Have you taken a step back from the elements of your life to assess where your choices are taking you, what they are costing you, and what benefits they bring you? When was the last time you hit the pause button on the video of your life so that you could reflect on what has brought you to that particular frame? It is our journey of critical reflection that the Mysterious Dr. M. takes U on in the Handbook On Being Human. Dr. M. encourages U to ask and seek answers to important questions about the nature of life and the true nature of your existence. Like the Mysterious Dr. M. and U, I came up in an environment that forced me to begin asking those questions very early in my life. That may be just as true for you!
My personal journey has taken me through various religions, philosophies, and traditions from China to Cambodia, from Indonesia to Africa. On one side of the road I traveled there have been the constant images of dehumanization (humans inhumanity to other humans), and of images forming a pattern of self-destructive behaviors, bad choices. On the other side of the road there are the images of human potential, creativity, compassion, joy, cooperation, and love that fill me with a sense of hope that we humans can save ourselves and that we are more than worth saving. So I continue to write my Blogs and teach my students knowing that every little bit counts in the quantum reality, and hoping that one-by-one people get it. In the Handbook, Dr. M. guides U to see the mystery and the beauty of the Ti-Enia (humans) and the important and urgent choices we have to make for our future and the entire ecosystem of Ile Inurere (the Home of Humanity).
I believe that hope is part of the Ase Ami (Energy Signature) of the Prime Directive. To seek pleasure and avoid pain for yourself and others, to convert negative energy into positive energy through your conduct in the world, and to nurture life and struggle against death for the welfare of the planet and the co-existence of all living things. In my opinion you would have to be in some kind of denial not to recognize that we humans have brought ourselves, and our planet to the edge of a precipice leaving us little room to hesitate or navigate. We have never been in more direct conflict with the Prime Directive than we are in this particular frame of the video of the history of humanity. The predictions that Dr. M. and the Enia presented to U in the Handbook are manifesting in ways that are too obvious to miss.
In my view it is no longer a matter of people not being able to see. It is a choice some people are making not to see. I ask myself, how can anyone fail to see that our present direction and methods are not sustainable? How can they not care? And of course, I hear the chorus in the fragment found by the Enia that repeats yet they fail to see! But everyone is not lost in the illusions of the marketplace. Many people are waking up! I can see it in my students’ faces, hear it in their comments, and feel it from their Ase Ami. All of them don’t get it, but enough of them do for me to know that the desire for a significant change in direction will not be stopped. As Dr. M. predicted more and more Ti-Enia are reaching out in their dreams and many of them are rising to join the Enia (the People). Guess What! You can help in the process! You can make a difference! In fact, you are making a difference all of the time for better or for worse. So why not decide to make the kind of difference you really want to make. Why not redefine your reality?
Lately I’ve begun laying down some friendly and positive challenges. I posted a 21-Day Challenge on my Seifu-Sharif Blog. Now, I want to invite you … OK! Challenge you, my Peaceful Space followers and readers to do something between now and my next Post in the third week of May. It really is not that difficult and you may be surprises at the benefits. It will take just a few minutes out of 30 days. Yes! Yes! I know, but if you are really THAT busy, then all the more reason you should take the time out to meet this challenge. If will be educational, fun, relaxing, and meaningful.
30-Day Make A Difference Challenge
The 30-Day Make a Difference Challenge is about promoting a deeper dialogue about the human condition. Organisms grow from single cells into complex creatures. Yet, as complex as the creatures may become they are still dependent upon each individual cell. This Challenge is about recognizing our interrelatedness, interconnectedness, and interdependence on the deepest levels.
Step One:
A student of mine shared a DVD with me that really captured much of what the Mysterious Dr. M. and the Enia presented to U and to you in the Handbook On Being Human. The video really reassured me that I am definitely not the only one who the ideas and the realizations of the Enia have touched. There is a worldwide shift in consciousness taking place and you are part of it. The relatively short documentary is titled I AM, directed by Tom Shadyac. If you have not seen the documentary, Step One is to view it with some family members or friends. If you’ve seen it already, guess what? I’d like you to watch it again and invite someone to view it with you. I am going to watch it with all of my sociology students. Here is a link to the preview and web site.
Step Two:
Make at least 10 copies of the Prime Directive and share them with 10 different people over the next 30 days. My recommended targets are parents with young children or teens but it could be relatives, friends, co-workers, or someone you meet in the store or coffee shop. . Take a few minutes to discuss the Prime Directive with them and invite them to view the documentary I AM with some of their friends and to share the Prime Directive.
That’s it! That is the Challenge! Participation is easy and will help us to get an unscientific measure of our success! You can see a brief survey in the left hand menu. Just click yes on the survey to participate. On my next Post in May you will be able to click yes or no for completing the 30-Day Make A Difference Challenge. Of course your comments on my Post and on the Challenge are always welcome. Words and ideas are very powerful things but only if they can motivate us to act.
Five days each week I stand in front of dozens of students who are searching to make sense out of their lives and their world. There are few things more rewarding than to see a light go on in a student’s eyes, to see that change in expression, that nod of the head that says I got it! I can see it now!
One-by-One we can change our world!
Living in alignment with the Prime Directive
is a choice to which everyone should be invited!
You have been invited!
is a choice to which everyone should be invited!
You have been invited!
Create Peaceful Space!
Trust Your Process!
Peace, Love, and Health!
