to continue. We are under a spell.
However if we allow ourselves a moment of simple contemplation and discussion we can render the majority of the spell useless and understand the damage it is causing.
So how can we reintegrate the soul?
The curse is also the solution and the story is the magical potion that will relieve us of wetiko. We have manifested ourselves as vampires through our decision making based on fear inducing story. This demonstrates the power of story and if we choose to cultivate, care, respect and honour the story we have the power to change our reality.
So what kind of story inspires trust, faith, love and generosity?
A spiritual story. A story that has a weight beyond our current society. Who holds this story?
‘Half a step to self-forgetting, the rest restored by what we’ll meet.’ - David Whyte
What is waiting upon the horizon ready to meet us?
The indigenous voice to parliament is an opportunity to create a conscious and unified story of our existence that inspires values in which align with a continual co-existence with the earth and the universe.
Australia has a monumentous opportunity to tap into a culture that understands the power of story and has 60,000 years of story telling as a multidimensional means for harmonic existence.
We need to carefully listen to these story tellers and collaborate on adding the last 200 years in a way in which we are all included.
Part of this awakening we are experiencing at this point in history is becoming aware of the power of story and welding that power with love, compassion and integrity.
But let’s not wait for this.
Write your own magical story that inspires the change that you wish to be in the world. Do you want to be free, live in abundance, be fully self expressed and live your potential?
Goodluck future story tellers! :)
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