Fish Bowl Mentality

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Fish Bowl Mentality

Many times we create what I call the fish bowl mentality, we partially and some even totally isolate themselves from humanity and the rest of the world, in the belief that is the most effective way for us to get full satisfaction out of their journey through this physical plane. It is surely okay and practical for us to choose to follow our inner guidance, doing so will place us on a path that will cause us to stand alone from time to time, and that will mean that we cannot follow the direction the crowd is going in many times. Nonetheless, that does not mean that we are to completely separate ourselves from humanity and the whole of creation. Lets look at it from this point of view. Each of us has an individual calling on our lives, which means that all of us cannot do the exact same thing in the exact same way, because if everyone did the same thing only one thing would get done at a time. If that were the way things were, it would take a lifetime or more to create and do one single thing. Because of that we must embrace our individuality, yet understand that does not negate the reality of our oneness and need to function as one finely tuned entity.

As I point out on a pretty regular basis we are just like our bodies, many members working together as one unit in perfect harmony. Another very good example of differences working together in complete unity and harmony is the universe. Our individual physical bodies are like the universe, humanity is designed to be individual members that come together in the perfect state of oneness with each other as well as with the whole of creation. One of the major problems of mankind, is many of us do not understand this very realistic simple concept, of how we are and how we are to relate to each other and the whole of creation. Do you know the old song by Joan Baez that sings about man not being an island? “No man is an island, no man stands alone, each man’s joy is joy to me, each man’s grief is my own”

It is sad that so many people live their lives like the picture of the fish in the fish bowl, sitting in the water close to the shoreline. The fish can see the reality of the freedom that should be; that freedom is all around the fish, yet the fish cannot take part in that freedom that it so yearns for. We have placed ourselves in a similar situation, yet we have the power to free ourselves because our fish bowls are created by us. All we have to do is create the reality that will foster our true identity and allow us to fully be the Spiritual Beings we are created to be, and experience oneness, as we should. Hasn’t thousands of years of mankind being in a fish bowl hoping and waiting on change to come in the by and by not taught us anything; hasn’t that gone on long enough?

We have entered a time were the truth is being revealed for all to see in a much easier way. Yet that does not mean that all things will change for the better for all of humanity. Change will only take place in the lives of those who see the change that needs to take place, and do their part in embrace that change by way of their individual actions. We can remove the veils from our eyes so that we can see how to do the things necessary to change our lives. In doing so we will not only change our lives, we will start the process of the world being transformed back to its original state, and once again be the paradise for all to enjoy. Have you heard that the Kingdom of Heaven Is Within? Well it surely is. Once we tap fully into the Kingdom of Heaven within our Spirits, we can spread the energy found there into our surrounding worlds, and as our surrounding world come in contact with the surrounding worlds of others, the world at-large will start to align itself with that energy. We are the creators of our reality. The question that must be asked is this; what reality are we creating?

A fish bowl lifestyle is a self-imposed prison sentence. Who in their right mind would place themselves in prison, when they have the whole wide world to travel and live wherever they want to? That is what mankind has done when it completely and even partially neglects its true nature, that of being an Eternal Spiritual Being. I am learning how to live the proper balance of being an Eternal Spiritual Being, going through a temporary physical life experience. It is not supposed to be about working in the way that we do, and being overly concerned about how much worthless stuff we can amass in the process. We have gotten so caught up in the rat race of how much stuff we can accumulate, equating that with our worth and identity, that just about all of our time is spent working, sleeping, worrying, and showing off that which we have traded our precious time for, which is actually our life in exchange for material gain. That is a flimflam (nonsensical action played on ourselves) if I ever so one.

Where has the time and importance for our Sacred Time and Spiritual Communion gone? We see that which is physical in nature as our ultimate sustenance, yet that which is spiritually based is actually our necessary eternal sustenance. Life was surely not designed for humanity to live in such a wasteful worthless and spiritually unconscious way. One of mankind’s major mistakes were taking its focus off of the Divine Spiritual Guidance that comes to us all from within; another major mistake was taking ownership of everything and charging others for what is given freely to the whole of creation. That is when money and the material things of this physical plane became the ultimate direction, desire, and also became god to many. At present I am turning that completely around in my thinking, life, and all of my affairs.

We can and must free ourselves from the dismal fish bowl mentality. To do so we must fully comprehend the reality that we are Sacred Spiritual Beings who are one with the whole of creation, which makes us a part of the Eternal Sacred Spiritual Realm and Divine Oneness. Within that Divine Oneness there is to be found a unique collective oneness that will never rob us of an iota of our individual identity. Actually, doing such would enhance our individual character and connect us in a greater way to the Universal Abundance that is available to us all, and within us all. Do you think that the fish in the bowl set in the water by the shore would dread the breaking of that fish bowl? No of course it wouldn’t, that would be more than a welcomed occurrence. So why do we dread turning loose of all of our man made worthless material possessions for a life of True Oneness with Infinite Source, and the Whole of Creation? Releasing the material does not mean that we will be without that which we need to survive. It simply means that we won’t be overly concerned with the material, and we will no longer serve it, the material will serve us as it is supposed to. All I am talking about here is all of us having the proper relationship we are supposed to have with this physical realm, and most importantly with our Beloved Lover Infinite Source.

Break Your Fish Bowl and Be Free!

Baba-Kundi Ma`at-Shambhala

(Spiritwalker)

07.17.12