vistas of a relinquished world.

it is stark now that so much a falling apart in our world. when I’m not as conscious as I’d like, the streams of bad news often gets at me, fills me with a powerless hopelessness that there is no way to go from here.

yet, the more stillness I practise, I become steadily aware that what is currently happening, especially in my own society, is a major cleansing episode. all these pressures we are encountering in scopes of finance, security and development are but the collapse of old structures and ways of life.

it is rather revolutionary to view it that way, and to come to remember this truth that I’ve always known, empowers me to advocate this awareness instead of resisting and fighting it, full force.

take a moment with me here and visualise how it would be like to stand as a young adult midst all these constraints: the finances that never seem to swell appropriately, soaring prices, dysfunctional bureaucracies, inept educational qualifications and the lack of mature systems to embrace positive change. it’s astoundingly scary to live with all of this and steadily create a future. it often feels like we are all alone, born at the wrong time, dealing with a massive build up of multi-generational anguish.

however, I know deep inside that God’s mercy is infinite. that even with the outward exhibition of cruelty, it is in essence the paradoxical alignment of love. infinite, compassionate love.

I believe that the collapse of all what used to work before is beckoning us to relinquish the efficacy of it and to courageously dare to envision vistas of awakened, conscious and purposeful living.

I now see that we are breaking free from attachments to what’s material and transactional. we are fearfully learning to lose control of our own skillset and to abandon the cling to external power.

this new world here that we are invisibly creating is based on compassion, forgiveness, authentic partnership and co-creating harmoniously with Life. 

how do I know this? I know this from my own humble experience at work. I’m grateful that my work is based on service, and I can see clearly what truly sparks transformation and what doesn’t.

our new world longs for equality and reverence. it doesn’t truly make a difference if I step out with an authority claimed righteously by my age, qualifications and physical power. the moment I see myself as superior or inferior, the moment I do not revere the divine qualities God has left in us, experiences that are painful are created. experiences of love effortlessly arise with so much abundance when one reveres and respects life beyond the physical and material limits. 

it is possible to revere co-workers, subordinates, the young, old, poor, illiterate and disadvantaged. it is possible to see them with love and to co-create experiences with them in authenticity.

our new world longs for sharing, partnership, relationship and community. what used to work before when we stood alone to achieve milestones doesn’t truly ripple out anymore. individual achievements are limited, their impact is selfish and lacks harmony, creating an energetic imbalance stemming from hoarding universal resources and keeping them to oneself. the conscious path is to share experiences with others, mutually exchanging emotions, resources and positive intentions in consistent, commitment conversation. 

it is possible to reach out to others in equality and reverence when we want to achieve something. it is possible to create experiences that not only benefit one, but ripple out in an uncontrollable measure to scopes we cannot create on our own.

our new world longs for intentions. now, humanity is swerved towards peeking within and identifying the intention behind our action. it is the realisation that we are creative individuals with God’s power orchestrated within in smallness and humbleness. intentions that are based on fear will create negative experiences that are painful. if our intention is to exploit, to manipulate and to selfishly hoard gains; we receive destructive consequences. yet, when we mindfully create intentions based on selflessness, forgiveness, ease and collective goodness, we receive the abundance we all need to create beauty in this world.

it is possible to take time to craft intentions behind our actions. it’s essential, more than ever, to sit in gentle slowness at the start of each day to navigate the world lit from within to respond with love instead of react uncontrollably to circumstances which are perfectly tailored to meet our intentions.

our new world supports multi-sensory perception. the world is moving away from relying on cause and affect modes of perception towards holistic, intuitive ways of knowing and deciding. we are being prepared to trust our hunches, gut and those whispers akin to pinpricks on the pillows of our hearts. we trust them, becoming guided with a knowing that is beyond our own and swerve towards the destination courageously, relying on the journeying, since we can no longer control where we end up. we trust and have faith that we will receive  what we truly need.

it is possible to make our most important choices and decisions sheerly based on our intuition, lifting our focus from the destination and allowing it to consciously land on the moment-by-moment, timeless journeying.

our new world supports immaterial, gift-like value. since material resources are scarce and a little exhaustible, domineered by outdated economic structures, we are steered towards valuing the experiential gifts of being with another. instead of receiving the quality in labels, standards and amounts, we long for the beauty in taking the material to immaterial encounters. education, though based on rigid lesson plans, is delivered through joy and reciprocal respect. health care is in the relationship between physician and patient. food is no longer in the flavour and package, but the process of its growth and the way it is savoured in beautiful communion.

I did write this down to remember the dawn of merciful skies despite the brokenness of our time— and to keep faith, to keep this heart in solemn aliveness in the doubt of winter is akin to a blackbird’s song: pristine, clear, sure. 

do you intend to be a blackbird’s song or its fervent listener, too?