Abraham-Hicks says,
"There is never a crowd on the leading edge."
Being on a spiritual path isn't exactly the most popular thing on the planet. If you're on one, you're the minority, at least at this point in history. I have encountered over and over in my own spiritual path, the test of having the courage to stay 'awake' and continue to wake up further, even if it means leaving the majority behind.
When I have now or have had in the past, a profound spiritual experience or insight, or I learn a very deep spiritual teaching, or I learn something about what is going on in the world, sometimes I think to myself... "Who is going to get this? Who will be able to relate to me now?"
I often feel challenged not to run away and to not be tempted to fall back 'asleep' and forget what I know and have experienced. Experiences that deepen us spiritually leave one with the feeling that there is no turning back. It's like periodically taking the 'red pill' as in the Matrix movies... another pill and the paradigm shifts again... another pill and you're deeper yet.
I've been thinking about the positive roles we can play in the global consciousness shift that is happening right now. What is it to be an instrumental, revolutionary presence in the awakening of consciousness?
I am using terms like "revolutionary presence". I am illustrating that it is not about pushing, preaching or anything of that sort, but by simply being who we are, living our truth, and being transparent with our spiritual lives. Example is always more powerful than talk in any scenario.
It takes courage to go deep into the unknown of consciousness, and even more courage to hold that energy despite what is going on externally in the world and in our lives. Because of ridicule or resistance, it is easy to water down the profundity of our spiritual gifts and shy away from the positive that we can share. It's easy to wait for someone else to be the solid holder of spiritual energy as an inspiration and example for others.
There are a million excuses to not being authentic with our spiritual depths: What will they think of me? Will they think I'm crazy? Hippie? Will my friends accept me? Will my partner accept me? What if I make them uncomfortable? What if I'm wrong? What if I'm no longer appealing to the mainstream? Who am I to think I am important in something as major as a consciousness shift in humanity? And it goes on.
So we don't tell people we meditate. We dilute our enthusiasm when someone asks us to tell them more about why we are on a spiritual path. We censor what we feel inspired to share or to say, or we hide our spiritual practices and lifestyle from people. We don't embark in the first place or we plateau and don't continue to do the work of deepening. There are endless other ways we censor or manipulate or hide our truths.
The reality is, there is a consciousness shift that is happening for humanity right now, and it needs you. If you're reading this still, that means you. Yes, you sitting there. The vast, vast, vast majority of the people in the world are not ready yet to hold the spiritual energy that the world needs so much right now. They aren't aware of it yet, or they're afraid. "There is never a crowd on the leading-edge". Most people won't be on the boat with you. So what?
