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13 Feb 2003 @ 04:23 by istvan : What is that brougt us here?
What is it that has bought us to these times in history ?
Just by asking this question know that you already have the answer.
The legacy(some call it history) of humanity is not a very attractive picture for those who have, and had glimpses of the potentialities of life on Earth.
I perceive the current happenings as a process of awakening of a new being on earth, the ones who are struggling to break the confines of the natural behavior of the animal heritage of the pre programmed notions and drive for self preservation depicted in humans as self importance.
As we struggle to evolve beyond just animal existence and have glimpses into possibilities of becoming more than our heritage, we humans are beginning to experience the pressures and difficulties of an evolutionary quantum leap that requires feats of courage, yet beyond the reach of most people.
Think of it this way: according to some research we are expanding the ability of our senses. Not long ago we were able to see much fewer colors, hear much more limited sounds, etc.., than now. our brains are expanding in time above the homo sapiens capabilities who mainly and only exist as sophysticated animal.
On the road to Divinity the pull of the old is becoming stronger until it will become so unbearable to some that they are willing to drop the legacy of the old, because it has become too painful to exist within the old self. Many of the pain we feel now are due to this.
As we have more and more glimpses of the potentials of Earthly living(possible new ways to exist and still be on Earth)we must learn to endure the pains of letting go of old addictions.
The road to becoming Homo Novus, a new manwoman is neither easy, nor difficult, but it requires to experience both the pleasure and pain of growth and heed their massage.

"The whole nature of man must be used wisely by the one who desires to enter the way. Each man is to himself absolutely the way, the truth, and the life. But he is only so when he grasps his whole individuality firmly, and, by the force of his awakened spiritual will, recognizes this individuality as not himself, but that thing which he has with pain created for his own use, and by means of which he purposes, as his growth slowly develops his intelligence, to reach to the life beyond individuality. When he knows that for this his wonderful complex separated life exists, then, indeed, and then only, he is upon the way. Seek it by plunging into the mysterious and glorious depths of your own inmost being. Seek it by testing all experience, by utilizing the senses in order to understand the growth and meaning of individuality, and the beauty and obscurity of those other divine fragments which are struggling side by side with you, and form the race to which you belong. Seek it by study of the laws of being, the laws of nature, the laws of the supernatural: and seek it by making the profound obeisance of the soul to the dim star that burns within. Steadily, as you watch and worship, its light will grow stronger. Then you may know you have found the beginning of the way. And when you have found the end its light will suddenly become the infinite light.
Note: -- Seek it by testing all experience, and remember that when I say this I do not say, Yield to the seductions of sense in order to know it. Before you have become an occultist you may do this; but not afterwards. When you have chosen and entered the path you cannot yield to these seductions without shame. Yet you can experience them without horror: can weigh, observe and test them, and wait with the patience of confidence for the hour when they shall affect you no longer. But do not condemn the man that yields; stretch out your hand to him as a brother pilgrim whose feet have become heavy with mire. Remember, O disciple, that great though the gulf may be between the good man and the sinner, it is greater between the good man and the man who has attained knowledge; it is immeasurable between the good man and the one on the threshold of divinity. Therefore be wary lest too soon you fancy yourself a thing apart from the mass. When you have found the beginning of the way the star of your soul will show its light; and by that light you will perceive how great is the darkness in which it burns. Mind, heart, brain, all are obscure and dark until the first great battle has been won. Be not appalled and terrified by this sight; keep your eyes fixed on the small light and it will grow. But let the darkness within help you to understand the helplessness of those who have seen no light, whose souls are in profound gloom. Blame them not, shrink not from them, but try to lift a little of the heavy Karma of the world; give your aid to the few strong hands that hold back the powers of darkness from obtaining complete victory. Then do you enter into a partnership of joy, which brings indeed terrible toil and profound sadness, but also a great and ever-increasing delight. “ M.C.

P.S.Old Europe - or old America

Nice article by Graham E. Fuller.
"Think about it. France and Germany have put five centuries of wars behind them, including two devastating world wars, to form a new union with shared currency and desires to forge a broad common foreign policy. Such a step is revolutionary among ancient nation-state rivals with different cultures.

But it doesn't stop there. The European Union is a remarkable experiment - the first time in history when states have been willing to give up real hunks of their own national sovereignty in order to join a new civilizational project. Turks, Bulgarians and Latvians are begging to pay the considerable admission fee to be let in.

The reigning premises of the Union are that states must be truly democratic, they must protect human rights and civil liberties, and that war among its members should be an unthinkable option. These states see themselves as a gradually expanding community, acquiring ever new members and geographical spread - but only after they meet strict criteria. They aspire to form a new force in the world - and are well on the way. This is the first time we have witnessed the emergence of an "empire" built on consensus and common desire rather than power and conquest - hardly the stuff of the "Old Europe."

It is America that represents the "Old World." This is not a pejorative aspersion. The United States now sees itself as the benign hegemon - or policeman - of the world, undercutting any and all efforts by potential rivals, friendly or not, to cast a shadow over overwhelming U.S. power."

 

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