Wednesday, April 1, 2009

At the Precipice of Self-Becoming

I stand at the precipice of self-becoming... I have stood here many times before. The wind issues its final warning, "Have you faith to make the leap?" To fly or fall, or not even make the leap at all. Am I ready to leap forward against the gravity of the world, of reality vs. dreams?

I have been here before. Last time I created the self I have now become, and now have reached the end of its cycle. I always know when a new cycle begins. With stunning clarity a new self vision emerges -- the strands all tie together in my mind as the information within self-organizes to a higher, more complex expression. And when this happens, I know I must change. My life must reflect.

By continually accepting new information and progressing thoughts, the information pattern of your mind itself will naturally self-organize into a higher more complex form. Simply being inspired by a greater self makes me greater, and pulls me towards its becoming.

So much has changed, yet so much stays the same. No matter how crazy and disjointed the path of my life becomes, it always feels, in moments like these, as if I am exactly where I need to be.

I must take the leap to a new self, built on the back of what I have become, the mountain I have climbed to get here, and adventure on a new path to another mountain of learning and self-becoming.

There is great power in Rebirth, or Destruction, which is just one part in the same process. Nothing is actually lost but everything must combust in order to shed bad habits and forge new ones.

See the self you have become, and relate it to the self you want to become. These two selves act as positioning points and goals to pull you forward. Once these two selves are established, the journey between the two selves begins, the adventurous self starts the long climb to a new becoming.

This is a journey I have made time and time again. I'm happy to be here. There is always such clarity in these moments. I know what I have to do. Time to take the leap.

The Laugh and The Roar

The two great gifts of evolution... the laugh and the roar.

The laugh -- Our great advantage in life is that we live it one moment at a time. In a single moment of laughter we forget our troubles and touch a divine perspective, a realm of pure peace, joy, and perfection. Laughter is ascension. It conquers any moment and allows us to overcome no matter what the odds. Laughter is the cure to anxiety, caused by the constant need for awareness to survive. This evolutionary cure inadvertently spawned perhaps the greatest aspect of our nature.

The beauty I see in "divine humor" is not just the affirmation of all moments, but an addition to every moment. A twist of cosmic irony in each moment not just being created good, but divinely perfect, so intertwined in the mysterious, glorious, infinite universe, it instills pure joy, laughter at the amazing complexity, laughter at the beauty in its complete necessity and ridiculousness. For a moment we touch and understand this perspective, and we may learn much from it.

The roar -- In our greatest moments of fear, pain, sadness, and lack of motivation indulge in another momentary overcoming, the roar, which connects us to our inner strength; our courage, passion, and unyielding spirit.

When we exert the full force of our body we get a sense of that limitless philosophy. Witness your self at full potential. Overcome anything in a single moment and hold on to the strength and philosophy of that feeling.

Out of fear and pain we learned to roar and laugh, which taught us to be courageous and joyous. We are a great race of overcoming and adaptation. Our greatest strength is in the feedback between our highest and lowest drives.