This is no surprise, or at least shouldn't be to us... The greatest minds of our era (and especially our community), from McKenna, Leary, Hawking, even the ever level-headed Alan Watts have been telling us that these events are to be expected, and will signify a shift in consciousness if WE (and be "we", I mean the people in this conversation, and people with like minds) have the balls enough to hold the common man up by the grace of god within us.
I'm not trying to be grandiose here... but we are those who know the way, who hold the secret, and who can preserve the truth. This is not because we're better, chosen for the role or gifted with power... but because we are those who have the courage to go face-first into the unknown and have come back with even more strength than we started with.
We are those who have the wisdom to truly know reality from ideology. We know that there is no reality, but realities.
We are those who know that "Right" is not determined by a rulebook, but by what we know and feel is the greater path.
We are those who are not shaken by fear when we face with chaos, and uncertainty of the unknown future.
...We are those who know that all is harmony. We know that there is no yin without yang: No order without chaos, no joy without pain, that there is no paradise to gain if there is no hell to fall to.
We know that it is not chance, law or fate that determines whether good or evil prevails... for we know that evil cannot be vanquished just as the light of the good cannot be kept at bay. We know that the only way to meaningfully shape the world is through Love and Compassion for all, period.
We are the light, like the sages, shamans, men of God and men of Science who have lit the way for us, who stand unshaken by the ferocious wind of inevitable change. We've been there, and we have returned whole.
When those around us fall, trembling and clutching at the last vestiges of their shattered lives... We are the ones who will be left standing, who will be left whole.
We are blessed by the most powerful god of all... the god within ourselves. We hold the power and heritage of the human race in our hands, minds and hearts... and we know it. We have what can really never be taken away... and this makes us mighty.
The question at hand is not "Will there be freedom or tyranny?" or "Are you ready for the revolution?". These questions and their answers will be meaningless when the time does come. The question is:
"When humanity needs you most, will you have the courage and compassion to reach out an open hand, to bare your heart before attack and torture? Will you stand up not for you and yours, your country or your freedom... But for Humanity itself?"
We live every moment on the bleeding edge of now, of what is possible. Our every action shapes the future and lends meaning to the past... Go with Grace and go with God. Let's make this place greater than any of us can imagine.
