Looking at things from a holistic point of view, we see that we are interconnected with everything in existence. In other words, there is a collective consciousness which we the individual are a part of.
However, this is not meant to in any way dis-empower us as individuals. The paradox of being One and Many is that although we are a part of a vast, infinite network, we are also completely individual.
It is our complete ownership of this individuality which allows us to do anything within the collective. To move out of dependency and into sharing… the difference being that one requires a form of control. If we are dependant on ____ in order to be our selves, then when ___ is not available, we will do just about anything to get ____ back. The most obvious form of this is in personal relationship and friendship where our sense of self can start to become invested in the other.
I can tell you from a personal experience, I have done this many times in learning how to not do it!! Life is after-all an experiment, learning, and creation in a simultaneous manner…
So now to the point of this post - We are completely individual beings, and in that individuality we make a collective Being which we are all a part of.
If we then deny a part of the collective within ourselves – “I am not jealous and jealous people are bad” for example… we are denying a part of the whole. In this denial, we are actually highlighting, and repressing that part of our collective Being.
That does not mean that we need to act jealous, simply because it is a part of our collective Being… on the contrary, once this part of the collective Being is embraced, then as an individual being we can choose not to participate in the energy out of love, rather than denial.
The further we push a part away into the shadows, because it is deemed “wrong” or “negative”, the more haunting it becomes!
Just to rephrase what we are talking about. To release a “negative” energy, we embrace it within ourselves, welcome it “home”. And from there we now have a chance to choose different experiences in our own life.
It is kind of backwards to how the mind may originally approach negativity, wanting it to go away. But in denying an energy, we are separating it, and thus cutting it off from the whole. A person who is “whole” is someone who has relieved this paradox within through embrace, and simultaneously uses free will to choose best. It is a deep balance of understanding and experience.
I can say from personal experience that I am not whole on one level, and very whole on another. And this is what is said to be the grand game of life, the roller coaster of the play, Lila in spiritual texts… Not something to fight, but certainly something to acknowledge.
Perhaps this movement of self into Self is never ending, and has no goal or destination. But if you are playing with this stuff too, then I hope this provides a clear reflection!
Much love beauties
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