Just Bags of Saltwater, Carrying the Ocean Around

 Really that is what we are.  We came from the sea.  The only way to live on land is to carry the ocean within this skin barrier.

But why did we need to get onto the land? 

In my past blogs I have argued that we are the sensory organs of the Universe, of Source, All-That-Is. 

The Universe hides away from itself, so it can appreciate itself. 

I want to make another, further, argument. 

The Universe needs us not only to be, but also to do. 

We are also the hands of the Universe, able to create beautiful objects and then admire them.  We are able to discover hidden knowledge and bask in the beauty we uncover within.  We smash atoms together and uncover the secrets of the Universe. 

By doing, we are able to deeply discover who we are in the left upper quadrant of science.  Further we can also discover ourselves in all quadrants, including the lower quadrants of inner and outer relationships, right lower and left lower, respectively.     

http://www.integralhealthresources.com/integral-health-2/the-four-quadrants/

In the past mysticism was thought of as only going within.  Contemplation.  Learning how to be, to gather wisdom in meditation and prayer. 

The new world story is to enter the state of meditation and then gather this wisdom found within, and then bring this wisdom back to the world to improve the world, to take the world to a higher level of evolution.  This can be labeled as compassion. 

http://globalresonance.net/message.cfm?messageid=258345&pf=1

We can deeply appreciate the discoveries of science and medicine.  And to enjoy the fruits of our science and good health, so that we can have the leisure time to explore how to better “just be.” 

What a beautiful cycle.  Entering contemplation and meditation, just being, in order to gather wisdom, then returning to the world to practice doing, as compassion for the world. 

That is why we needed to evolve to crawl onto the land.  We needed to evolve to manipulate with our hands.  We needed to invent and build on the knowledge of those who have gone before. 

Do we sometimes screw up?  Most definitely, examples include nuclear weapons and pollution, all byproducts of unskillful doing. 

But, we are a very young species, less than a few hundred thousands of years old.  I hope we can evolve socially fast enough so that we keep up with our scientific evolution.  So we don’t wipe ourselves off the face of the earth. 

But as I’ve said before, the radiation and pollution resistant cockroaches will evolve to do, creating with their creepy little claw-like hands.  Just kidding, they will practice doing with their beautiful chitinous hands (beautiful to them anyway!). 

Yet, I am a meliorist.  I believe that humans can make the world a better place.  And I am an optimist.  I believe we can avoid the most disastrous doing of which we might be capable. 

I hope we can evolve each of us personally, and, thereby, elevate our evolution as a society.  Joining together to make the world better. 

We have a very long way to go. 

Join me in the beautiful cycle of being and doing.  Making our doing reflect the beauty within our shared consciousness. 

 

Follow the three commandments with me, in order:

1-There is only One Source.

          2-Love everything. 

                    3-Have fun. 

And have lots of fun.  That is truly what the Universe asks of us.