Today’s meditation journey takes a look at the world around us with a slight pause to recognize what society has created…
“If being appropriate means conforming to a deeply pathological society, then be wildly inappropriate. If finally seeing the oppressive suffering of others is painful, then endure the pain. If you want freedom from denial and guilt, then surrender to truth! Don’t observe the revolution. Be the revolution! Annihilate your old self. Give birth to your original soul. Raise it!” – Jaiya John
“It is no measure of health, to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti
It’s certainly not just Jaiya John and Krishnamurti who have described the society we have created as sick…
“Conformity to a sick society is to be sick.” – Richard J. Foster
“We live in a society in which it is normal to be sick; and sick to be abnormal.” – Edward Abbey
“The only reality is our society, and I mean this seriously, Western Society is a very sick society.” – Rob Walton
“Tell me where do I belong in a sick society.” – Ozzy Ozborne
How do we rebel against this “sick society”?
It certainly doesn’t help attacking people or trying to convince them that they are “wrong”… in fact, the ease with which we attack those who are “different” from us is an entrenched part of the disease we’ve created in society. And we have to ask ourselves – do we know for sure that we are always “right”? And even if we are, do we have a deep understanding of what the most helpful course of action will be towards healing our society, or will we create more damage with our aggressive certainty of what needs to change in the world?
Jayia John’s answer to this sick society is to give birth to your “Original Soul”. This is a process of shaking off all that you are not, until you remember what you really are. This original soul that is YOU, is the essence of love that raises us all. It is the embodiment of LOVE that knows when to act and when to wait – that knows when to say yes and when to say no, and even when it says no it still leaves none behind because we only do better when we all do better. We only reach our full potential when we all reach our potential.
Ultimately, we have to understand that our options are to either contribute to the hate in the world, or contribute to the love in the world. And if our response to what is “wrong” in the world is an aggressive finger pointing and attacking, then we are just contributing to the disease of division.
Become a SOULdier of this (r)evolution by doubling down on the raw power of LOVE that has always been who you are. When you discover this within yourself, you will be an immovable force for good!
Today’s meditation acknowledges the problems we have in society, but asks us to take responsibility for how we show up in this world… how do we do our own work and contribute to the healing of the world?
Here are some questions to reflect on:
- Am I contributing to love or hate in my interactions?
- How can I shed societal conditioning to rediscover my authentic self?
- When faced with injustice, can I respond with compassion and wisdom, rather than anger and blame?
By examining these questions and nurturing your “Original Soul,” you become a beacon of love in a world desperately seeking it. Remember, change starts within. Be the revolution. Be the love the world needs.
Have a beautiful day peeps!
– pierre –
Today’s LIVE meditation is: Tonglen.