Equality; How Are We Hindering It's Existence

Equality. It's been on the agenda for a few years now, but our society still hasn't got round to fully implementing it, for various reasons. The majority of us want it (the minority won't be spoken about), so how exactly are we working towards it?

The aim is to ensure a state of being equal for all. It's basically a given that many of us will have come across, or even helped to support, various organisation aiming to ensure the 'rights' of some selected group of people. In this day and age, this is generally accepted as the most effective way of achieving equality.

As we progressed through society, it was vital to campaign for woman's rights, black rights, gay rights, or any other area of society facing total oppression. And arguably, it still is vital today until we stand on equal footing. However, it is also vital to recognise that this system cannot progress into the future, without becoming a hindrance for equality.

When we merely mention group B's rights in a certain situation, we reinforce that they are 'different' from group A. We consciously remind that we are not the same, and have a different label placed upon us. Though this initially was meant to reinforce equality, it can now lead to further segregation. If we are to ensure that we are all the same -- as we have fought so hard to achieve -- we must then begin to act as a collective, rather than separate groups entitled to the same thing.

It can no longer be simply our right as a woman to be considered for a job, but our right as a human being seeking employment to be considered for the job.  If we continue to do the former, we will continue to in force segregation in our society, and perhaps even turn the tables of privileges the other way.

This in no way undermines efforts made in the past to achieve our 'rights'. However, once we have placed ourselves on a level playing field, we must drop our banners and team colours. If we all want to play on the same side, then we cannot continue to bare different colours. Let us now fight for the rights of humanity, and ensure that we are all heading in the right direction.

Awakening; An Overview

Many of us will have heard this 'buzzword' flung around nowadays (many of us would have also noticed it in the web address). So many of us want to know what this word entails before we sign up to try it out. Whilst the descriptions can be endless, (as it does entail wakening up to an infinite reality), here is a brief overview of what is meant by becoming awakened:

• Accepting the possibility that anything and everything could be true. Now I'm not exactly talking about giant flying monkeys with hats (though it's food for thought), but generally questioning and considering all information we receive or previously have ignored. Why do I believe that to be true? Why do I dismiss that? What sources have given me this information, and are they reliable? What does MY intuition say? Perhaps flying monkeys with hats could come back onto the conversation table.
• Removing all boundaries and restrictions from our thoughts and streams of consciousness. Why is it we put up certain boundaries of what we should be thinking about -- who made us place them there in the first place? When we let information from the world around us flow through us freely, we become much more aware of truths and information we were sub-conciously ignoring before.
• Becoming child-like. No, this does not mean bowls full of candy and temper tantrums at the shopping centre. It means tapping into the child it is in our nature to be; inquisitive, imaginative and hopeful. When we re-adopt these traits, we begin to see that many of our adult 'responsibilities' aren't truly necessities, but distractions from us achieving our full humanly potential. When we begin to dream again, we realise that we are no longer content to live for meaningless jobs, whilst putting our passions on hold for an imaginary day. 
• Learning to listen to the universal consciousness, rather than our own personal one. This follows on well from our second point. We begin to realise that we are all connected, not simply separate entities in a vast universe. No longer do you feel so small and insignificant, but really understand what it means to be a part of something so big. As Rumi said, "You are the universe in ecstatic motion".
• Realisation of your place, as part of the universe, and coming to terms with our ancient, and infinite collective spirit. 
• Removal of human constructs, such as fear. Once we remove these, we realise that all that's left at the heart of it, is LOVE, eternally. 

Why Sex and Poos Can Reveal the Divine

If you start discussing the size and smell of your creation last toilet break, you're bound to raise a few disgusted heads. Likewise, when the issue of cooties or releasing gas is brought up in a school yard, you're bound to be left with a chorus of laughter. The matter of 'sex' in our society is met with the stigma of being dirty, wrong, and often, condemnatory. 

We all know about it, we all do it. So what's the big deal?

Dualism, in terms of the soul, is used to describe that our body and soul are two separate entities -- the body being mortal, the soul immortal. This kind of thinking has been adapted by many religious thinkers and personal philosophies.

If this theory is correct, and we have a divine essence placed into a human body, could this potentially explain our apparent 'aversion' to vital bodily functions? 

When we consider them as simple, animalistic functions that our vital for our survival, this is when we are likely to turn our nose up. It embarrasses, and almost seems derogatory to us. Could this then serve of proof that we are a being of a higher function, purely placed inside a human body for now?

Our Societal Tightrope

It is insanely easy to become disillusion by the society we live in; to view the corruption of high-profile businesses, or how consumed 'these kids today' have become in their mobile phones. Equally, it is insanely easy to view 'non-conformers' of our society as primitive, or backwards. It sometimes seems as though we can only fall into one of these two categories.

As we become more open to question the world around us -- an important stage of awakening ourselves -- it is highly important that we remember that nothing (or at least the majority of things) in this world are bad. Becoming aware of the materialistic world around us does not entail the rejection of all that we see -- though, if it helps you as a person, then that's a valuable lifestyle choice to make. The original concept of money is good. The concepts of capitalism, democracy, and socialism (though I realise many people may disagree with this statement) are all good. However, it is when these concepts are taken to far over one side, when they loss touch with their original concept of good, that they become corrupt, and detrimental to the state of out being.

So how does this apply to our everyday life?

As we begin to become more conscious of ourselves, and how we fit into this world, we must also become increasingly aware of whether we are using or abusing the resources that our society has given us. Our flashing iPhones and gadgets are fantastic; I personally have been lost in the city one too many times. But is it always necessary to be on them? To have them beside us, as though we need them to breath? And so, we must work out how to balance this into our lifestyle, without either falling into the two traps: constantly Facebook-ing 24/7 on them, or deciding to throw our cross and holy water at them. This is just one example, of so many more things! Phones, in essence, aren't bad, however we must make sure we are using them correctly.

The resources we have been given may often appear contradictory to the lessons we are often given in awakening our soul, and becoming in touch with who we are. However, it is vital that we keep in mind that there is nothing wrong with evolution -- biological, or technological. Be excited as we find new advances in our sciences, and our daily gadgets, but always remember to question the necessity of its use, and what dangers may be involved.

Happy balancing!

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Publishing Contract Received

I am happy to announce that I have received a publishing contract with Astraea Press, for my novella Honeyflower and Pansy, set to release early next year.
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With hopes of educating little, autistic Sage, Amanda Daryl’s family find themselves living in a town which has an unfinished story to tell. When plans for the school’s construction are abandoned, Amanda’s instincts lead her to fight for her sister’s honour; unknowingly paving the way for experiences she could never have anticipated.

Faced with a drunken café owner, amusing new friends, and little Sage, who simply cannot stop eating, Amanda’s journey becomes comical, inspiring, and at times, heart-breaking. To achieve her goal, Amanda discovers she must first address the ghosts of this town, and place it back in motion. 

And then of course, there is Tristan; the mysterious boy always lurking near the edge of the forest, who best expresses his emotions through flowers.

Honeyflower and Pansy attempts to capture humanity at its highest, and lowest points, ultimately offering a message of hope. It explores the different types of love that can be found in the world, even the ones found in the most unexpected places. 

9 to 5, What a Way to Ruin Livin'

Pre-school care. Primary School. Senior School. Undergraduate Degree. Graduate Degree. Internship. Work. Die.

This, is what we call The System.
And the thing is, this path isn't -- at its core -- a bad thing. It's only become detrimental because it is now 'the' system.

It is uncommon for people to say they love the job they do.
It is uncommon for people to be pursuing their passion in life as a career.
It is common for people to question, re-think and fully reject the career they have chosen later in life, realising it is not fulfilling.

What is a good job? By our society's standards, a good job is the one with the highest income rate. But as we've established, money can not provide any source of happiness (SEE: http://childrenoftheawakening.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/contentment-and-why-new-shoes-wont-help.html), which most likely answers why unhappy employees outnumber happy ones by two to one*. So why do we continue to put ourselves through this system which lasts a life time, only to realise at the other end that we've achieved nothing from it? Because its 'the system'; and in this society, you can be shunned, alienated and outcasted if you don't follow it. It's not the 'norm'.

There is no denying we need many business and workforces in order for our society to function effectively. But let me ask you a question; how many of us actually know the ultimate goals of the companies we slave away for, day by day. What are they trying to achieve? To their goals match up with our visions for societies, our values, even our morals? In the most cases, not many of us actually think to question what the ultimate goals are of our companies, but they have people slaving away 9-5, five days a weeks, so they must be working towards something. The majority of people sacrifice the majority of their lives to these workforces, so it would be wise to question what exactly they are sacrificing their gift of living for. Are many of the companies even necessary, or a way to keep us busy?

As I mentioned at the beginning, the system is not necessarily a bad thing. However, it must be held in mind that it is a system, not the system. Lets change the way we view work. I want to find a good job, one that makes me happy, lets me do what I want to do, and allows me to have a positive and productive impact upon the world. Money is not my goal, happiness is. I have been given my talents and strengths for a reason; to use them, to fulfil my potential. Otherwise, we are simply letting ourselves waste away and corporations to grow stronger.

Are you really prepared to give up living to allow Ink. Co. to reach a new height of ink cartridge sales?

"And after all, if you do really like what you’re doing, it doesn’t matter what it is, you can eventually turn it – you could eventually become a master of it. It’s the only way to become a master of something, to be really with it. And then you’ll be able to get a good fee for whatever it is."

~ Matt Slick

I would advise everyone to examine this lecture by Matt Slick, which asks the question of What If Money was No Object?

http://themindunleashed.org/2014/06/money-object-everybody-including.html

"...if you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you will spend your life completely wasting your time. You’ll be doing things you don’t like doing in order to go on living, that is to go on doing things you don’t like doing, which is stupid. Better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing than a long life spent in a miserable way."

Peace and blessings!

* http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2013/10/10/unhappy-employees-outnumber-happy-ones-by-two-to-one-worldwide/

The New Diet Pill -- It Really Doesn't Work!

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