Division or Unity: A Simple Choice – Part 1&2

Division or Unity: A Simple Choice – Part 1/2
Dec 31
Posted by Wes Annac
Written by Wes Annac, Conscious Oneness
The way of the conscious seeker is to go against the fray – to be different. A lot of people have awakened because they willingly embraced concepts that are outside of the established social paradigm, but eventually, one’s personal paradigm is filled to the brim with spiritual concepts and they seek something greater.
This, in my opinion, is when the resolve to act on the ideas one’s discovered is really tested. What do you do when concepts like lightwork, star people, etc. that you’ve willingly accepted start to become too familiar?
What do you do when you find that this “new thing” you’ve embraced is also embraced and talked about by thousands, maybe millions, of other people? What do you do when “being different” isn’t so different?
Some people rebuke the concepts they once wholeheartedly embraced in an effort to keep themselves flowing against the curve. A lot of conscious seekers want to set themselves apart from the crowd – to be different, even among those who are already different.
The extent to which we let this mechanism muddy our intent to create change determines the progress we’ll make. In favor of rebellion against things that were once new and exciting but that have started to lose their luster, some people will seek new concepts before damning the ones they might’ve really believed in before.
Just like you and I might’ve put ourselves above the powers that were by speaking openly against them when we first awakened, there’s a tendency to put oneself above spiritual ideas that are really only just that – ideas.
Whether it’s rooted in spirituality or anything else, an idea is created and defined by each person who talks about it. And each person’s perspective is worthy of being heard.
For example – the terms “light” and “lightworker” have been used and defined in a host of different ways. To me, lightwork is simply energy work that you can open up to your ability to do, but some people have taken the idea of the lightworker and run with it.
I’ve seen the light unflinchingly lumped in with the powers that were, as if there’s no difference between them. When this has happened, I’ve wondered how other people define “light” because in my mind and heart, it’s about as far away from darkness as you can get. It’s the polar opposite!
One of you reading this might not agree. You might express an idea you heard about light or lightworkers that associates them with malevolence or control, and this goes to show that we each define the spiritual concepts we discover differently.
Understanding that these concepts are what we make them, nothing more, nothing less, can show us that they don’t matter as much in the bigger picture.
I’m not saying you should turn your focus away from concepts like lightwork or star people because they’re unimportant, but there’s a good possibility that you define them differently than I do. Does that make one of our stances right and the other wrong?
Throughout our respective attempts to decode and understand the concepts we’ve put so much of ourselves into, we’ve forgotten the basic, most important message: coming together with respect for the unique philosophy of each person.
I could receive a comment on my blog that destroys all of the spiritual concepts I place my faith and belief in, but at the end of the day, that doesn’t stop the most basic thing I’m driven to do, which is remind you all about the importance of coming together in love and, most importantly, respect.
This is the basic foundation of a new paradigm, and it’s essential to understand if we want to build anything new. You can tear down another’s spiritual beliefs all day long, but when it comes down to it, you’re only attacking ideas that nobody’s really grasped yet.
And in doing so, you’re working very far against the basic, essential message of peace, unity and respect. These too are only ideas, but in my opinion, they’re the most important ideas for us to grasp if we want to make any kind of change.
Concluded in Part 2 tomorrow. To read the full article, head here.
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Division or Unity: A Simple Choice – Part 2/2
Jan 1
Posted by Wes Annac
Written by Wes Annac, Conscious Oneness
Concluded from Part 1
I read articles or watch videos from people who rebel against the spiritual movement taking place because “nothing happened” on a certain date or timeframe. Even though I used to feed this mindset, when I see it today I ask myself where our sense of personal responsibility to heal the planet has gone.
I believe in the existence of our star family, for instance, and for a short time I expected them to come down and “save the day” as it were, but eventually I realized that that belief doesn’t let me act on my greater potential with the knowledge that we’re meant to change the world.
Is it so strange to believe that our star family could be here without thinking that they need to save the day or that they’re frauds because they haven’t? Is it so hard to think that they can exist and give us assistance without doing the work for us?
Because of this idea of “nothing happening” a budding movement to reintroduce spirituality, harmony and equality has been rebelled against. Distorted associations have been attached to it, and each person’s unique definition of concepts related to it has caused a rift between conscious camps. This we can’t deny.
In putting all of our focus on these concepts, these ideas, we lose sight of our real goal. We distract ourselves from the goal of uniting in respect and harmony, and we rebel against things that aren’t as exciting as they once were because they aren’t new anymore.
In everything we do, everything we discuss and advocate, our focus and where we put it is very important. Our constant goal of coming together and repairing this planet is the thing to keep in mind, and it’s unfortunate that people have drawn their dividing lines over their different interpretations of simple ideas.
It’s unfortunate that so many of us are still so okay with proclaiming our division from other parts of the conscious community. Have we not learned that division forever leads to the conquering of man and the squandering of our greater potential?
If we can open up to the idea of brimming spiritual realms beyond our conscious understanding, why can’t we grasp the importance of respecting everyone’s unique interpretation of those realms or anything that has to do with them?
The same can be said for contemporary matters. We all interpret the things that are happening differently, and we don’t make any progress when we say “I’m right, you’re wrong. This is the way it is.”
Doesn’t that stance seem a little bit dense? Uncaring? As if we’re playing into the hands of the planetary controllers by feeding division?
This isn’t the condition I want to see my fellow conscious seekers in. You don’t have to believe in star people, the light, etc. to absorb and act on the simple but powerful ideas of unity and respect, and in my opinion, if we can’t do this most basic thing then we won’t build anything different from what we currently experience.
A lot of people have expressed to me lately that they think unity will need to start from the bottom up. Everybody needs to work on inner peace and harmony before we can even hope to unite, and I’ve repeated this endlessly because the message still doesn’t seem to have soaked in.
I still see conscious people dividing themselves over their different interpretations and beliefs, and it seems like we’re failing the most basic lesson we’re being given: seeing beyond our respective differences, philosophical or otherwise, and coming together despite them.
If the conscious public, who’s been advocating this and plenty of other ideas for decades, can’t achieve this, then nobody will. We’re the example, and I think it’s time to put on our big boy pants and live up to what’s asked of us.
All that’s asked is for us to respect and love each other. Is that so hard?
Can we cease the self-righteous act of setting ourselves apart from others in the conscious community because we don’t agree with them about some things? Things that seem important now, but that are tiny in the bigger picture?
I’ve done and advocated things that some of you out there might not agree with, but we can agree on the basic idea of building a new paradigm rooted in unity.
It surprises me that even some conscious seekers don’t seem to understand that what we have in common is more important than any minor differences between us, and I agree with everyone who’s told me that they feel like we still have a long way to go.
Unity isn’t impossible, but if we can’t hear its basic message out, it’ll be far more difficult than I initially envisioned. Whether or not something has or will happen outside of us isn’t important – the effort we make now to bring about a positive future is.
It’s time for us to cultivate strength, perseverance and respect, because it seems like our journey has just begun.
Wes Annac – Ready for unity, and for everything else to dissolve away.
Wes Annac is a 20 year old awakening seeker and creator of The Aquarius Paradigm daily news site.
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Unity idea also discussed on Kathryn's call last evening also referenced here, in very practical terms of cooperation of Healing centers from Jesus/Sananda's perspective of Love, which seems to me to be the factor that "conquers all" & is the answer to every issue/problem...  :hugs :