OT-A Brief Word from the Swami

[Shannon Nelson]

Hi all,

Just a snippet from a much longer piece, but I thought it too excellent
not to share.
It's from Swami Beyondananda's 2006 State of the Universe Address, at
www.wakeuplaughing.com/news.html

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For years now, we've been hearing "shift happens," and wondering when,
where and how. Now finally, it looks as if the shift is about to hit
the fan. This is good news for all those shift fans who've been
wondering if the new age will arrive before old age does. Of course, if
you're looking for signs in the news, you won't find them. At least,
not yet. The news might as well be called the "olds," because the world
still seems stuck in greedlock, ruled by fossilized fools fueled by
fossil fuels. But I have been receiving encouraging intelligence
reports that say indeed, humans are becoming more intelligent. Yes,
people everywhere are wising up. And that's great, because we could
sure use an up-wising!
[...]
Time to Overgrow the System From the Grassroots Up
The time for revolution and overthrowing has past. Now we need an
evolution where we "overgrow" the current dysfunctional system from the
grassroots up. You are probably familiar with the story of the Native
American grandfather who tells his grandson that there are two wolves
fighting inside all of us: The wolf of fear and anger, and the wolf of
love and peace.

And so when people ask me to predict what will happen, I tell them the
only thing I can predict with certainty is the uncertainty of any
prediction. The future's just too unpredictable these days. This is a
Universe of infinite possibilities, so it all depends on which futures
we invest in.

There is something far more empowerful than predictions, and that is
Tell-A-Vision. If you're fed up with the current programming, my advice
is turn off your TV and tell a vision instead. That way, we will have
healing and functional visions to step into -- and that beats what
we've been stepping into. So I will tell my vision for 2006: This is
the year of the American Evolution, where all those who prefer the
Golden Rule to the rule of gold get past left and right, and come front
and center.

I see Americans [let's say World Citizens!] of all political stripes,
plaids
and polka dots (not to mention solids), choosing to face the music and
dance
together. Sure, we'll have to learn some new steps, but it's time for a
new dance -
A-Bun-Dance. That is where we get up off our assets, move our buns, and
dance together in rhythm and flow. And what better way to turn the funk
into function, and leave the junk at the junction?
I see us in a new reality show -- Extreme Planetary Makeover -- where
everyone can play and everyone can win. Just think. Something more
compelling than reality TV ... it's called reality!

I know, I know. Only a crazy person would dare to propose anything that
sane. But maybe it's time to declare the current institutionalized
insanity illegally insane, and set about building a sane asylum big
enough for all six and a half billion of us. As my guru Harry Cohen
Baba has said, "Life is like a good deli. Even if something isn't on
the menu, if enough people order it they have to make it." So what kind
of new world order are we ordering up? Do we feed the wolf of fear and
buy into the "it's every man for himself" story? Or do we nourish the
wolf of love and evolve into the "we're all in it together" story?

...
So laugh more. Why not? We all know there's something funny going on.
The wall of lies cannot withstand the vibration of laughter. All
seriousness aside, only a farce field that combines truth and laughter
can bring down the Irony Curtain once and for all.

Release the old story -- been there, done that -- and speak the new
story into the world. Dare to imagine what we could be doing if we
weren't spending so much of our livelihood on weapons of deadlihood.
Think about it ... think tanks where they think about something other
than tanks. Young people living for their country instead of dying for
it. Health and education fully funded, and the Air Force having to run
a bake sale so they can buy a new bomber.

Can we change the course of history? Can we shift our karma into
surpassing gear? I cannot say for sure, but if we choose to give up
that old Dodge and trade it in for an Evolvo, that's a good first step.
So ... let the Evolution begin. We don't have to wait until the first
Big Shot is fired. If we create a powerful enough field, the Big Shots
will end up firing themselves.

May the FARCE -- as always -- be with us.

(c) Copyright 2006 by Steve Bhaerman. All rights reserved. Find out
more about the Swami at
http://www.wakeuplaughing.com/

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