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Through this book, I invite you to consider that we may need a whole new worldview to navigate this challenging time we face today. As such, let this book be a testament of great transformation; a collective message from those who paved the way for the future generations – sending reverberations through time and space to remind ourselves that the Human Spirit is free, and is not limited or defined by physical bonds or traditional thinking. Years from now, when we look back at this time, we will celebrate our efforts in making a lasting impact that still ripples beyond the surface, remembering that it was the turning point for humanity.
When we look around us, we can see that the transformation has already begun to take place, and will continue to do so at an ever increasing pace. Indeed, there is a shift in the perception as to what is important in life – something fundamental is shifting in the way we human beings are; in the way we think and relate to the world and to one another – see? When it comes to ongoing transformation, it should be reminded that we humans are particularly good at putting off the inevitable – it often takes a crisis of monumental proportions to get us to change our ways.
If history is any indication, every civilization reaches a crisis point eventually, and most of them don’t make it. It is sad but very true – only at the precipice do we evolve; and even then, only a few do. Now the question becomes: Aren’t we already experiencing such a crisis? Taking that into consideration, one should be inclined to ask the following question: Why is it that we are in the midst of this crisis in almost every area of life? What has caused this to happen? Is it our hubris, our self-delusion of our self-sufficiency, self-importance, and self-righteousness that has driven us to the point of no return?
Furthermore, could it be that everything we see unfolding around us today has its roots in our hubris? Have we become to deteriorate and fragment from within? Now, if that is indeed the case, then it is rather easy to arrive at the conclusion that we are, indeed, suffering from a disease that is eating us from within – a spiritual disease of immorality and inhumanness, inauthenticity and insincerity.
Hence, it goes without saying that there is only one of two ways this can go: humans are active participants in this transformation, co-creating the best possible world for themselves, or they can passively watch by as everything old falls apart – leaving nothing but a blank slate; very little, if anything to build upon. Either way, the transformation of humanity is inevitable. In other words, there’s no way we can keep using old, outdated and outmoded ways of thinking and being in today’s world; and certainly not in tomorrow’s world.
Hence, it goes without saying that it requires not only new ways of living and being, doing and acting, but also new ways of thinking and seeing to move us away from the path of self-destruction to the path of peace, harmony and balance. The sooner we embrace the new emerging worldview, the sooner we leave the current path of destruction we’re on and stride down the path which ensures that not only do we as a species survive, but that we experience and realize transcendental aspects of existence.
Indeed, as mentioned earlier, we live in times of profound transformation where centuries old modern industrial world is coming to an end and a new world is being born; and so it seems that we have been given a chance for choice – our individual choices are combined with the choices of others – which in and of themselves are shaping the world that is being born.
It is clear that theology, philosophy, psychology, and science are converging at the point where each is seeking to answer the central questions of our existence. From this, it becomes obvious that the possibility of choice is focused on bringing into being a new kind of understanding of what life is about.
Upon deeper examination, it becomes not only clear but self-evident that as we go through this time of profound transformation, it will be a bumpy ride that is ahead of us; with it comes some growing pains, but also great benefits to be gained. Indeed, these are the times of teaching as well as the times of testing, which make us stronger in Spirit – it will be a time to choose, but a time to expand as well.
It will be a time to teach the world to cooperate, to come together, to bring us back to a point where there would be compassion, understanding, and care for all. It will be a time to find answers to some very significant questions about life; a time to explore what it means to grow and mature spiritually, what it means to transform and transcend oneself. This testing time will show how wonderful the Soul within the body can be, and people will touch upon the Divine within, you see?
Those who have foreseen this time, have returned here – to this place, to this time; they are here once again, by their own volition. They are here, at the beginning of this great transformation – guiding, directing, assisting and teaching humans, as is the case here, through this book – see? But eventually, it shall come to pass, as it has been written in the Book of Life, that humans will find their way out of the circumstances they now see themselves being plagued with.
Those who have foreseen this time, have returned here also for their own development, so that they might enjoy this testing time, to see if they can be tested to overcome their inadequacies, to avoid temptations, to accumulate their basic understanding so that they are, indeed, more aware; to be fully aware, to become Self-Realized, then to be fully Awakened or Realized – see?
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~ ॐ ~ Sambodhi Padmasamadhi ~ ∞ ~
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~ ॐ ~ Sambodhi Padmasamadhi ~ ∞ ~
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