Holding the Big Picture, Part Three

As we unpack this transition from the age of money, power, and control into the age of unity consciousness, let's take a closer look at the truth behind those words. Unity Consciousness.

There is a growing awareness in our culture of our inter-connectedness. With each other, with nature, with all that is...well, with all of the nice parts of what is, anyway. Those parts that feel good. Those parts that validate how conscious we are, how evolved we are becoming,

Have you noticed this? There's a lot of talk about our unity as human beings, our oneness with our planet and the creatures who live here with us. All true, all beautiful, all very real. This growing tide of understanding is powerful and holds its own; that is, until anything ugly shows up in the field.

A policeman shoots someone who turns out to be an innocent African American man; a shooter opens fire on innocent bystanders and claims connection to ISIL; a presidential candidate invites second amendment proponents to "do something" about his competitor. This is ugly stuff. How easy is it to dismiss these incidents as issues that relate to others? Certainly not me...I'm awake. I'm aware of our unity as humans. Right? Perhaps these are simply less-evolved folks, the ones who will be left behind when our ascension into unity consciousness takes place.

I actually hear and read comments like this.

What?? Since when do we get to be selective about unity consciousness? How can we be one with all of life, except not the ugly parts? As long as we continue to judge others, to deem them different than we are, we're in the same kettle of soup: separation. Polarity. Duality. Good versus bad. Right versus wrong. Held rigid by the confines of our beliefs. Our thoughts...which drive our words and our actions.

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For example, when I think about someone like Donald Trump being our president, I have my personal reactions to that. And, what feels important to me is to really look deeply at what’s behind my personal reactions. And beyond that. To look not only at Trump the man, but what’s behind for the people who are so passionately supporting him. What is it in our collective consciousness that is emerging here? Because these are not stupid, or crazy, bad people, as they are sometimes painted out to be. If we're coming from a place of unity consciousness, I am no different than they are.

And you can switch that scenario to those who support Clinton. The "other side" of the fence in this current political campaign. Or Sanders.

There are two phrases that help me frame times like this. One of them is In Lak'ech Ala K'in, which is a Mayan phrase that means “I am you, and you are me.” The other is a phrase my teacher Nadia Eagles used to say, which is “If I were you, I’d be doing exactly what you’re doing.” Given the same life circumstances, the same influences, I’d be in the same place as you. And there’s a part of me that is in the same place as you, even the Trump supporters. When you get right down to it, there is no separation. 

We can talk about unity consciousness, and hold that dream, that vision. But walking it forward is what matters. What matters is truly holding someone like Trump who, on the surface, can say the most despicable things, as a part of me. Holding the truth that he represents a part of the collective field which is becoming transparent. 

It’s not like he’s creating this energy field. He’s giving it voice. It’s there, in our collective field, and we can’t continue to ignore it, push it away, and dismiss it, because it’s just gonna get louder if we do. I think that’s a part of what we’re seeing now. All that has been held back and repressed is emerging, and it'll just keep getting louder and louder until we see it. 

Unity consciousness sounds so pretty. Blissful. Magical. And that is part of it…and we are also one with all that’s been hidden, all that’s been masked, all that we pretend is not real for us, all that we think is only true for others. Unity is unity, and the more we continue to deny that simple truth, the louder it’s got to get. 

So, when I ask the question What’s it going to take, it’s a collective question, yes. But it’s also a personal question. What’s it going to take for each one of us to stop making the other the enemy? For each one of us to stop painting our denial onto the other, and truly shift our thoughts, and our words, and our actions? That’s what determines what it’s going to take. One by one by one. 

See the truth of it. The truth behind the rhetoric. Be talking about the truth. Shine light in all of the dark places by putting your attention on the big picture. The whole picture. Whether you side with Clinton, Trump, or Sanders is not important. The fact that you feel you must pick a side at all is the issue.

When you feel frustrated or frightened by what's going on - in politics, the economy, the police, terrorism - I invite you to consciously NOT choose a side. See the whole picture, the big view. That's unity consciousness.

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Because believing that we are one while engaging in separation from all we deem unsavory is living in illusion. We ARE one. The good, the bad and the ugly.

Open up your dialogue, both inner and outer. Become curious about the truth, about what's behind, what has been hidden and is now emerging. We really are that big! We can hold it all.

For me, what makes all the difference is being able to hold a bigger view, to see that everything we’re doing right now is about evolving human consciousness. Not just my consciousness, but human consciousness. All of us. And it takes a lot of trust to know that what’s happening is happening because it needs to happen in order for us to wake up. And we determine that course. Each of us individually that make up the collective, we determine the trajectory for that evolution.  

We determine what it's going to take.

With love and respect,

Zardoya