I've beaten that dead voluntary slavery corpse to death at least 5000 times over the past 14+ years. If you are curious about whether you are a voluntary slave or not, then start going through my blog in great detail. I talk all about it there. Suffice to say, voluntary slavery is a choice. We hold onto our chains because they are familiar and convenient, despite their discomfort. But when that discomfort exceeds their familiarity and convenience, that leads to another choice; revolution or evolution.
Revolution
For many, the only option they will see is revolution. They will rebel against their masters, taking up arms if necessary. They feel the pain of their slavery, but they are not sure what the root causes are. As a result, they will blame their masters, remove them and replace them with new masters, only to repeat the cycle all over again. They think their pain and suffering is a result of their masters, while it is actually caused by their own willingness to be slaves.
You don't have a peaceful revolution. You don't have a turn-the-cheek revolution. There's no such thing as a nonviolent revolution. - Malcolm X
As the slaves fight back against their masters, they don't acknowledge their own chains. They would rather topple the system thinking that the system is the problem, when in fact they put on their own chains around their ankles and wrists, causing their own pain and suffering. To take off the chains requires more than what most people are willing do to save their own lives. They would rather kill somebody else than take full 100% responsibility and accountability for themselves. As a result, revolution becomes the only option as they ignore the root causes of their pain and suffering.
Evolution
For those with the wisdom, courage and faith to choose non-violence and freedom, they begin the evolutionary process which bypasses the violent and repressive paths that most people choose to take. The evolutionary process is a challenging one as it requires looking within, being consciously aware of all the relationships that we engage with and making choices to grow as a result. Setting boundaries, confronting covert or overt violence and constantly working towards peace and freedom is the hallmark of that evolutionary process.
That requires that we take 100% responsibility and accountability for our lives, vessels and relationships. When we do that, something miraculous starts to happen. Our bodies start to change as the yokes of slavery that was holding us down are removed. Our bodies start to lighten after being pushed down for most of our lives by the weight and burdens that we placed upon it. For some of us, it may feel like disease and if we were still slaves, we might be running to the doctor to be heavily medicated to 'cure' us.
What some of us are experiencing is a change in how our bodies functions and feels. I believe many people are going through these changes and not aware of what is going on. For months I've felt physical and mental fatigue. It seems to be getting worse rather than better, hence the reason why I don't write as much as I used to. I'm working on a protocol to help my body work through the process. I don't believe I am 'sick' but rather my body is making some significant changes. I pray that my body survives the process and I will write about it as much as I can.
But the deeper change that I have witnessed is that my physical body must do a final surrender to spirit. I've talked a lot about surrender over the years, especially when it came to my own emotional and mental healing from depression and suicide attempts. My physical body did a surrender when I went through the martial arts training as well. I find myself at a point where I must now put it all together so that I can find the right balance between the physical and spiritual.
My physical vessel wants to get things done now. It sees a problem it jumps to fix it. But that also results in enslaving myself for convenience and to save energy. Having the physical drive life results in mistakes and painful lessons to be learned. The capacity to 'see' and 'hear' is very limited in the physical as our capacity is very small.
However, Spirit works very differently. Spirit is patient, methodical, purposeful and vigilant. Spirit can see and hear infinitely further. As we evolve to embrace the spiritual in order to bring balance into our lives, the physical body and intellect must temper themselves so that they can hear the wisdom and insight of spirit. The physical still has an important job as they are masters of the physical realm. However, when they acquire the wisdom to surrender to spirit, that allows spirit to guide life while the physical commits to serving spirit instead of serving other masters.
Our Spirit is the master, not other people, fictions, corporations or governments.
As the physical vessel surrenders to spirit, it may go through all kinds of symptoms as the process is very uncomfortable. Memory loss, physical aches, pains, fatigue, etc are all common symptoms of this process. The relationship between the physical and spiritual is changing and with that change comes a complete paradigm shift in how the two relate to one another. The real revolution is a non-violent evolution within each of us. We are evolving as we reorganize our relationships between spirit and physical.
The colonial system is programmed to prevent this evolution from taking place. The medical system is more than happy to put people on their drugs to slow down or prevent this evolutionary process. Political systems are in place to enslave the mind and make sure it is distracted, enslaving it to the system rather than building a healthy relationship with spirit.
I believe that much of what people are experiencing right now is an evolutionary process. Even Mother Earth is evolving as she is smudging the planet with all the fires. Yes, many of them were set by psychopaths, but I also think Mother Earth is ready for a deep and meaningful cleansing. This environment is going to change and those who have evolved are going to have an easier time with the coming changes.
Spirit guided life
Spirit speaks to me in many ways. Sometimes I get major downloads during my meditation. Since my mind and body are at a limited capacity, I must be patient. I cannot force the process but instead allow spirit to guide me through it. As such, I have to wait for inspiration from spirit and take action when it comes. Spirit also talks to me through the wind, trees, animals and other life forms. I work hard to observe and be a witness to all that is going on around me and within me as well. That is the purpose of our vessels, to be a witness and take action when spirit moves. We are to dance with spirit as spirit leads. The dance has been very clumsy and chaotic as both cannot lead. One must surrender to the other and I believe the physical body and mind MUST surrender to spirit.
So I now work on allowing spirit to lead the dance that I now experience. It is uncomfortable as I need to take another leap of faith as I surrender completely to spirit. At times I don't 'hear' or 'see' anything for days. Trusting in spirit takes time and a lot of work. But I will get there. I hope that over the coming days I can write more about the process that I'm experiencing so that others can relate. We are not alone. I know many other people who are going through the same process.
You are not sick. You are evolving!