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Issue 30
Dear Friends    

It is good to be cautious sometimes.  God forbid that we, due to our good nature, should be taken in by someone and have our life damaged irreparably, or be totally destroyed.  The first thing that is often destroyed then is trust.  But there is caution, and there is fear, that is often generated by systems and large institutions that play on our thoughts and ideas about others with whom we are not familiar.  They are just as corrupt as the individuals we seek to avoid.

It is good to be cautious of institutions that promise one thing and constantly deliver the opposite of what they say.  Even during these times when we are being cautious, however, fear isn't necessary.  Discrimination is what is necessary so we can separate the good from the bad.  If an institution fills you with fear or prejudice, or you find that you are always making excuses for the behavior of that institution, that is a good sign to move on and find a place that will teach you how to love, how to trust, and how to grow.

An institution can be as bad and as devastating as being taken in by a sociopath.  If an institution cannot give you the type of wisdom and discernment to live a healthy, happy life free of fear, why even bother being part of it?  What are you saying, Om?  This year find a healthy community, good, authentic friends, and the power to live your life on the path with heart.  It may or may not be a new age for the world, but it can be a new age for you as soon as you decide to make it so.

 
  

 

 Namaste,

Om Prakash

 

Dr. Om Prakash 

  Founder of John Gilmore's Healing Circle 

 

   

A Paradigm Shift:  Learning For The Sake Of Personal Growth  

By the time you receive this newsletter it will be a new year. Two thousand twelve will have begun, the year that many people tout as the end of one paradigm and a shift, that may well come through violence and shaking up, to one of love, kindness and partnership. I must admit that things feel strange. I have just been riding my motor scooter on the first day of winter; things are very strange. Despite this, the strange weather, there are those who still argue that global warming doesn't exist.

 

If anything comes out of this new year or new paradigm I am hopeful that it will be people taking their power back to gather knowledge and make decisions based on their own experiences, the experiences of other, and the common sense that has often been so forgotten in our society as we have given over our understanding of the world to all of the experts in just about every area of life.

 

For centuries great mystics, philosophers, and religious teachers have told us that we are the light of the world and that we are connected with what many call God. Some have gone so far as to say that we are parts of God and as we do the work of God we are entering the Verb of Being Called God. Institutionalists don't really like this.  

 

The new people teaching spiritual practices adopted from the East don't like this. Many of the Eastern Teachers and Pagan teachers don't like this. It bypasses the authority of those who constantly say they are servants, but who really consider themselves spiritually or intellectually superior in action if not in word.

 

This new paradigm is in danger of being co-opted just like the many revolts going on all over the world. There are groups of people who just despised any type of authority that isn't them. They speak partnership and work for it only to try to take the place of the previous authorities and takeover their unjust deeds.  

 

They don't want to get rid of the paradigm, they just want to be the ones in charge. Be careful of smiling teachers who speak of love and connection, but are homophobic, racially prejudiced, or who hate the opposite sex. You can tell them by their behavior, rather than their words or act.

 

Anyone who knows God and is part of the creative act known as God--the embodiment of Love, will seek to empower you and to open doors of access to you and everyone else instead of pulling away as soon as they think their coffers will be threatened by associating with the wrong people.  

 

These people can be people who are too political, or too radical, too black, or too Gay. In this dominator world too many people have learned to play the game and have internalized the dominator mode of being where there has to be someone on the bottom and it has to not be them. Be careful about your spirituality.

 

Be careful who you hear and who you learn from. I have a feeling that if you are not careful one day, after much turmoil, you will find that it is not the person with the longest resume or the one who has studied in a traditional manner with a traditional teacher--which means an institutional person, who will help you the most, but the one who has learned from great teachers who dared to break the mold and one who has learned to dance with God through mystical experience, not memorizing a lot of books.

 

The whole world will open for you during the coming year one way or the other. As you join the dance this year be sure to study and learn for the sake of your growth and the development of the potential to help build your community and a better world, not so you, like many of the great and small teachers today, can puff out your chest and brag about from whom you learned.  

 

Today we don't need knowledge boxed in corrupt or frozen traditions, we need knowledge that awakens our experiences so that we can touch the face of the Divine and not only that, we can be the face of the Divine.

 

 

 Namaste,

Om Prakash

 

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