BULLETIN ITEM: Swami Beyondananda Calls for an Upwising

From: "Kimber"
Subject: Swami Calls for an Upwising
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:01:20 -0700

Swami Calls for an Upwising




"All seriousness aside, only a farce field that combines truth and
laughter can bring down the Irony Curtain once and for all."
*Swami Calls For An Up-Wising - Wise Up, Everybody The Evolution Has
Begun* By Swami Beyondananda 8-23-6
For years now, we've been hearing "shift happens," and wondering when,
where and how. Now finally, it looks as if the shift is about to hit
the fan. This is good news for all those shift fans who've been wondering
if the new age will arrive before old age does. Of course, if you're
looking for signs in the news, you won't find them. At least, not yet.
The news might as well be called the "olds," because the world still
seems stuck in greedlock, ruled by fossilized fools fueled by fossil fuels.
But I have been receiving encouraging intelligence reports that say
indeed, humans are becoming more intelligent. Yes, people everywhere are
wising up. And that's great, because we could sure use an up-wising!
The evolution has begun. But before we see changes in the old
needy-greedy, we humans must change our consciousness -- and the first step is
becoming conscious of how unconscious we've been. As the saying goes,
the truth shall upset you free, and last year saw lots of
disillusionment. But what better to free us from the far more dangerous condition of
illusionment? If we want to stop the abuse of power, the first step is
to disabuse ourselves. So, here's some good news: Despite a massive
media impropaganda machine that feeds the public "babblum" (strained
bullshit made digestible for a simple child's mind), more and more Americans
are reading between the lyins' and peering behind the Irony Curtain.
In 2005, Americans had to face the sad realization that the Bush
Administration's "pro-life" stance appears to be limited to the unborn and
the brain-dead. Despite being panned by critics everywhere, the Iraqi
Horror Picture Show continued its run, as thousands and thousands of born
fetuses - ours and theirs -- lost their right to life. While we may or
may not have saved our face by staying there, we have most definitely
lost our ass. And we've been assured we'll be stuck in that morass until
-- well, until there's no more ass to lose. Meanwhile, more and more
Americans reached another sad conclusion: We're not in Iraq to keep the
peace, we're there to keep the pieces.
The signs of up-wising are everywhere. Even the most unpleasant stories
are beginning to break through the soundless barrier and defy the
President's "don't ask, don't tell" policy: "You promise not to ask us what
we're doing, and we promise not to tell you." Although we've been
inundated with "fear-gnomes" and ominously warned we have to protect
ourselves in this dogma-eat-dogma world, a majority of Americans are no longer
comfortable with the notion that the only way to defeat the
"evil-doers" in the world is to out evil-do them. Although our President has
assured us that "we don't torture," it is now common knowledge that we
simply send detainees to countries that do torture when we want them to
"testify under oaf."
As for those progressives who've been whining that the President "never
listens" to them, well it turns out he's been listening all along. And
thanks to the so-called Patriot Act (which, I understand, is about to
be renamed the Eternal Insecurity Act), it looks like he'll be able to
listen in even more -- all in the name of making us safe. But now even
some Republicans are beginning to see that there's a difference between
protection and the "protection racket." And with the recent revelations
about Tom DeLay, Jack Abramoff and other gold collar criminals, some of
the more devout conservatives have come to realize that the "family
values" they voted for bear an uncanny resemblance to Soprano Family
values.
If there was any warm feeling in 2005, chalk it up to climate change.
Katrina hit, and in the government's response we saw a future when at
last all Americans will be equal -- where everyone regardless of race or
creed will be treated like Black folks.
Alarming Policies Have Awakened Millions!
Fortunately, this is the State of the Universe Address, and from a
universal perspective, things are humming along quite nicely. It turns out
that the Earth is the talk of the Universe these days. In fact, the
odds-makers at the Intergalactic Enquirer say the odds are actually in our
favor: "We're betting on the human race to reach critical mass before
they get to critical massacre." And we could beat the odds, if we
finally gave up our addiction to getting even and got odd instead. It stands
to reason. If each of us used our unique oddness to improve the odds
for everyone, there would be no need for getting even.
Yes, the up-wising has begun, and intergalactic observers are saying
that we have none other than George W. Bush to thank. How is that, you
may ask? Well, I am reminded of a story my guru Harry Cohen Baba used to
tell. A well-known minister died and arrived at the Pearly Gates at the
same time as a cab-driver from New York. The cabbie was ushered in, but
the clergyman was left waiting outside. After waiting and waiting and
waiting, he finally called over the attending angel. "Excuse me, but I'm
a renowned minister. How come you let that cab-driver in, and I'm left
waiting out here?" "Well," the angel said, "when you preached, everyone
slept. But when he drove, everyone prayed."
For millennia, spiritual teachers have been calling on us to go for the
highest common denominator, but we've always seemed to end up with the
lowest common dominator instead. And now, George W. Bush has done what
preachers, teachers and other far-sighted visionaries have failed to do
up until now: His policies have been so alarming, that he has awakened
a slumbering body politic that slept through all previous alarms. Where
others have failed, he has people all across the world praying, "God
help us!" And instead of waiting for an intervention from above -- after
all, we cannot expect to be fed intervenously forever -- people are
beginning to help themselves, and even more importantly, help each other.
Sure, there are still plenty of Not-Sees out there who insist on not
seeing that we humans are all in the same boat. The good news is, more
and more Americans are getting that sinking feeling that there's only one
Earthship, and ignoring a leak because it's "on the other side of the
boat," is a mistake of titanic proportions.
We Are the Leaders We've Been Waiting For
America, the world's only super-power, doesn't need a revolution. We've
already had one, thank you. What is needed now -- and what has already
begun -- is the American Evolution where enough of us wake up and see
that those two political parties have been partying on our dime, and we
the people haven't been invited. Time to go beyond choosing the lesser
of two weasels. If we want to evolve the dream of our Founding Fathers
-- instead of devolve into the nightmare of Big Brother -- we must
become the leaders we've been waiting for. I've said it before. The only
force more powerful than a super-power is a Super-Duper Power -- the
power of the people plus the power of love. And anyone who doesn't believe
we are a Super-Duper Power, well they have been super-duped!
It's true, many people still feel that the affairs of the world should
be left to the bolder and badder among us. But look what that leaves us
with: Are you satisfied choosing between Saddam Hussein and George
Who's-Not-Sane? Now I know those "God, guns and guts" Old Testament
Christians might have forgotten, but Jesus did say that the meek shall inherit
the earth. In all undue immodesty, maybe it's time for us meek folks to
boldly step forth and accept our inheritance.
For just as 2000 years ago Jesus stood up to a class that placed the
rule of gold above the Golden Rule, today we face the modern version of
the Pharisees -- the Phallusees, I think they are called. They cynically
cloak themselves in religious robes, but the only power they trust is
the power of the stick. Well, there's another old saying: It doesn't
matter how big your stick is, if you stick your stick where it doesn't
belong, you're stuck.
Another sign of the up-wising and coming evolution is that people are
growing dissatisfied with the positionality of "my side vs. your side,"
and are seeing the whole issue of sides from a new angle: Maybe we're
all on the same side. For example, this argument between creationism and
evolution is just another way for dueling dualities to steal our
energy. I believe in both. I believe the Creator created us to evolve,
otherwise Jesus would have said, "Now don't do a thing till I return." I have
it on good authority that the Creator is pulling for us: "Come on, you
children of God. Time to grow up and become adults of God instead."
Time to Overgrow the System From the Grassroots Up
The time for revolution and overthrowing has past. Now we need an
evolution where we "overgrow" the current dysfunctional system from the
grassroots up. You are probably familiar with the story of the Native
American grandfather who tells his grandson that there are two wolves
fighting inside all of us: The wolf of fear and anger, and the wolf of love
and peace.
"Which wolf will win?" asks the young boy. "Whichever one we feed,"
replies the grandfather.
And so when people ask me to predict what will happen, I tell them the
only thing I can predict with certainty is the uncertainty of any
prediction. The future's just too unpredictable these days. This is a
Universe of infinite possibilities, so it all depends on which futures we
invest in.
There is something far more empowerful than predictions, and that is
Tell-A-Vision. If you're fed up with the current programming, my advice
is turn off your TV and tell a vision instead. That way, we will have
healing and functional visions to step into -- and that beats what we've
been stepping into. So I will tell my vision for 2006: This is the year
of the American Evolution, where all those who prefer the Golden Rule
to the rule of gold get past left and right, and come front and center.
I see Americans of all political stripes, plaids and polka dots (not to
mention solids), choosing to face the music and dance together. Sure,
we'll have to learn some new steps, but it's time for a new dance -
A-Bun-Dance. That is where we get up off our assets, move our buns, and
dance together in rhythm and flow. And what better way to turn the funk
into function, and leave the junk at the junction?
I see us in a new reality show -- Extreme Planetary Makeover -- where
everyone can play and everyone can win. Just think. Something more
compelling than reality TV ... it's called reality!
I know, I know. Only a crazy person would dare to propose anything that
sane. But maybe it's time to declare the current institutionalized
insanity illegally insane, and set about building a sane asylum big enough
for all six and a half billion of us. As my guru Harry Cohen Baba has
said, "Life is like a good deli. Even if something isn't on the menu, if
enough people order it they have to make it." So what kind of new world
order are we ordering up? Do we feed the wolf of fear and buy into the
"it's every man for himself" story? Or do we nourish the wolf of love
and evolve into the "we're all in it together" story?
If we're going to be a Super-Duper Power, we have to be super-duper
powerful in activating the power of love, and cultivating the power of
joy. So laugh more. Why not? We all know there's something funny going on.
The wall of lies cannot withstand the vibration of laughter. All
seriousness aside, only a farce field that combines truth and laughter can
bring down the Irony Curtain once and for all.
Release the old story -- been there, done that -- and speak the new
story into the world. Dare to imagine what we could be doing if we weren't
spending so much of our livelihood on weapons of deadlihood. Think
about it ... think tanks where they think about something other than tanks.
Young people living for their country instead of dying for it. Health
and education fully funded, and the Air Force having to run a bake sale
so they can buy a new bomber.
Can we change the course of history? Can we shift our karma into
surpassing gear? I cannot say for sure, but if we choose to give up that old
Dodge and trade it in for an Evolvo, that's a good first step. So ...
let the Evolution begin. We don't have to wait until the first Big Shot
is fired. If we create a powerful enough field, the Big Shots will end
up firing themselves.
May the FARCE -- as always -- be with us.

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