I posted this a few days ago on my personal page and got a couple of comments from my long-time friend, Cindy, expressing disagreement with the sentiment. This, in turn, got me to thinking about what was really resonating with me in this statement. After some significant consideration, I have come to the perspective that this has more to do with our internal landscape than the outside world. There are two interrelated factors at play herein. The radical increase in wisdom and consciousness, enlightenment if you will, tends to be an isolating process, one that creates separation from fellow humans, Part of this is natural because one becomes more concerned about what is going on within rather than without. At the same time, those concerns have less and less to do with the ordinary mundane matters of daily life such as the job, or what the neighbours are up to, or where to go on vacation, and more focused on things like Why am I here, and How on earth am I going to negotiate this complicated path upon which I am traveling? These disparate concerns can make simple yet meaningful conversations, the stuff of which most human connections are forged, rather challenging. Quite simply, it becomes increasingly difficult to relate to other people in personally relevant ways. One starts feeling odd, separated, different. These are the feelings that move us into the second realm; crazy. For while we might seem a little eccentric or unique to our peers, it is our fear that we actually appear crazy. Many of the mental illness of our times; depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, have their origins in the inability to effectively communicate crucial information to others. We are, therefore, left with these thought and feelings bottled up inside of us under growing pressure, which will eventually find a way to be released. Hmm, why does Robin Williams suddenly come to mind? Lately, my connections with enlightened individuals has move from being almost exclusively with people where the connection was professional to including relationships of a more personal nature: I am developing a community of friends who are aware. That, in turn, has changed my own perspective about my own situation from one of being an odd-ball to simply being in a different place. What a relief, a place where I can really be at home being myself. Or, in reality, work further on the process of being myself. It has been observed repeated that personal growth is not so much developing new patterns that serve us better but rather letting go of the old ones that no longer serve us at all.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 12:46:54 +0000
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