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January 2010_june_july_2009.qxd 02/02/2010 8:33 AM Page 14 14 Four Phases of Spiritual Evolution Four Phases of Spiritual Evolution Continued from Page 12 “Beware the ‘Chicken Man’,” because they’re telling you that there’s an edge walker among them who knows you’re here and he’d love to crack that veil you call reality wide open. Often times, they do this with sense of humor based on opposites that lead you to question things. This is also the role of the “trickster”, for they do and are the same thing. When we begin to discern, we begin to grasp a greater knowledge. It’s something that is naturally greater than us, because we’ve stuck ourselves in our boxes for so long. Thus we haven’t grown until now. But now we come out of those boxes, and we realize that there’s more here. So through a sense of humor or something so shocking and off the wall, the Heyokah, Sacred Clowns, or Tricksters will educate us about this greater picture. Sometimes, though, they will offer a sacred gift of a mirror of sorts. For instance, you may inspire somebody and they may come back and echo the effect you’ve responsibility.” But what we do with this power mistrust each other, especially is someone does had on them and direct that same gift towards and knowledge is what drives the whole “wrong” or say, steps off the beaten path and you. But one question that is asked is, “is this creative process. It’s all based on intent. steps off the pedestal in a moment of weakness, something that you are willing to give Let’s look at two polarities of power. For which everyone has. Then they are shunned. yourself?” It’s what I’ve said before in my instance, let’s look at Hitler. He was one who Hold on here. What if you were in the previous articles. You have to give it to yourself mastered his own fear to a certain degree – same place? It’s a good thing to think about. It’s before you give it to anyone else. although I believe I found some trap doors on a hard thing to think about because we don’t So when discernment happens and one that conclusion. He mastered discernment for want to take that responsibility. But when we do is able to observe things as they are – to look at the most part with exception to some key take it, that knowledge and that power in and of things not only as right or wrong, or left vs. mistakes he made in WWII. But did he really itself becomes wisdom. The choice is simple right, or any other polarity that might exist, then master his own power? Not really because it behind our intent. Do we do it out of fear, or do things can be observed as a state of “IS”-ness. cost him so much. we do it out of love? Are we willing to humble But the problem is, we’re not willing to According to some people, they would ourselves in love rather than trying to make forgive ourselves or each other based on that say that given what was happening on this earth prisoners out of everyone else and moreover, observation; because we get trapped in these at that time and given the vibration, something ourselves because of our own fear? What is the little morays based on these polarities. So when like him was needed in order to wake us up and choice that we make? something comes along that seems right off the prevent us from ending up in a situation that Phase IV: DEATH: Then once one has wall or totally out there, we don’t see that was not only worse, but one that we had been mastered their power, one arrives at the mastery maybe it was a sacred gift or offering of a face to face with before and didn’t need to of death. What is death? Death is is merely broader perception. Maybe it wasn’t all that repeat yet again. But the fact of the matter was, transformation. Quantum physics in and of “out there”. Maybe it was just a reflection of he had a choice. He could create an empire that itself tells us that nothing really is destroyed. one’s self – the observer. So that’s another thing might benefit everyone, or he could do what It’s either converted from matter to energy or that we learn through discernment. It’s how we history shows us that he chose to do. He chose that energy is merely transformed. But it’s never are reflected in creation and how creation is that path which we’re all familiar with. Was it destroyed. Dr. Steven Hawking said the same reflected in us. wise? History says not because so many lives thing about information – that it’s merely Phase III – POWER: Once we learn were lost and there was so much destruction, modulated energy discernment and how to deal with the and so on. So what you have here is power with That being said and the given the knowledge that is there, and how to replace the intended destruction prerequisite observation that we are of one fear with something like love and or objectivity, Conversely, you have other leaders such creation, and one people and nation, it says that then we come into power. as spiritual leaders; people who bring a lot of we are energy as well. There really is no Notice though, that I haven’t mentioned power without fear, who choose to use it to o a difference between us. We’re really no different wisdom yet. That’s because this is where degree to help everyone else. Examples of these from things around us because everything is wisdom really occurs. When we learn to discern would be Martin Luther King Jr., the Dale made of energy. a situation and learn to observe what is, what is Lama, or Chief Seattle, or even the Veracochas So therefore, if nothing is destroyed, necessary, and how to go about taking an action, of Central and South America. They were very then death is merely transformation. So how do or maybe inaction, we come to realize our own powerful people. But they chose to use their we deal with death? Zen Buddhists say that power of what we can do, and what the possible power, wisdom and knowledge for something when one approaches the state of nirvana, we consequences are. "Information is greater – to help those around them. basically die to each moment as it is. This is ammunition... Lock and Load." - Darin D'Avila. So therefore the chose is yours. known as satori. This is because from every Yes that’s true that information is power, but it’s Remember when I was talking about death, there is a rebirth. There’s always a new what we do with that power – that choice that discernment on a higher level, a lot of times, day – a new sunrise. For however long one’s we make that becomes even greater. It makes it there is no right or wrong, but there are resulting lifespan is, there’s always another breath. In the a much bigger medicine to swallow because we consequences, no matter what choice is made. great cosmic sense of things, there’s always a have a greater responsibility – that broken Discernment aids us in realizing that fact. new dimension to move to and through. There’s down, it’s the ability to respond. Power comes in to help us accept it and to deal always another life If we have a greater ability to respond, with those results. But at the same time, that You want to talk about time bombs – then we have a greater amount of freedom, but power also, say if we’re wronged, comes in our these little bugs in reality that really don’t as Ben Franklin said, “With freedom comes ability to forgive and to trust one another – blossom until years later? which we don’t that often. We’re entrained to (Continued on Page 15)