Many people go through life searching for their calling. We might see this as our perfect job or career. We might see it as a cause or whatever makes us feel alive. Some think of this is religious terms, as in being called to “the ministry.” Some people seem to find their calling in this life, while others continue to search.
Let’s look at the idea of being called from a different perspective. We are all called. Called to what? Called to be. Called to be what? Light, love, peace, goodness, grace, joy, forgiveness, wisdom, beauty and other attributes of God in whose image and likeness we are created.
We come into this world knowing this but as time goes by we begin to forget and eventually our true nature goes to sleep. But there is good news. We can wake up. When we awaken to our true nature and our call to express it in this world our lives begin to fall into place as we begin to live our true purpose.
It is not always easy to live as awakening beings in a world where there is much darkness and many are sleepwalking through life. We may be ridiculed, harassed, even verbally or physically attacked. We may not even be able to see that we have made a difference. But we may catch occasional glimpses of change that will encourage us to continue on our journey. We may trip and fall and find ourselves not being true to our calling but once we know our calling to be the presence of God in the world, there is no turning back.
We no longer want to be a part of the darkness. We can do nothing but continue to shine our light, as tiny as that light might seem at times. We walk through life shining our light and living in the warmth of the light of God.
As you awaken, you will come to understand that the journey to love isn’t about finding “the one” the journey is about becoming “the one.” — Creig Crippen
“The sun shines down, and its image reflects in a thousand different pots filled with water. The reflections are many, but they are each reflecting the same sun. Similarly, when we come to know who we truly are, we will see ourselves in all people.” ~ Ammachi
You can have a spiritual awakening and discover a new side of you at any age. And best of all, love can happen at any age. Life can just start to get exciting when you’re in your 40s and 50s. You have to believe that. — Salma Hayek
Earlier this month in my post titled WakeUp! I spoke in a brief and very general way about awakening. Now I want to dig a little deeper and talk about what happens when people begin to wake up.
So what does happen when people start waking up? To put is simply, the world begins to change. But anytime anything new is born into the world there are labor pains. Much of the anger, violence and turmoil we see in our world today is evidence of this. But it is important to look beyond the pain to catch at least a glimpse of what is being born.
So what is being born? We are currently going through a major shift in consciousness which will be seen in many different areas of life.
The two shifts that are the most obvious (and exciting) to me are:
A shift from the masculine toward the feminine. Let’s face it we have lived in a world that has been dominated by men. How has that been working for us? Now we are beginning to see women step forward in large numbers to remind us that does not always work. We see this in all areas of life but perhaps the most out there in the public eye right now are politics and social justice. This will only work if women lead from their feminine energy, instead of just copying the way men have always done things. What we need to be moving toward is not a world dominated and controlled by women, but a balance of both the masculine and feminine energies working together. All people work side by side to create a world that works for all. History tells us this will not be easy. It is never easy for any group to let go of power and control, and learning to handle power and control is just as difficult. Until we let go of our all or nothing mentality and learn to develop a spirit of cooperation and work together we will continue to struggle with this shift
A shift from organized religion focused on buildings, organization and doctrine toward a personal spiritual journey. This shift is very personal to me. I grew up in a family that was extremely involved in the local church, so I got an up close and personal view of the inner workings of a church. It isn’t always pretty. We can get so caught up in doctrine and our precious buildings that we can forget that our true calling is Oneness with God and if we are Christians following the Master Teacher by living the Christ life. I began feeling the pull of the Christ within from a young age, but I resisted. And boy did I resist. Even when it became clear that I was no longer wanted and actually no longer belonged in “organized religion” I held on with everything I had. It took a long time and a car accident for me to begin to experience little glimpses of what our Oneness with God is actually like. Now there is no turning back. There was a religious revival in the 1730’s and 1740’s known as the Great Awakening. We are now experiencing another great awakening as people are beginning to awaken to who they really are and how they are called to live. And of course organized religion is not only resisting they are fighting back. What is required of us during this time is to stay on track, stay connected to Spirit and each other and not get caught in fighting a “war” that does not really exist.
There are of course other shifts of consciousness occurring in our world. That is why I would really like to hear from you on this one.
What major shifts are you seeing in our world? Do they have personal meaning for you? Leave you comments below and let’s talk.
“A person experiences life as something separated from the rest – a kind of optical delusion of consciousness. Our task must be to free ourselves from this self-imposed prison, and through compassion, to find the reality of Oneness.” ~ Albert Einstein
“Our world will never be changed until individuals have changed, and individuals will never change until religion as inner transformation has penetrated to the hearts of their beings and made them into new persons. Change happens one human being at a time. It is your transformation, my transformation, that will make a difference in this wondrous but troubled world of ours, as we become who we truly are.”
― Theodore J. Nottingham, Yeshua the Cosmic Mystic: Beyond Religion to Universal Truth
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