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Inspired by a breakfast meeting with Dan Emmons at Margeurite's Cafe; Dunedin, Florida

© 2012 Howard McQueen

Not escape from,

or eradicate,

or divorce ourselves from.

To co-exist with

the fear,

the urge to control,

the need to confine through defining;

to encourage the subtle to emerge

and achieve expression - to be birthed into this world.

To co-operate with

rather than resist

the evolutionary urge.

To actively follow the sense of urgency

and usher in subtler and subtler possibilities.

To bootstrap each other out of our respective

pits of despair

and darkness and the densities

surrounding our living out of control;

to taking control,

to take the next step

beyond the threshold

and participate

in actively following

whatever is needed;

to shift the ego’s cry

from

  “I want …”

to

  “What’s needed is what I want to actively follow and help to manifest”.

That which is subtle

becomes visible

becomes heard

becomes felt

as we shift ourselves to a different vantage point,

a new level of sensitivity and receptivity

a willingness to trust in what wants to unfold.

Inspired by a breakfast meeting with Dan Emmons at Margeurite's Cafe; Dunedin, Florida

© 2012 Howard McQueen

Not escape from,

or eradicate,

or divorce ourselves from.

To co-exist with

the fear,

the urge to control,

the need to confine through defining;

to encourage the subtle to emerge

and achieve expression - to be birthed into this world.

To co-operate with

rather than resist

the evolutionary urge.

To actively follow the sense of urgency

and usher in subtler and subtler possibilities.

To bootstrap each other out of our respective

pits of despair

and darkness and the densities

surrounding our living out of control;

to taking control,

to take the next step

beyond the threshold

and participate

in actively following

whatever is needed;

to shift the ego’s cry

from

  “I want …”

to

  “What’s needed is what I want to actively follow and help to manifest”.

That which is subtle

becomes visible

becomes heard

becomes felt

as we shift ourselves to a different vantage point,

a new level of sensitivity and receptivity

a willingness to trust in what wants to unfold.

© 2012 Howard McQueen  

 

Today I am making an agreement and a vow:  

 

I release myself, in perpetuity,

from any further involvement in my own,

as well as other’s blame-shame games.

 

Blame-shame games 

are loose-loose, 

full of subterfuge, 

failures to bring 

into illumination 

the lurking pain, 

fear and confusion 

underpinning our lives.

 

These patterns 

we turn to, 

like trusted advisors, 

when we feel stressed.

 

These patterns we learn, 

then mentally obsess upon

and practice till we have them down pat.  

 

When we deploy them, 

we rob ourselves

of the freedom 

to choose,

to embrace 

our  wholeness,

and our connection 

to compassion.

 

Next time you feel yourself

turning towards the blame-shame syndrome,

pause and reflect.

There is no longer any need

to turn to using these smokescreens

that just add to the confusion.

Instead, help to diffuse the illusions we spread.