The Human Solution

I woke this morning with a distinct image from my dream. Written on a cardboard sign were the words, Are you part of the human solution?

As I was moving from dream-state to awake-state many images flashed in my consciousness about what this could mean. I immediately thought of the planet, global warming and my recent activity with creating sustainable neighborhood communities. Then I wondered if it was a message about the inner work that I teach in the spiritual scientist course - bridging the human and divine natures with compassion, acceptance and loving.

Solution, as defined by the dictionary means, the answer to a problem; an action or process of solving a problem. So, if I were to take the question at face value I would consider what in life I view as a problem and then, perhaps, how I am bringing forward answers or not. In other words, am I having difficulty solving the problems in my life? Do I feel overwhelmed with the problems of the world? And the solutions seem to be about my humanness, my humanity.

Knowing that my humanity is part of the solution of my life is a concept that I had to learn. I was taught and modeled, as a child, that my humanity was the culprit, the evil doer, the part of me that 'got me into trouble'. In contrast, the 'good' part of me had to be ever watchful for the 'bad' part. So the solution to the problem of my badness was to banish it, deny it, suppress it, or ask God to take it away.

Today, I no longer view my humanity through the eyes of good/bad or right/wrong. Instead, my humanity is my teacher about where I can love, how I can open my heart, and who I can forgive. And the where, how and who are all me.

So my humanity is not something that needs to be fixed because it's not broken. My humanness isn't bad, it's just human. And in accepting it's agenda, I am free to make a different choice.

In aura balancing, I balance the 'block' not the person. The person is whole, perfect, divine - the 'block' in the aura is a mis-identification, or mis-perception because that's what our human senses can do. They mis-represent and mis-interpret all the time. Or put another way, the mind/emotions/ego-personality sees the world and orders its reality according to its belief structure- but those belief structures are usually created from illusion, fear, delusion and limited awareness.

My divine-ness, holiness, soul, God-self sees the world in a wholly different way. It looks at the experiences of my life and declares it's all perfect. It's all for the learning. It's all about accepting and loving - not judging and fixing.

When I can accept my humanness, then I can accept the humanness of others. Acceptance creates an energy of inclusion and connection. Connection fosters mutual support and respect. Then the answers to the problems come from the collective 'we' and serve all concerned.

Does that mean that I never feel overwhelmed by my life? or that I never become fearful about the current world situations? No. I just remember, more quickly, that I have a different choice than fear, overwhelm or judgment. And when I make that choice my actions, words, thoughts and feelings come from a deep well-spring of peace, compassion, far-seeing vision, acceptance and expansive possibilities.

That's the human solution for me.