Humanity is in an evolutionary process
When I was a teenager, I often felt extremely frustrated that humans weren’t fully evolved. I would anxiously ask: Why can’t we accept, respect and love each other? Why can’t we end war and live in harmony? Why do we need borders? Why don’t we see each other as One family? I could not understand why everyone didn’t think the way I did. I thought my way of thinking was so simple, basic… true.
I tried to make the truth easy to grasp. I spoke clearly and eloquently, with common words and metaphors - verbally, in writing, through movement and music. I spoke from my heart and soul.
I felt frustrated to the core when someone didn’t get it - didn’t agree with me.
I’d think: How can they not see this?! I believed they were stuck. I felt angry at them for being stuck, and at myself for not delivering an effective message.
The problem wasn’t my message, though. The problem was, I just didn’t know what I didn’t know. I didn’t know that everyone has their own perspective, their own timing, and is in their own process - and that I’m part of ‘everyone’. I didn’t know all the ways that I was (and am) stuck. I didn’t know that humanity is in an evolutionary process - and - no one can jump to the end.
I was a teen. Now I’m age 61.
I’m going to list 10 things (just because ‘10’ is a great ‘list’ number) that I understand now.
Right now, I understand that:
I don’t understand that which I don’t yet understand - ‘more shall be revealed’.
‘Unfolding’ is a natural process.
There’s no rushing the process (of becoming more wholly one’s self).
It is kind to accept, like, and love one’s self while unfolding.
Healing & evolving stuck places is worthwhile because doing so helps one feel expanded, whole and free. (I think healing & evolving stuck places may also help the evolutionary process of Humanity. I don’t really know that, though).
It’s most effective to pay attention to one’s own stuck-to-movement processes and growth - even while being helpful to others.
Sharing stuck-to-movement processes can be helpful to others - so, share.
Sharing one’s processes may not be helpful to others - so, have no expectations of effecting change in others.
Your process is perfect - even if I don’t understand it - even if you don’t understand it.
My process is perfect - even if you don’t understand it - even if I don’t understand it.
My perspective has changed quite a bit from being a teen to being a 61-year-old. This reflection (of my own growth) gives me faith that the evolution of humanity is happening - within each-one-of-us at-a-time.
And…
Knowing that (when me being age 61 seems a long time ago) future reflections will reveal much more change (change I cannot fully imagine right now)- I feel softer, more patient, and more respectful of the evolutionary process.
I only know what I know now, though, so, I’m going to give my 61-year-old self three (because it’s fairly easy to remember up to but not more than 3) points of advice - to help elicit a peaceful unfolding:
Keep readjusting. (It’s like authentic movement or doing yoga or sitting for meditation. It takes time to find the sweet spot).
Keep coming back to the present: this moment, this breath, this thought, this feeling, this smell, taste, touch, vision, sound.
If LOVE is housed in the Hokey-Pokey, the Hokey-Pokey really is what it’s all about!
