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It seems every week we hear about a terrorist attack somewhere in our world (including home grown terrorists), or see news clips on active shooters in public places.\u00a0How do these acts of violence make you feel?\u00a0 Does it bring up fear and anxiousness inside of you about what is happening and where our world may be heading?\u00a0Does it bring up concern about going any place where there are lots of people like malls, schools, sporting events, concerts, etc.?<\/p>\n

It looks like terrorism is getting stronger, overtaking Life\u2019s every day events all over the world.\u00a0It also looks like more and more people are taking to guns and explosives to solve their problems.\u00a0But what would happen inside of you if, rather than being afraid, you held to the possibility that this wave of violence is a part of a major healing on our planet? I would like to explore with you an empowering way to be with the chaos.\u00a0 Before we explore this together, it is important to say that I don\u2019t think any of us really know what is going on here.\u00a0Life is too vast and complex for that.\u00a0But it is useful to frame what is happening in a way that brings more heart, more spaciousness, and even more trust into the process.<\/p>\n

To do this, it is helpful to explore what I call a \u2018big picture\u2019 view.\u00a0This is about standing back and seeing that life is a constantly evolving, constantly moving, and constantly changing process.\u00a0If we stand back far enough we can see that this is true for our planet.\u00a0 It was once just a ball of gas and dust, made out of atoms that were once a part of other stars.\u00a0Over the eons the creativity of Life took this stardust and made everything you see now – oceans, mountains, flowers, giraffes, icebergs and you.\u00a0Over and over again in the unfolding of Life on this planet, it went through phases and there was always chaos as one phase was ending and a new was being born.\u00a0I believe we are in the middle of the chaos of an evolutionary shift.<\/p>\n

The best way to understand what is happening right now is through the story of the butterfly told by Evolutionary Biologist and Futurist, Elisabet Sahtouris, Ph.D. The caterpillar is a destructive animal relative to its size.\u00a0It can mow down the branch of a tree in one day.\u00a0It eventually goes into a cocoon and becomes goo, and out of this goo begins to appear what are called imaginal cells.\u00a0This is the beginning of what is to become the butterfly, but the goo always kills the first wave of imaginal cells!\u00a0 The old in any evolutionary shift always fights to stay in control, but this causes the imaginal cells to come together.\u00a0In the community of imaginal cells, the urge of the new is stronger than the pull of the old, and out comes this magnificent creature, the butterfly.\u00a0 The butterfly is not a \u201ctaker\u201d like the caterpillar; it is a \u201cgiver.\u201d It pollinates and gives beauty to the world.\u00a0It also has a bigger view of Life than the caterpillar. Just think about the Monarch butterflies that travel all the way from Canada to Mexico and back every single year.\u00a0These truly amazing creatures were once destructive caterpillars!<\/p>\n

For the first time in the unfolding of our planet, the shift in evolution is happening inside the human mind.\u00a0It is the movement from the fear-based mind (the caterpillar) to the connecting, healing heart mind (the butterfly).\u00a0 It is important to remember that science is now revealing that the heart is our main brain.\u00a0How would you feel if you opened to the possibility that the rising of the new in this time of chaos is the awakening of our wise, collective hearts?<\/p>\n

If you look at history (or the evening news), you will see what it has been like to have the conditioned, fear-based mind in control, creating so much war, hatred, competition, fear, destruction, loss and despair. It likes\/dislikes; it thinks in terms of good\/bad, right\/wrong.\u00a0When it feels threatened, it attacks and defends.\u00a0Out of this old mind comes all of the struggles that you see happening in your life and on the planet as a whole.\u00a0The new mind that is grounded in the heart is inclusive rather than exclusive.\u00a0It isn\u2019t a doormat. It can even be very fierce as it responds to situations in new and creative ways rather than just reacting.\u00a0 And it knows how to listen and open to what is happening rather than attacking and defending.\u00a0It is kind, compassionate, empathetic and caring.\u00a0It knows we are all together on a tiny planet that is floating through vast oceans of space and it is essential that we discover how to listen to one another and communicate in a way that is empowering for everyone.<\/p>\n

You, like most people, have probably lived a good deal of your life in the old kind of mind.\u00a0 If you doubt that, remember a time when you were in conflict with a friend or loved one and you will see this kind of mind in all of its glory.\u00a0But it\u2019s not just during confrontations that you see it; it is there with you all day long, liking and disliking yourself, thinking that you are better than and the next moment thinking you are less than. It is secretly afraid, impatient, judgmental, resistant, and often easily irritated. But you also have access to this new kind of mind.\u00a0You know the joy of gratitude, the ease of acceptance, the peace of spaciousness, the nourishment of kindness, the power of allowing, the healing of appreciation.<\/p>\n

In this evolutionary shift, human beings have a choice:\u00a0we can choose to be with what is going on with the old kind of mind (fear, anger, despair and judgment) or we can choose to relate to it through our wise hearts.\u00a0Every time you recognize and unhook from the old mind inside of you without judging it, and every time you come back to your true home in your heart, your presence in the world makes a difference.\u00a0 As Mother Teresa once said, \u201cNot all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.\u201d As you live more and more from your heart, like when you are irritated in rush hour traffic, impatient while standing in an endless line at the post office, or upset during a ridiculously long meeting at work, how you are with these moments in your life matters.\u00a0It may not seem like much,<\/strong> but I ask you, which drop of water was not essential in the creation of the oceans?<\/p>\n

So I invite you to consider that what looks like a catastrophe is actually a healing in progress.\u00a0Hold with me that out of this chaos our hearts will be awakened as more and more of us can live from a place beyond fear and hatred.\u00a0And, if you can, be willing to hold space for all terrorists who cause heartache, destruction and death in the world. What happened in their lives to cause them to be caught in extreme self-righteousness and hatred?\u00a0Can you be courageous enough to bring them into your hearts too?\u00a0As more and more of us can respond to the challenges of our lives through the wisdom of our hearts rather than the reactiveness of our minds, it will make a difference in the unfolding of our planet.<\/p>\n

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Mary O\u2019Malley is an author, counselor and awakening mentor who resides in Kirkland, Washington.\u00a0 In the early 1970\u2019s, a powerful awakening led Mary to begin changing her relationship with her challenges, freeing her from a lifelong struggle with darkness. \u00a0For over 30 years, Mary has been helping others heal their fears, anxieties, shame and confusion.\u00a0 Her latest book, What\u2019s In the Way IS the Way, is a guide for transforming struggle into the peace and joy that is our birthright.\u00a0 Eckhart Tolle says, \u201cThank you Mary, for your contribution to the evolution of human consciousness.\u201d\u00a0<\/em> www.whatsinthewayistheway.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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