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What Will You Become?

In accordance with Steve Goodier’s injunction to use his Life Support articles freely, tonight, I am using one of his, that I got in today’s mail. The reason is that I believe there is no such thing as coincidence in this world. And I have just finished a book, I’ve mentioned called the Biology of Transcendence by Joseph Chilton Pearce. In the latter part of his book is a chapter called Always Becoming, in which he quotes Jesus, as saying during his time in the desert before beginning his walk around the middle east, “If I be lifted up I draw all people toward me.” Which thought brought me to a song from Sarah McLachlan’s that I particularly love, which has a verse that has drawn me in deeper each time I’ve listened to it.

“I’m pulled down by the undertow
I never thought I could feel so low
Oh darkness, I feel like letting go.

If all of the strength and all of the courage
come and lift me from this place,
I know I could love you much better than this,
full of grace
full of grace.”

Then comes Steve in the third instance of becoming, because to me that is what Sarah is singing about too, overcoming the darkness, becoming the light of love. And, to me, divinity reveals itself in threes. Mind, body, spirit. Always the divine triad. So when Steve’s newsletter arrived today, the synchronicity of it seemed, well, right. I need to percolate a bit about Transcendence before I talk about it here, but I wanted these three ideas to float around the ether while I do that. That subject line IS the real question I’ve been asking since the inception of my own “mystical” experiences. What will I become? It is a personal question but it is one I think we all need be asking ourselves. And moving always in that becoming toward the light. So enjoy Steve’s story, I’ll be back tomorrow night with another idea, much love, :^) gene

WHAT WILL YOU BECOME?

“Is it true,” a young boy asked his mother, “that we are made of dust?”

“Yes,” she said.

“And is it true that we go back to dust again when we die?” he continued.

“Yes, dear.”

“Well, Mommy, when I looked under my bed I saw someone who was coming or going, but I don’t know which.”

I’m afraid to look under MY bed….

There are times that we feel as if we don’t know whether we are coming or going. But this little boy doesn’t have to worry about people coming and going underneath his bed.

But did you know that all things are coming and going in a different way? Even people are constantly reshaped, remolded and re-created! Not from dust bunnies, but from life itself. Let me explain.

The Rocky Mountains in which I live are reshaped every year. Wind, water and ice erode them away about three inches every 1,000 years. That isn’t much, but they are being re-formed all the time. A 10,000 foot peak will vanish every 40 million years! In fact, today’s Rocky Mountains are the third version of earlier mountains that rose out of volcanic turbulence and eroded through the passage of time.

We may not see much of a difference in ourselves from day to day, but we, too, are shaped and reshaped. Everything that happens to us, the good and the bad, leaves its mark. Actually, we are not even the people we were yesterday!

But unlike mountains, we have a hand in our re-creation. Harsh experiences can erode and destroy, or we can use them to call forth beautiful inner qualities. Illness can actually create within us an attitude of compassion for others who suffer. Loss can help build strong bonds with others who care. Suffering of all kinds can be used to strengthen our faith.

Even good times can leave us different than they found us. We can use joy to hone a sense of humor and pleasant memories to cultivate a heart of gratitude. Everything shapes us. You and I are being re-created every minute of every day.

We are quite literally in the process of “becoming.” The possibilities are exciting and wonderful. In a short time from now, you will be a different person than you are today.

The important question is: What will you become? Something extraordinary can happen when that question is answered seriously. What will you become? Your very life depends on your answer!

My hope as always is expressed below. :^)

If today brings even one choice your way
choose to be a bringer of the light :^) gene