October 8th is the sixth anniversary of my mother’s passage from this Earth. Tonight, the eve before, I’ve been reflecting about this time, and the legacy of my mother Vella’s life. One of the finest quotes she ever came up with was “no one is in charge, and everyone is responsible.” My mother was a very sensible and organized woman, yet when she mentioned this style of working with her senior group that she had initiated, I said to myself, ‘what a visionary approach!’
Now, with the Occupy Wall Street movement, I see an interesting quote from an online site, foodista, describing the momentum; “There is a feeling of true community, and even without a central leadership, everything is flowing quite smoothly.” What Vella and this group of humans are expressing is a deeply passionate affirmation of intelligent life—showing we are capable of operating from our own self-tuned governing system and learning to cooperate to bring forth a bigger vision together. This is how the current wave of expanding consciousness is being expressed.
I’ve seen signs of a big shift in another movement I’ve been following for the past couple of years. For a year now, I’ve been getting that there’s a revolution underway and it has nothing to do with the Tea party. It’s a revolution that is VERY decentralized. It crosses many political and geographical borders. It is very enjoyable. It is sustainable. It is accessible. It’s the growing movement (pun most intended) to regain food sovereignty and plant in our back yard, or on our porch (mine is doing quite well to become a small farm), or a community lot or on church grounds. It the momentum to regain authority over the seed gene pool that is naturally the human collective’s to steward and not be privatized for singular profit. It is the enjoyment of being in touch with the earth and remembering what it is to be a human on a very fertile planet that feeds and sustains us. It is the fullness of feeling gratitude to eat something that we have grown, having learned to work with nature and the elements, and hopefully, to have abundance to share and increase our sense of community.
Vella wisely understood that by making a contribution to the whole in a truly inclusive way, we can enjoy the fruits of our labor in community. I would so often hear a wonderful sense in her recounting to me how the group as a ‘we’ had done something. Life feels different when people pitch in and get something done that needs doing. As we are able to participate, so we know the deep pleasure of belonging.
The decentralized movement known as Occupying Wall Street is dramatically demonstrating that the 99% are waking up. This reframing of the focus from bemoaning about the largely invisible 1% with ‘power’ to the group invocation of 99% acting with positive intent, is a potent expression that we are recognizing a much higher understanding of being a collective community. It’s a revolution I’ve been waiting for. As I look at the videos and read about Occupying Wall Street I am feeling buoyant. The wave of awakening is beginning to swell across the globe. Forming another non hierarchical revolution here in the U.S., where everybody has the right to participate and find their best authority to do good is exactly what we can use at this moment. Need I mention that it’s real democracy in action?
The effect of all this action with good intent will surely become something much larger than we could have dreamed individually. As we remember how to be in touch with our own inner governance and cooperate with others that are doing the same, what we will create together will be an abundant harvest to feed not only our bodies and our lives, but also a communal life that is lively because it is full of spirit.
Waves of Awakening
October 8th is the sixth anniversary of my mother’s passage from this Earth. Tonight, the eve before, I’ve been reflecting about this time, and the legacy of my mother Vella’s life. One of the finest quotes she ever came up with was “no one is in charge, and everyone is responsible.” My mother was a very sensible and organized woman, yet when she mentioned this style of working with her senior group that she had initiated, I said to myself, ‘what a visionary approach!’
Now, with the Occupy Wall Street movement, I see an interesting quote from an online site, foodista, describing the momentum; “There is a feeling of true community, and even without a central leadership, everything is flowing quite smoothly.” What Vella and this group of humans are expressing is a deeply passionate affirmation of intelligent life—showing we are capable of operating from our own self-tuned governing system and learning to cooperate to bring forth a bigger vision together. This is how the current wave of expanding consciousness is being expressed.
I’ve seen signs of a big shift in another movement I’ve been following for the past couple of years. For a year now, I’ve been getting that there’s a revolution underway and it has nothing to do with the Tea party. It’s a revolution that is VERY decentralized. It crosses many political and geographical borders. It is very enjoyable. It is sustainable. It is accessible. It’s the growing movement (pun most intended) to regain food sovereignty and plant in our back yard, or on our porch (mine is doing quite well to become a small farm), or a community lot or on church grounds. It the momentum to regain authority over the seed gene pool that is naturally the human collective’s to steward and not be privatized for singular profit. It is the enjoyment of being in touch with the earth and remembering what it is to be a human on a very fertile planet that feeds and sustains us. It is the fullness of feeling gratitude to eat something that we have grown, having learned to work with nature and the elements, and hopefully, to have abundance to share and increase our sense of community.
Vella wisely understood that by making a contribution to the whole in a truly inclusive way, we can enjoy the fruits of our labor in community. I would so often hear a wonderful sense in her recounting to me how the group as a ‘we’ had done something. Life feels different when people pitch in and get something done that needs doing. As we are able to participate, so we know the deep pleasure of belonging.
The decentralized movement known as Occupying Wall Street is dramatically demonstrating that the 99% are waking up. This reframing of the focus from bemoaning about the largely invisible 1% with ‘power’ to the group invocation of 99% acting with positive intent, is a potent expression that we are recognizing a much higher understanding of being a collective community. It’s a revolution I’ve been waiting for. As I look at the videos and read about Occupying Wall Street I am feeling buoyant. The wave of awakening is beginning to swell across the globe. Forming another non hierarchical revolution here in the U.S., where everybody has the right to participate and find their best authority to do good is exactly what we can use at this moment. Need I mention that it’s real democracy in action?
The effect of all this action with good intent will surely become something much larger than we could have dreamed individually. As we remember how to be in touch with our own inner governance and cooperate with others that are doing the same, what we will create together will be an abundant harvest to feed not only our bodies and our lives, but also a communal life that is lively because it is full of spirit.