For this month I felt to post an essay I already wrote as it aligns well with the guidance i was receiving. I am taking it easy. Check out the card spread for this month and enjoy Leo season ♌ 💕
CREATION VERSUS CONFORMITY 🌈
There has been a confusion amongst those who desire a deep change in society and self, and that is the idea that a negative force must be endlessly opposed and controlled through criticism in order for positive transformation to occur. This enacts a certain dialectic of action/reaction which ultimately serves the established order, as it gives focus to that which is oppressive, thus lending it power completely. History is largely composed of various movements that react against the prevailing system, functioning in a dualistic unfoldment as described by G.W. Hegel in his lectures on aesthetics.
There is no evolution of humanity without creation of new circumstances based on connection with the Divine and Eternal. This is the real purpose of art— not as decoration or amusement but as the vital conduit for bringing spirit into matter, or ideas into manifestation. Creativity takes us out of the old dialectics by aligning us with the spiritual plane of existence, thereby recharging the earthly world with new inspiration and intelligent awareness. This is the aspect of the Trinity, as represented by the triangle, where two opposites are brought together by a higher vision of life and given the space to relate, interact and birth something new.
We can see this dynamic through the lens of art history, which is most often taught through a dialectic structure, where, for instance, the Neo-Expressionists and their charged emotional subject matter are said to be in reaction to the cold, intellectual formalism of the Modernist painter. To create on the basis of constantly needing to respond to history deprives human expression of the transcendental dimension that makes art a valuable part of society. New ideas do not come from the past but from a place beyond time altogether.
In politics such creative vision means advocating for bold changes, based on strong ideals— such as equality and justice— even despite the current state of affairs, where the two ruling parties are bent on implementing incremental changes as to preserve the status quo. We cannot let the “powers that be” and their beliefs define the debate; as Noam Chomsky pointed out, free thinking is stifled when the parameters of the discussion are established from the start.
The metaphysical principles are what must guide our societal systems. And this means seeing the bigger picture. Creative thinking entails daring to envision something larger than that which has been deemed acceptable by the narrow viewpoint of the prevailing order. Here lies the difference between conformity of fallen Man and creativity of perennial Spirit.
There is now a huge effort by corporate media and forces of control to conform people into seeing life in a certain way. It may seem like there are various philosophies and ideologies from which one can choose to follow— scientific materialism, orthodox religions, New Age spiritualism— yet oddly enough, many of these seemingly diverse belief systems advocate a similar attitude towards oneself and life: that of false being, where power and hope is placed outside of oneself and the Spirit of life, and instead placed on political leaders, or an authoritative image of God, or in UFOs soon to descend and save humanity. This is in order to keep the individual perpetually in a disempowered state. Seeking saviors from the outside to dispense meaning, people stay in a fragmented awareness where they do not totally claim their inherent free will choice and ability to create, in tandem with other empowered beings, the world they wish to live in, instead always dreaming for a better world tomorrow.
This is the underlying impetus for conformity: to dull the human spirit and its spark of creativity and to make us believe we need to fit into the societal mold that already exists, quieting our soul’s desires to be absorbed by the will of the artificial system. Conforming is not just about dressing or talking in some regimented manner; it’s more subtly the way people are discouraged from critical thinking and connecting to the reservoir of wisdom accessible through their own heart and their openness to nature. It is to perpetuate the dialectic structure where one’s energy is always funneled into reactionary debate rather than original, creative solutions.
In its deepest sense, conformity discourages the relationship with the Natural web of life, the Great Mother, as it is through connecting with this intelligent weaving that we become aware of our own unique being as children of the Divine, rather than as cogs in the machine. We are given boxes or templates of acceptable behavior that come from arbitrary social norms meant to control people. We do not need to look to social structures and so-called authorities for advice on how to be, for each individual already contains the answers and wisdom within them, through the divine structure that is the human body and our DNA. And by connecting to other natural beings— the Sun, water, healthy sustenance, beautiful nature spots— we unlock and activate this dormant code inside of us. The greatest artistic inspiration is born from communion with the living, breathing world around us.
Take a look at the natural world and you will see that there is so much diversity of life, and that each species plays a vital role in the grand design. Earth Mother is the great Creatrix who does not make any two beings the same. This magnificent source of creativity is also what makes us original and inventive individuals. But we have to actively attain and maintain this identity. For if we survey mainstream expressions of all types— journalism, music, art, fashion, film— one will notice how there is very little originality. Most want to replicate and make sequels of the formulaic structures, infinitely repeating the old tropes and archetypes that are continuously reignited in order to keep people in the same mental-emotional loops of disempowerment. Yet this is also changing more and more now as social media allows more creators to share their work freely and easily, as well as there being a dwindling interest in the output of corporate media.
Being a revolutionary is all about being a creator, not a copycat. It is about embracing our divine individuality and expressing ourselves truthfully and powerfully. When we do this, we reweave ourselves into the great pattern of Life, which is an ever-unfolding mosaic of light and shadow.
And when we understand this, we recognize the danger of artificial intelligence. Those who are behind the AI agenda want to mimic Nature. AI, cut off from organic intelligence, vies to create humans who are robots or clones that do not question the system or use their innate creativity to bring about a better society. Ultimately, the artificial intelligence grid is trying to deny the Divine Mother rather than participating in Her Reality, for participating entails making one’s own personal will at service to the Great Will, and that requires opening the heart, facing one’s shadow, and giving up the false ego self intent on having illusory power over others, over nature.
It is not just some evil “cabal” who fights for control but the force of darkness working through any being who has not learned to tame it through love, alchemizing their inner light and shadow. So in response to the deceit and destruction that is now taking place, the best thing we can do is not to fight it, but to recognize our wholeness of Being and start to create. And this is the sense of “becoming the artists of our own lives.”
And here is what I wrote for the Mayan New Year :
This cycle we have seen the importance of fully embracing and anchoring the feminine wisdom of Nature by shedding all notions of identity that locked us into a false reality of the matrix, the hall of mirrors which perpetually keeps us seeking after something in order to be good, powerful, or even more “spiritual.” As a result, we have been plunged into our own inner voids, a dark space of not fully knowing what is the next step, what the hell is happening on Earth, and who we are in the true sense. But through the dark space of the unknown, we are returned to our core self and reborn into a more expanded sense of self. We have willingly given up the blissful vision of the mountain and walked through the valley; it is a “sacrifice” made for greater wisdom, the darkness that paradoxically allows one to know real light. And greater wisdom also means greater Love for our Divine Mother, who holds us throughout this process, even when it seems like we are totally alone. We have been pushed out of the mind and its programmings, evaluating how belief systems literally project our experience, both personally and as a collective. These belief systems are disintegrating as we get more into the body, the present moment as lived through Gaia’s structures, which teach us organically about who we are, beyond what any ideology could provide. It is the Logos of the great divine order which guides us to our own identity in the microcosm of the self. And from here we are qualified to participate in creating the new Earth reality, because we have risen above all tendencies to want to control or project our lower desires onto nature. Structures break down and illusions crumble so that we start connecting to our original essence again, as well as the essence of all life. In this direct knowing of the essence, we are rooted, empowered and unattached to the ongoing chaos in the world. It doesn’t mean we don’t care, however, but that we have realized the compassionate approach is through reconnecting and pouring our energy into the living templates rather than feeding into the artificial matrix, which is just a mirage anyway. Judgement of ourselves or anything else does not serve; it is through clarity and purity of heart by which all soul beings may come Home. In Lak’ech - I am another yourself 🌀
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