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WHICH DOOR LEADS TO THE FUTURE?
Initiation
is a series of tests. These tests determine moral choices, strengths
and weaknesses, and the ability to discern truth from illusion. Fairy
tales abound about "picking the right door" whether it be the door of
life or death, the door of fortune or folly on a game show, or the many
doors that open and close on the path of life.
This
election year Americans are facing an initiatory test: Do we open the
red door or the blue door? On the surface the vote appears to be a
choice between the leadership of two men and their VPs: Mitt Romney and
Barack Obama. Behind this choice, we appear to be choosing between a
Democratic or Republican administration, and between moral values based
on how we treat the planet and the future versus a women's right to
choose the fate of her own body or a person's right to choose whom they
love.
Some
say there is little difference between these administrations or the men
that lead them - that the money interests will manipulate whoever sits
in the White House. And while that is definitely true, expecting anyone
we elect to save the planet for us is yet another illusion bound to lead
to disappointment. But we can chose to avoid those who would hinder the
process.
There
is a trickster in every initiation - one who challenges the initiate
with the task of discernment. The trickster may promise magic bullets,
feed on a person's fantasy of wealth, fame, pleasure, or ease - only to
lead the initiate into a discovery of even more illusion. In this case
the cost of choosing the wrong door is extreme.
The
stakes are higher than ever before. Humanity's impending environmental
crises, food shortages, economic crises, climate instability, and change
on every level require a leader who thinks in terms of change, even if
they are limited by the status quo in how much change they can
successfully create.
The
real test may come down to a vote between those who dare to think,
question, and embrace our future challenges, and those who prefer to
believe what they're told on Fox News, who swallow the illusions in
attack ads, and believe that "business as usual" will solve the very
problems "business as usual" has created.
In an important book that everyone should know about, Why Some Politicians are More Dangerous than Others, author James Gilligan
tracks 100 years of political history, and proves that both suicide and
murder rates rise significantly with each Republican administration and
fall with each Democratic administration. The reason? High
unemployment, reduced prosperity, and bigger gaps between the rich and
poor. His study of violence indicates that the most direct link to
increased violence is gross inequalities.
Romney
is from the rich and serves the rich. He represents the 1% that values
wealth and good looks above real humanitarianism - but he represents
that illusory pursuit of wealth which is a central value in the culture.
Believing that 47% of the population are victims looking for handouts,
while his wife has never held a job in her life, proves just how out of
touch he is with reality. Yet his comments are a call for all of us to
come to maturity, to take responsibility for ourselves, and to pierce
through illusion to consider our important future. And lest you think
Obama is a shoe-in, check out this important investigative reporting
from journalist Greg Palast on the peril of election fraud.
As
we approach this Equinox with an integration of light and dark, we can
see that the darkness of our collective shadow is highlighted for us to
see-from the Muslim anti-American sentiment to the attack ads from our
most expensive election ever. Hopefully, we can use this darkness to
pierce through illusion and pick the door that will lead to the
brightest future - one we can all walk through together.
What's in your harvest?
Fall
Equinox is known as harvest time, based on the agricultural cycles of
our ancestral past. In this time of GMO products and oil-based shipment
of food from all over, we seem to be out of touch with that organic
reality. Fortunately, more and more people are awakening to the dangers
of GMO, and trying to keep that OUT of their harvest. If you are
unaware, there's a wealth of information out there, about how GMO corn causes tumors, kidney and liver trouble and about the dangers of Monsanto
to destroy our food supply and seed stock of the future , including the
latest video from my friend and GMO activist, Jeffrey Smith, which you
can download for free.
But
these days, we are all harvesting more than food. We are harvesting
whatever we have been creating this past year - from the seeds of vision
planted in the winter, cultured in the spring, and nourished with the
summer light.
CREATING ON PURPOSE!
One of my proud harvests is a new book is coming out October 1st called, CREATING ON PURPOSE: THE SPIRITUAL TECHNOLOGY OF MANIFESTATION,
co-authored by Lion Goodman. This book contains the best of our
workshop material from the class, CREATION IS ECSTASY, plus lots of new
material, to help you get on track and stay there in finding your
highest purpose, and making a contribution, while creating the life of
your dreams.
You can pre-order it now and check out the new website
to which we will be adding guiding meditations and exercises to
increase your powers of clarity and manifestation. If you live in
California, mark your calendar for our book release party November 14th, in San Rafael, CA, at Open Secret Bookstore.
To
that end, I will also be starting a new online course through The Shift
Network, on the process of manifesting your highest purpose. The free
call is October 2nd, and the 7-week class will begin October 16th. Check it out here.
Our live 4 1/2-day workshop on Manifestation will happen at Kripalu, Feb 18-22, 2013.
There're just a few more workshops left this year, so check them out (information below)!
Blessings,
Anodea
