Eckhart Tolle says we are insane! Victoria Castle says we live in a trance!

In between building, plumbing, sanding, repairing and painting I have been thinking about how the world would look like when we were all living together as if we were not afraid of each other.
What would we be capable of if we were not afraid to ask people when we needed or wanted something?
What more would I dare to do if I knew there was always a safety net of people to catch me?

All this got triggered by a question from someone who wanted to know when to quit his job and go out on his own.
He alluded to the fear of letting go of a regular wage although he hates his job and would love to quit to go and do his own thing.
He got all kinds of answers but no one said; “Quit your hateful job right now and if you get into trouble come to us and we will all band together to support you doing what you want to do and if you need it, we will even bail you out, house you and feed you”.

As I am sort of in his shoes, with no home to live in soon, I first want people to tell me I can come and stay any time I need it AND then they can spout their wisdom by telling me not to be afraid and to trust the universe.

And that brought me to how we have so grown apart as a race and how little we are actually supporting each other as human beings.
We all have learned to ‘go it alone’, to keep things to and for ourselves and not to trust that working with other people can do us any good.
We’ve been taught to be tough, suffer and go hungry and the last thing you do is involve and trust other people.

WHAT??????

How is that for being made scared stiff about doing something out of the ordinary?That is why I think we are mad, stark raving mad and things need to change from ‘going it alone’ to ‘going it together’ and I too need to stop being afraid of other people.
I too am ill equipped to competently live with other people and be able to get the things that I want, things that are good for me, such as my freedom, loving relationships, feelings of belonging, knowledge, health and wealth.
How sad.

And it is good to see that I am in good company when thinking that we are mad. Eckhart Tolle in his book ‘The New Earth’ implores people to realize that what the planet and humanity need most is a shift in consciousness, a spiritual awakening to the collective dysfunction of the egoic mind and its impact on the current state of humanity.
He implores us to see and accept that this current state of humanity is one of dangerous insanity.
He states that when you no longer perceive the world as hostile, there is no more fear, and when there is no more fear, you think, speak and act differently.
He points out that then “Love and compassion arise and will affect the world.

“Victoria Castle doesn’t think we are very sane either.
In her book ‘The Trance of Scarcity’ she points out that we live in a trance, the trance of scarcity.
She says;
“A trance is a semi-conscious state, a daze, a predisposition: under its spell we accept what we’re told without question.
The Trance of Scarcity shows up in a hundred personalized versions, but the results are always the same.
Instead of experiencing the brilliance and creativity we are aching to offer, the world gets the by-products of actions that oppress, isolate, exclude and defeat.
We walk around mesmerized in a world where the message of ‘not enough-ness’ confronts us at every turn, and struggle looks like the right strategy.”
She also has this wonderful quote; “If struggle was the way to get there, we’d all be there by now.“

So it is right on the dot when we are talking about changing from ‘go it alone’ to ‘go it together’. Even couples in close relationships and people in partnerships cannot always work out their togetherness and that unfortunately affects the level they can play at. John and I certainly work at keeping ‘our togetherness’ together.
I am committed as I can see it will affect the bigger game we have in mind.
Victoria also mentions that if you keep asking “for the sake of what?”, it gets you to step out of your small mindedness, gets you away from your egoic mind and you become your brilliant self.
So if John after a hard days work forgets to pour me a glass of wine I see red for only one minute and then I look at all the other things he does ‘for the sake of creating our own Garden of Eden, heaven of earth’.
If he forgets to acknowledge me for all the clever painting I have done while he knows it is my love language, I rave silently about how ungrateful he is and then ‘for the sake of getting the house done on time’ I let go of my feelings of being taken for granted and acknowledge that he is tired too.

This working on our togetherness sure gets things done as we spend little time on upsets and most our time on manifesting our dreams and building our business.

Now here are some questionsfor you ;
· Are you a delight to be around?
· Are you a huge contribution at home and at work?
· Are you ‘other people’ focused; are you generous?
· Are you task and completion focused at home and at work?
· Do you attract love; are you loveable?