In the world that is emerging today, our purpose cannot be to conquer. This is the paradigm of the Imperial age, and we see what it has brought to those former imperial nations. The price of empire is high. Neither can our purpose be to dominate culturally – we are beginning to see the resentment and frustration caused by ancient cultures being overwhelmed by commercial ‘pop’ culture.
The world needs a paradigm, complete with symbols, which is open, accepting, loving, kind, and which signifies helping without forcing change. The Unity of the Universal Consciousness calls us to unity as well, but in diversity. The Universe did not bring forth just one kind of tree, or flower, insect or animal. Its nature is to bring forth a myriad, randomly chosen, wild array of life. Creativity is not order; although it relies upon order for a part of its realization. Creativity is profusion. So are the nations and cultures of the world, and the world is enriched by their variety.
If our purpose, as humankind, is to represent the inner Life that unfolded us outward from the seed of the Universe, then we too must adopt the qualities of that Universal Creator. We too must accommodate endless variety and revel in it. We must accept the life of humanity in all its forms, support it, glory in it, and encourage it to expand in consciousness as we learn to do.
Our individual purpose is to rise above our circumstances, to be more than we are, not always outwardly, but inside, where our life truly lies. We need to find out why we are here, and what we are here to do, and that is for us alone to decipher. That task lies between us and our Inner Spirit, that part of the Universal that lives in us. We are well advised to ask, and wait upon the answer – it will be forthcoming. We are each individual points of view, from which that Universal Mind may view and contemplate Itself and Its creation. When we learn to look out of our own eyes and see nothing but the Divine in action, we shall have reached the height of our purpose.
We will be met more than halfway, since the Universal Purpose also is seeking to know Itself through us, so that what I seek is also seeking me.
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