Health Reconnected
INTEGRATING THE DIVINE
What do I mean by integrating divine? Individually, each of us is programmed with a unique piece of divine wisdom. It is hidden in all the experiences we've lived. We are proud of some experiences and not so proud of others. But the totality of the experience defines who we are and highlights our potential contributions to the Whole.
Integrating that wisdom is only possible through meaningful exchange. This requires sharing both your good and bad experiences. When you share this wisdom and learn from the wisdom of the individuals you encounter, a story starts to form. This story begins to outline your purpose and function in the greater Whole.
This chapter stresses the importance of authentic relationships. Authentic relationships will reconnect us to our family, friends, and community in more meaningful ways. It asks you to be vulnerable and share who you really are, embracing what you've gone through and how it’s shaped you as an individual.
In this world, everyone wants a public relations (PR) relationship, meaning they choose to highlight the good and hide the bad. The problem is that this approach only gives bits and pieces of our divine wisdom. The rest of the Divine Body is forced to try to function on a portion of the wisdom that we chose to share. Full disclosure is the key to authentic relationships. If the Spirit prompts a vulnerable thought, embrace the opportunity to discover the truth behind the encounter.
A PR relationship is damaging to the Divine Body. That misrepresentation stops people from ever knowing who we truly are. Individually, we pretend to be something we’re not. We believe we must suppress our true identity to fit in. This deception seeds our misery and limits our participation within the Divine Body. As individuals, we need to focus on authentic and meaningful exchanges. For the optimal health of the Divine Body, each person would have to embrace their truths to fulfill their obligation to the Whole.
The Spirit is the organizing force that guides us to a Whole-based perspective. However, the Spirit’s efforts are hindered if we are unable to embrace our personal truths. Individual authenticity and vulnerability are critical components of a meaningful exchange. Our experience is a piece of the divine wisdom that needs to be honored, respected and most importantly, shared.
In our present reality, these PR relationships have prevented authentic personal exchange. For example, when you go to the gym, the primary focus is a personal result. You may talk about common interests like weight loss or muscle gain, but embracing authenticity is often lost in the external focus of the activity. For reconnection within the Divine Body, the exchange of information requires more depth than just a common interest. Shallow relationships are doomed to fail. When the common interest is eliminated, so is the relationship. The common interest is only the opportunity. Meaningful exchange exists at a much deeper level. Reaching this depth is the most challenging part of any potential relationship.
For example, in the gym, the Spirit prompts you to disclose one of your experiences with another member. You feel the urge to share the life experience that brought you here. You share that your partner dumped you because you were overweight. They were no longer physically attracted to you. That made you feel so awful that you contemplated suicide. Now, imagine that the person you were prompted to be truthful with is currently considering suicide. Without your bravery to be vulnerable, this individual would suffer alone. Your experience qualifies you to support them and creates a deeper awareness of why this person is in your life. Both parties will benefit from this exchange. The person contemplating suicide feels supported by someone who understands. The person who shared this vulnerability is now aware of the importance of their experience. They see value in what they previously felt was only awful.
The Spirit guides us to potential relationships that have the wisdom to heal and bring us to a higher level of participation within the Divine Body. It aligns us with opportunity to voluntarily reconnect. It grants us the power to heal ourselves through our relationships.
Truth is the foundation of any successful relationship. It is the catalyst of success at any level, whether personal, business, or pleasure. The more truth you are willing to put in the relationship, the higher its functional capacity. Truth is a scary opposition. It asks that you be truthful about who you are and what your agenda is. Throughout life, our truth is constantly evolving, eventually to the truth of Whole.
In the integration of divine wisdom, truth is the foundation. The Spirit aligns us with opportunity but relies on each of us to embrace and share our truth. As we infuse truth into our relationships, depth and meaning sharpen our distorted sense of purpose. We begin to see how each individual has fit into our experiences.
Unfortunately, our society embraces PR relationships. Throughout life, we find it necessary to protect our identity by building a protective wall around it. The wall is only supported by the information we choose to share. Its foundation is built on partial truths. We are influenced by what we believe is socially accepted. This social pressure deceives us from embracing all our truths.
Truth is the cornerstone of any meaningful relationship. When we withhold our truths, it creates a mechanical disadvantage that will affect all future foundations. Anything less than full disclosure will create an unbalanced foundation. When an unbalanced relationship is stressed, its shallow foundation is easily uprooted. PR relationships have an expiration date; they are doomed to collapse. When you think about it, you realize every individual and every organization embraces this PR strategy. Now you can see the depth of this deceptive practice.
This mechanical disadvantage can’t be patched. It needs to be torn down and rebuilt. We cannot reconnect with others until we are willing to connect with our truths. We must take our relationships to ground zero. We need to tear down our walls of defense and trust and inspire others to bridge their realities into ONE shared reality of truth.
Any relationship built on partial truth is self-based. When we invest in these self-based relationships, we compromise the integrity of the Whole. Why would we have an affinity for any individual or group? We are all equals. The answer? We align with a common interest or group that we believe protects us from judgment and ridicule.
Look at social media. It’s one big deceptive competition to see who can build the biggest protective wall. Because of fear, we choose to align with partial truths. This creates mechanical weaknesses within the Whole. The more people choose to align with these partial truths, the more likely these shallow relationships will collapse. This is happening right now. Look at the tensions rising around the world and understand that climate impacts will only complicate this already inflamed situation. This awareness is vital. We still have time to embrace the truth.
Organizations do not create meaningful relationships. They do, however, provide you with opportunities to explore both who you are and who you choose to spend your time with. The organization creates the illusion that the individuals within it are connected. At best, this common philosophy creates a shallow foundation. The organization functions to fulfill its core beliefs and does not prioritize authentic exchange of personal information. Who is the organization? Interesting question to think about. The who is the people that comprise it. The problem is that we have no idea who any of them are. What do we actually know about the people around us? The truth is only what they are brave enough to share. Most organizations make it difficult to exchange vulnerable details. They are designed to focus individual intentions on an external solution. This external solution allows us to hide who we are within the safety of its self-based beliefs (walls).
Examples of organizations include families, communities, religious groups, governments, political parties, businesses, educational institutions, sports, clubs, charities, EVERYTHING! Regardless of the organization, why would we choose to be a part of it? What experience inspired our participation? What do the people around us have in common? Can we be ourselves, or do we have to believe their philosophy to be accepted?
Many organizations force us to submit. To be part of that group, you are asked to conform to a certain way of thinking. Ever wonder why no one likes to talk about politics or religion? It’s because all the members within the group have different reasons for embracing it. Peace is kept by highlighting the common belief. This bait and switch fools the individual to feel as though they are part of an intimate group. It allows the organization to manipulate the truth of the individual for the benefit of that group. The point is that we should all be concerned with any self-based organization that doesn’t embrace its individuals’ truth.
What would happen if our physical body was forced to arrange into self-based “organ”-izations? Imagine our organs fending for themselves instead of synchronizing their functions. The result would be disease. With cancer, the cells differentiate from the Whole and embrace self-based function. They stop communicating their truths with the tissues around them and compromise the integrity of the entire structure. Our current PR relations and organizational strategies are cancerous.
Self-based organizations disconnect our reality. The external focus of the organization manipulates the truth of the individual. Simply said, the all-consuming fear of social acceptance convinces the individual to submit to partial truths. Yes, this may sound complicated, but ultimately there is only one solution. The self-based beliefs (walls) guiding these organizations must fall. Individually, we must choose to embrace organizations that promote a Whole-based atmosphere. Whole-based organizations will support and encourage its members to share their truths. This would facilitate healthy authentic relationships that won’t end if a member leaves that organization.
Efficiency requires unity. That’s a scary truth to ponder. Name one unified world goal that everyone is working towards. Unfortunately, our segregated strategies have created a mechanical disadvantage within the architecture of the Divine Body. The magnitude of this mechanical disadvantage is proportionate to the number of competing organizations. This disadvantage has become so great that serious consequences are coming if we don’t focus on a unified solution.