BOTH/AND THOUGHT ENERGY... A happy balance to Either/Or thinking.
I am so over the excessive use of Either/Or thinking, I decided to write about it.
Why?
Because this limited way of thinking has given and still gives enormous grief to humanity and consequently to this planet... keeping us at odds, even to starting wars...and I feel it is high time to take a look at this.
We are bombarded daily, through media and TV news etc, 24/7, with inflammatory negative inflexible opinions, intolerance, criticism, and unfavorable comparisons....that only increase feelings of division, hatred and misery. It is nearly all sensational Either/Or opinion (for ratings) and hardly any Both/And reportage. Choice is one thing, (more on that below) but 'negative put down absolutes for a prejudiced rejected whatever' is so, well...in my view..."a total waste of our precious time here on Earth" and hinders the development of higher consciousness.
Now I am not trying to be Pollyanna here and say everything is always fine and that there aren't times when we must defend ourselves or address the real problem of evil, but there are better ways of dealing with challenging people and situations without sensational retaliatory or knee jerk reactionary responses.
We humans ought to find it easier to get along with one another than with the animal or plant world, (although some people really do prefer relating to plants and animals more than other people!) but look at all the hatred and conflict that has been going on throughout human history and still today...even when life is relatively comfortable now for many. The so called 'first world' takes for granted living like kings of old with plumbing, cooling, heating, closets full of clothes, continuous access to fresh food and water, online information, entertainment, transport, etc. Naturally all people everywhere aspire to live more comfortable lives and yet even when there are material advantages in abundance there still persists this worn out 'one way or the other,' Either/Or way of relating to the world. 'All or nothing' views.
Time for a shift in consciousness?
Every time you point an accusing finger at another, there are three fingers pointing back at YOU!
When Jesus of Nazareth said 'love thy neighbor as yourself.' I don't think he was merely asking us all to be nicer to one another. I think he was really trying to tell us that we are all part of ONE creation. In 'loving your neighbor' you are really loving yourself. Everything is related...hurt another person and you also hurt yourself. Send love to another and the love comes back to you..maybe not from that person, but still in other ways and magnified many times.
When Jesus of Nazareth said 'love thy neighbor as yourself.' I don't think he was merely asking us all to be nicer to one another. I think he was really trying to tell us that we are all part of ONE creation. In 'loving your neighbor' you are really loving yourself. Everything is related...hurt another person and you also hurt yourself. Send love to another and the love comes back to you..maybe not from that person, but still in other ways and magnified many times.
"..our decisions ripple through the universe of consciousness to affect the lives of all. Lest this idea be considered merely mystical or fanciful, let us remember that fundamental tenet of the new theoretical physics: everything in the universe is connected with everything else. Our choices reinforce the formation of powerful M-Fields, which are the attractor patterns that influence others. Even if one sits isolated in a cave, his thoughts inflence others whether he wishes it or not." David Hawkins M.D PhD. Author 'Power v Force'
Here's some Science: Deep down within, at the subatomic core...everything is Space and little flashes of Particle Energy whizzing around. This is going on all the time at the core of EVERYTHING. Quantum Physics raises the question of what is 'reality' and explores beyond the world we humans perceive. All seems real with our five senses...the way we see the world of form and separation...but this is just a subjective human experience of 'reality'. What is 'real' according to our senses is completely different from the 'reality' say, of other life...like a tree...or a bacteria for instance! How would that perceive the world? Or a deep sea fish or a hummingbird? Or a polar bear? Indeed how diverse even the 'reality' experience of another human being? Deep down all is flashes of life force energy...repelling...attracting...experienced in innumerable ways.
"There are as many universes as there are sentient beings."Deepak Chopra.
"The mind is everything. What you think you become." Gautama Buddha.
So, it is good to be mindful of our thoughts?
Yes! And as you think and before you speak, write, or text etc...it is a good idea to ask yourself:
Yes! And as you think and before you speak, write, or text etc...it is a good idea to ask yourself:
" Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind?" Arab proverb.
Now here comes Choice: Creation loves variety! Each experience of the life force is unique, even to grains of sand. Nothing is truly identical..twins, even clones. All is gifted with the free will personal identity suited to it's form and degree of energy vibration. Either/Or thinking is just another thought energy experience choice, and indeed both Either/Or and Both/And thinking are nothing more than thought experience choices. (Example of Both/And thinking in action here!)
Why are so many people locked in to Either/Or thinking? And determined that their way is the only right way?
In my opinion it is nothing more than habitual conditioning and an attempt to be in control. How limiting is Either/Or thinking! There is no single Either/Or creed, philosophy, ideology, doctrine or viewpoint, to answer all issues. It is much better to observe the bigger picture. The much bigger picture. Both/And thinking is inclusionary, encouraged by the more flexible positive Feminine Principle energy* way of looking at things.
"Damn braces. Bless relaxes." William Blake
What about the Masculine Principle?* Don't we need that too?
Yes, absolutely we do. But after millenia of negative aspects of the Masculine Principle, with excessive use of Either/Or thought by both men and women, there is the danger now of too much resistant backlash against the Masculine... the positive aspects. Like 'throwing out the baby with the bathwater.'
So what we need ideally is both the positive Feminine Principle and positive Masculine Principle working together using Either/Or and Both/And thinking?
Exactly! Using the positive attributes of both is a way forward....releasing, as the 'Flower Children' movement said back in the 1960s, 'hang ups on anything!' The predominantly American youth 'love revolution,' was inspired by Eastern religious philosophies extending West at the time. While ostensibly well meaning, the movement quickly became overwhelmed by the use of hallucinogens and other drugs...oftentimes deadly 'short cut' escapism in the search for higher consciousness. Nonetheless, glimpses were revealed then into an expanded way of looking at self, relationships and the world with more open, accepting attitudes: 'Make love, not war!' 'Lighten Up!' 'Peace☮️!')
Why do you think that is?
Well, Homo Sapiens is a very successful species...so much so now that we are beginning to stretch limited Earth resources. The world's population has exploded during the last 50 years, from around 3 billion people in 1960 to 9 billion now and increasing ever more rapidly through medical and technological advancement. Shortages tend toward fear, which leads to aggression and force grabbing conflict and the worst in human behavior. Issues include: worldwide air/land/ocean/light and noise pollution: all tied to increased human activity. Food production is now being engineered too in unnatural ways owing to increased population demands. Anything natural/beautiful/rare like land/wildlife/clean water, etc, is more and more threatened/exclusive/expensive...why? Expanding human populations.
All these issues are challenging issues indeed but they are not insurmountable. Right now we are also at an unprecedented level of human achievement. In fact it really is an amazing time to be alive... an ideal time really to be able to do more good in the world than ever before...a chance for real transformation with more Both/And attitudes going forward to something better. With awakening higher consciousness, challenges can be viewed, not merely as difficulties, but also as our greatest teachers...leading us to create a wiser world.
Instead of only arguing over 'what's better or worse, or who's right or wrong'...perpetuating resistance...we can incorporate more Both/ And thinking, improving our ability to soften rigid thought positions and think outside the box. Politics comes to mind as an obvious example of where more Both/And thinking could soften the Either/Or! Opposing political parties struggle for power, bickering and blaming over this and that (all for the mining of votes: for power...perpetuating Either/Or thinking!) Why not more Both/And commonsense?! We already know what that is: Bipartisan collaboration...a proven way forward for the greater good of all. A more efficient means of governing through co operation and some compromise between all sides.
Other examples:
Science and Religion/Spirituality: the greater understanding of the merits of each and the powerful connection between both.
Racial/Culteral/Sexual Identities and Unity: Recognising and respecting individual experience and acknowledging that we are all one Humankind creation, leading to mutual acceptance, collaboration and peaceful coexistance.
Medical treatment and Holistic Integrative health treatments: Appreciating the merits and necessity of each and incorporating both together for ultimate wellness.
Productivity and conserving Planet Earth.
Law enforcement and Humanitarian efforts.
Indeed every subject could benefit from more Both/And thinking. Either/Or dualistic thought is necessary and valid of course...but let's balance it with Both/And!
Going back to the issue of 24/7 media bombardment, online information including social media etc is useful but there are also harmful effects on mind/body and spirit with negative imput absorption. Our bodies are continuously and exhaustively trying to process and release this toxic soup...(I heard somewhere that it takes at minimum of two days for our Nervous Systems to process and release stress hormones and recover from witnessing disturbing violence and TV, games, movies and 'news/entertainment' compound this toxicity now without respite.) Is it any wonder there are growing mental health issues worldwide? We would do well to 'unplug'... rest and restore ourselves in nature...away from excess technology on a regular basis.
So how do we do heal?
Hmm! Both difficult and easy! Difficult because as humans we tend to hold onto that which binds us: resistance to change of any kind...even 'good' change...is powerful. Easy and fast in that thought happens instantaneously and simply through changing one's thoughts, new ways of living can take place at once. Freeing up the energy needed means the recognising and healing of personal, collective and even generational emotional woundedness in order to rise beyond the past and go forward. To lessen the dominance of Either/Or and allow in more Both/And.
" Your thoughts are incredibly powerful. Choose your wisely." Joe Dispenza
In my experience, the only truly tranformative way forward is through the healing of the Self first...the source through which all experience flows. First comes self healing, then the healing of others through one's example. Through knowing, understanding and forgiving...(not necessarily embracing...but at least a 'clear eyed letting go of issues'), we can invite kindness, compassion, peace and real love. Along with this will eventually come the realisation that all interaction is nothing more than experience and so called opposites revealed as nothing more than 'two sides of a same 'thought' coin.'
" The first step is to make friends with ourselves." Chögyam Trungpa
We are fast being coaxed towards waking up and just in time too. Let us all pray/visualize that we can expand to include more Both/And thinking before we destroy ourselves and ruin our home...or time just simply runs out for us on planet Earth. Science tells us the world has already had 5 mass extinction events where life was almost fully destroyed and so it only follows that there will be more. The Universe routinely shakes herself off as a dog shakes off water as part of some mysterious vast re balancing plan. But life renews again, over and over and will...with or without humans, until finally Earth will be absorbed by the expanding aging Sun...or the Andromeda Galaxy will collide with our Milky Way Galaxy and change everything. I forget which will happen first...!
But that's a loooong way off!
Yes..thank goodness! So very far off, that it is not worth worrying about. By then Homo Sapiens will either be extinct or...a kind of Star Trek lifestyle will have come about and we will have evolved to live on multiple other 'M Class' planets!
Seriously, wouldn't it be great if long before any doomsday arrives, we humans could overcome self limiting interaction...respect and appreciate ourselves and eachother and life collectively and be grateful for what we have? With greater awareness, kindness and love for our miraculous planet Earth with all the miraculous extraordinary life/plant/animal diversity, including the diversity of our human selves. All of us.
The only thing one can ever count on is energy flow and change. Lifetimes are born and then gone in the twinkling of a cosmic flash. Instead of wasting time continually bitching...perpetuating miserable self sabotaging behavior and trapping low consciousness emotions that hold us back to a savage past...we can move forward to a better way. Think of the time freed up for creativity! Opening up to unlimited collaborative positive achievements. What a beautiful vison.
Blessings love and light,
Nikki.
Nikki Danby Twist CECP CBCP Reiki III
"The small ruby everyone wants has fallen out on the road...Some think it is east of us, others west of us. Some say, 'among primitive earth rocks,' others, in deep waters. Kabir's instinct told him it was inside, and what it was worth, and he wrapped it up carefully in his heart cloth." Kabir"None of us wants to be miserable; we all want to be happy. But we can’t achieve this aim if we stay stuck in biased, narrow-minded thinking. No matter how much we long for joy, it will elude us if we continue buying into concepts of right and wrong, good and bad, acceptance and rejection. What ultimately frees us from these constricting patterns is to stop reifying our experience, and to connect with the ineffable, groundless nature of all phenomena." Pema Chodron
"Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation." Rabindranath Tagore
."Brew us the magic in which all limits dissolve, spirit forever bent to the fire! That fathomless limit of evil, first, which revolves also around those who are resting and do not stir. Dissolve with a few drops whatever excludes in the limit of the ages, which makes our past wisdom a fraud; for how deeply we have absorbed the Athenian sunlight and the mystery of the Egyptian falcon or god. Don't rest until the boundary that keeps the sexes in meaningless conflict has disappeared. Open up childhood and the wombs of more truly expectant generous mothers so that, shaming all that is empty, and not confused by the hindering wood, they may give birth to future rivers, augmenting the sea."Rainer Maria Rilke
"The day will come when, after harnessing space, the winds, the tides, gravitation, we shall harness for God the energies of love. And, on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, humanity will have discovered fire." Teilhard De Chardin.
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"Try this quick experiment: Place your hand above your head as if you're going to trace a circle on the ceiling with your index finger. Now, trace an imaginary circle in a clockwise direction. While continuing to trace the circle, slowly lower your arm so that your finger comes down to your eye level. Keep on lowering your arm until your finger is at your waist level. Now look down at the circle you're tracing. What's the direction? Counter-clockwise! How can that be? The answer lies in one word: perspective. You continued to trace the circle in the same direction, but your perspective on the situation changed when you shifted from looking up to looking down at the circle.
* The Feminine Principle here does not represent only female nor does the Masculine Principle represent only male. (Women can be strong and active and brave (so called positive Masculine Principle attributes) while at the same time men can be 'in touch with their feminine side,' caring and protective (so called positive Feminine Principle attributes.) For more on this read my previous Blog. 'Divine Masculine/Feminine Energy: the duality connection in us all. (Inspired by Carl Jung.)
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