Holiday Wishes & Updates

 

Truth...

 Truth 

It seems that most of my life has reflected the expression of something underlying, a peculiar trait, that has caused a great deal of confusion and calamity.

Confusion, because I have been slow to identify this distinction; thinking that how I perceived the world was the common understanding.  Calamitous due to the disconnect experienced when alternative viewpoints clashed.

I’m sure I’m not alone, there are likely many forms that also have this experience, and it is a gift, although a bittersweet one.

As I mature, clarity comes more easily, but the consequences less tasteful.  

Truth is a characteristic we associate with words and the spoken language, but not often enough to the outward energetic expressions of the eyes and body.  One knows when deception is involved, even when the words spoken or written express a different sentiment.  The dissonance created when the words and the bodily expressions differ is disturbing.  Which message being broadcast is the true expression of intention?

Intuition is energetic, words express the adaptation of the minds perspective.  One is an innate gift that we all have access to, the other a product of conditioning.

The expression of truth, and the vehicle used to express it, is determined by one’s attachment to the world, or the lack of.  Both are relatively true, but the energetic expressions reveal the deepest understandings related to ones intent.

It is difficult at times to trust your intuitive sense when also experiencing contradictory expressions of language.  Words have such power and influence.  And acting intuitively strains the heart, as your mind vehemently contests your authenticity.

It is a more difficult path, as everything relating to the world of illusion will stand against you in defiance, but to live authentically becomes necessary as you ripen beyond your conditioning; and the struggles that ensue are the richest gift, the foundation for deeper meditation and understanding.

America, the place to be...

 This is a great moment in the human experience; and this land we call America stands out as the potential birthplace of a new and more inclusive model of human culture.

Humanity lives, breathes, and exists on a global stage.  Divisions of separation by things such as race, creed, or religion are imagined.  Every human being is unique and perfect when perceived without personal prejudice.  Any perceived differences are superficial and blind one’s clear-sightedness and understanding.

The era which has placed value upon human distinctions, divisions, and separateness has presented its act on the stage, but now that Act has ended and begins the transition beyond to the acceptance of radical inclusivity.  

This transition is one of the mind, the collective mind of all of humanity.  Every single human form participates in the process and either furthers or obstructs this transition.  

Maturity is the purpose.  Maturation from these adolescent ideologies, selfish and self-serving tendencies, to acceptance, inclusion, and understanding.

The confining and limited social structures  created by our culture will lose their efficacy.  Change will happen when we seek not to prioritize our individuality but instead seek to lower ourselves down from our pedestals while at the same time lifting those, who we perceive as standing below us, up as equals.   

America is at a critical stage of transition.  We can see the stark contrast between the new and old collective mindsets playing out in our cultural institutions.  The perceived division it has created is a necessary element of the transition, It must be so.  It will take time to reshape our culture, to recenter our social values, but this new mindset has reached a tipping point and cannot be stopped.  Those who refuse to accept change are doomed to failure and their efforts serve only to obstruct the inevitable outcome.  

Everything of this world changes, it is inevitable, it is the law of nature, of existence itself, resistances is futile and ultimately destructive of the whole.

Participate in this transition.  Seek truth and understanding within your being.  Try on a new mindset, seek its value, recognize the common humanity that stands as a backdrop on the stage.  Focus your attention away from the various stage props in the foreground and towards the ever present backdrop, the commonality of humanity and of the human condition. 

Be the change, and watch as the world blossoms in response.

Much peace, much love,

Bernie 

A personal note...

I began a personal spiritual journey many years ago, one that ultimately brought me into the nomadic lifestyle.  Keeping the White Feather Journal has been a wonderful experience and has allowed me to discover myself through my own media expressions as well as my many travels and personal interactions with people I have met across the country.

And now, this journal is evolving and therefore must reflect the changes that are occurring in my outward environment, but especially those of my inward understandings.  There are just times that I feel the need to write about topics of interest to me now.

So...  I will be posting new entries sporadically, though they will likely look and feel differently than posts in the past.  This is just a reflection of how this, my life, is evolving.  

Peace and love,

Bernie 

Life As We Know It...

Life as we know it

Opportunity knocks

The current coronavirus epidemic may be the one thing that provides the opportunity for us to save us from ourselves.  

When it comes to aspects of our lives that appear to be so critically important in our everyday life; the rise of this biological threat to our existence, to our culture and societal norms, is forcing us to rethink the efficacy of our life as well as our socio-political constructs.

Our culture of consumerism, of self aggrandizement, of class and cultural labeling, has brought us to the point of extinction.  We, with eyes wide open, persist in destroying our health, our environment, and our humanity, for the paltry prize of being successful as defined by the skewed values of our culture.

Many times in my life it has been the the most tragic and personally challenging moments that have caused me to reflect and rethink my positions.  I think this is what is occurring with the onslaught of this global pandemic.

The human race has been addicted to the rewards of a failing cultural experiment. One that we all created and perpetuate for fulfillment of self serving goals.  

We have failed as stewards of our home, this tiny blue marble, and we have altered our environment so drastically that we may not even have a survivable future with the lack of a habitable climate.

The virus, this tiny living inhabitant of our planet, has arisen at this time for reasons we’ll never know.  It has singlehandedly decimated our lives, our economy, and shattered any false sense of security that we held on to that our perceived supremacy as humans over nature was enough to conquer all.

We now have an unprecedented opportunity to make the shift away from this failed cultural exercise and towards life and living as we were intended, as human beings sharing this world more harmoniously, respecting all life, all of nature.  

‘Pie in the sky’ some might say, but I don’t think we have a choice; if we are to survive we have to respect the natural laws instead of attempting to intellectually out think them or technologically overpower them.  

Nature holds all the cards in this game and we can either get a firm grasp on that premise and flow with it, or act as we have been for many decades now like petulant, spoiled, and emotionally immature children, in effect, adding ourselves to the ever growing list of living beings going extinct in the near future.

If you think that there is a political position, a scientific approach, or even an environmental policy that will alter this scenario of humanity running itself off the edge of this cliff, then you are a fool.  

You are the cause, and you are the only solution.  It is how you live your life every single day and in every moment of that day that makes the difference.  Our adoption and blind adherence to values that undermine our natural inclinations towards loving kindness, compassion, and acceptance of others, not only humans but also all life that exists, tears at the very fabric of the natural world.

Be aware, examine yourself, your actions, your inactions, be aware of every word you speak, every action.  What are your intentions, did you intend to use those words or actions to hurt or to heal?  What is it that prompts you to say or do hurtful things rather than to be understanding and inclusive in your thought processes and actions?

Ones ‘eyes’ are never more clear and focused than when we can effectively understand and respect the plight of others without all of our self imposed cultural baggage and labeling.  

It may be too late for our species, but we can choose whether to go down ‘swatting at gnats and swallowing a camel’ or awaken to the self created mechanisms of our demise and turn away from them.  

We are all members of the human family.  All people are beautiful examples of this wonderful species, not enemies, not acceptable or unacceptable based upon our color, geographic location, cultural, political, or economic status, for such narrow-minded discrimination is based upon the very cultural standards that are at the heart of our failures as a species.

We can either choose to be open, accepting, understanding, compassionate, and loving, as is our original nature, or just go on with our wild and ignorant sprint of selfish fulfillment that effectively drives us all off the cliff.