Writings
The Evolution of Humankind
There is no lack of disillusionment amongst humans about the state of the world's affairs. We all know that our present approach does not bring about contentment, ease, or dignity for all. Quality of life is woefully short of adequate for most of the worlds population. And yet we also sense that there is more, that we can find a way.
Why haven't human beings yet found a way to exist that consistently produces harmonious living across the globe? Because the belief until now has been that each person is a separate entity, and there is no underlying connection between individuals. We have based our belief in what we could see rather than what we could feel. We do not see any immediate connection between what we think, feel, and do and the consequences that result for ourselves and others.
The previous emphasis on collective good has shifted dramatically towards individual endeavour. Some may see the increase of individual ego desires as causing the problems of greed and power that beset human behaviour. However, when we look at the bigger movements, as we are doing here, we can see that mankind has been on a long and thorough journey of experience through the third dimension of matter. This follows a much larger cycle of developing consciousness spanning many thousands of years.
Along with the pace of change, and the transformation of systems and structures, the evolution of humankind is speeding up. No matter how many times we try to build reliable structures and systems, we find they do not ultimately serve us, and we are forced to experiment with another source for our steadiness.
We are moving from a reliance on outer stability provided by laws, governments, and society to trusting an inner source that is intimately unique to us and yet on a deeper level is shared by all. Our awakened individuality is often seen as a hindrance to this development. However, this is a vital part of the process.
The understanding that "what I do to myself, I do to all" has never been widespread. But it is exactly this understanding that is growing in humanity as the world now sees the effects globally. Within dying structures and systems, we start to see the underlying unity, the commonality. What is left when all else passes away is what is true, constant, steady, and reliable. Our task now is not to dwell any further on what has been, but to look with fresh eyes at what we have learned and where we go from here.
Our Potential
Understanding Our Design
In order to begin something, we usually have an idea of what is possible. Understanding the design of existence is crucial to setting sail. If we do not understand the nature of the substance with which we create, we may miss many of the opportunities inherent within it. We do not realize the full potential. Until now mankind has based many of its ideas on what is physically possible. This limits the scope of the attempt right there. We are so much more than our physical form, as these teachings reveal to us.
The experience we have of life dramatically changes in the light of seeing who we are and of what we are capable. And this capability is predisposed towards expansion. It is actually easier to create expansion than contraction - it requires inherently less effort. Were the knowledge of our origin and design widespread, our experience of our humanness would radically change. And the results we would see on Earth would change almost overnight.
The place to start is always with our experience in the present. There is no time outside now. The present moment is the playground of life - where all life springs forth, where all creation takes place. And although the present is constant in its now-ness, because of the nature of awareness, it contains within it the possibility of limitless change. Even when we have brought a thought or feeling to fruition, it is not fixed. It is only held in its form by continued thought along similar lines. When we change the impulse from our beliefs and intentions to awareness, we automatically change the creation.
None of the forms you currently see on Earth have to stay that way. Everything can be changed. Everything can be approached from a more expansive perspective.
When we start to consider how to bring about positive change on Earth, it can make us feel weary. We might feel that human behaviour is too complex, too deep-rooted and too widespread for us to be able to elicit any effective change. But single individuals in the course of history have done just that. They have initiated change on a scale not previously thought possible. And that is why we remember them today!
Would we know who Mahatma Gandhi was if he had thought that liberation of India from the grip of the British Empire were not possible? Would we know who Nelson Mandela is if he had given in to fear and doubt? Or Barack Obama if he had assumed what a lot of America feared, that a black man would never be "allowed" to be president? Maybe he drew on the fervent belief of Martin Luther King Jr., another being who turned the tide of human understanding and, therefore, behaviour.
The Nature of Awareness
We do not necessarily need a global platform to be seen and heard. The sea of awareness provides that for us. The field of connectivity that awareness bestows means that what we place into it via our thoughts, beliefs, and intentions affects us all. We have a ready-made system that can receive expansive impulses and carry them out for the benefit of all. It's like the version of the media we always wanted!
Once we understand, through our experience, that we are this energy and every moment is an opportunity to influence the entire world, then nothing is stopping us from creating the human presence of Earth that we wish in our hearts to see.
I really do mean nothing is stopping us. Not even fear and doubt - which usually put up the resistance to change and expansion - can ultimately endure. They too are fashioned from awareness. As soon as we retract the impulse of fear from thoughts, they expand and no longer have the power to cause contraction in our experience. We simply refrain from basing our thoughts on the illusions of fear.
The impulse of fear comes from not understanding the design of who we are. It is the misapprehension that we are separate. As soon as we start to experience just how connected we are, the draw of that connectivity pulls us into alignment more and more, repeatedly allowing ourselves to rest in the moment in connection with our eternal presence. We feel full, complete, expansive, and full of beauty and grace. In this experience no fear arises - it simply cannot exist.
So when you consider what it is to be human, imagine the beauty, grace, and freedom of awareness in matter. This is the most accurate definition of Humanity. We suggest that this is the one we need to hold now, for until now we have not fully recognized the beauty that is waiting to be expressed. We have seen humanness as something separate, and so we have not fully brought its potential forward.
Awareness is seeking expansion in form. When our thoughts, beliefs, and intentions recognize this, awareness allows the innate expansion its freedom.
So if we are all awareness and everything is made from awareness, what is it doing in matter? Why would it need to be a forgetful human when it is simultaneously an omniscient intelligence? Awareness is everything, that is true. Consciousness is the light of awareness, the in-seeing ability to know itself, self-reflection. Precisely because awareness is everything, it does not need anything. So the expression of awareness in form - any form, even that of ephemeral thought - is not just to be it but to know itself consciously in every facet, from every side.
This is not yet widely apparent to humanity. As awareness enters matter, the slower frequencies of matter cause the illusion of forgetting. As we remember who we are, whilst in form, we "en-lighten" matter. We bring the light of conscious remembering to the expression of matter. Our consciousness gives the nature of awareness full access to matter.
The Truth Through Experience
Never before in the history of mankind has there been an opportunity such as the one we face now - to consciously unite humanity with awareness. The leaders of the very near future will be required to demonstrate this understanding. A few already display it, but too many rely on words to engage the mind. And conscious understanding cannot be faked. The true leaders of the coming times will be those who know the truth through experience.
This is not an issue just for the spiritually inclined. This knowledge is equally relevant to education, family, our treatment of children, the work environment, governance, connection (religion), environmental policy, the economy and financial sectors, and international relations.
Every aspect of life on this Earth has the same source, and every form of life arises from impulses acting upon awareness. There is only one uniting principle. When we understand the nature and dynamics of awareness, we can apply this understanding to bring each area of life into harmony.
This is not some utopian dream. This is the heritage of humanity that it has yet to claim.
What will it take?
Perspective, tolerance, respect, kindness, commitment, fairness, compassion, caring, patience, understanding, courage, trust, integrity, clarity, humility, steadiness, conviction, inner strength, wisdom, love, and generosity.
In short, all the qualities of awareness that we already possess! They all seamlessly unite within awareness and give rise to harmony, benevolence, and grace. We do not even have to create them, they are available, ready-made, and in abundance. What is more, these qualities cannot be eradicated. They are eternal, and they will surface again and again if we allow them. They are the qualities that keep us buoyant in tough times. They are the qualities that make life enjoyable, satisfying, and purposeful.
Jeddah Mali