This Week’s Quotation:
“The evolution of human consciousness has been taking place over millennia. That might create a picture in the mind of a slow, plodding, incremental change, bit by bit. Evolution might be seen as something that is happening to us, not something that is happening in and through us.But when it comes to changes in consciousness, that is not really how it happens. That is probably not how it has happened for you individually in your life, and it is not how it has happened for humanity.The evolution of human consciousness occurs when there is a new paradigm ushered in and nurtured behind the old paradigm that seems to work.”
~Becoming a Sun, p. 312
The Village Is Not Lost
What if the village is one of those new paradigms already being nurtured within and through us?
When I hear the word “village,” I imagine something ancient: elders gathered beneath a tree, children listening, artisans creating, healers tending, and each person offering what is uniquely theirs to bring. Yet, I wonder whether the village was ever primarily a place.
Perhaps it was a way of seeing. A way of remembering that my well-being is connected to yours. That my gift does not stand alone. That none of us was created to carry everything.
We have inherited a culture that often prizes independence, comparison, and personal accomplishment. We quietly exhaust ourselves trying to be the healer, the navigator, the teacher, and the provider all at once.
What if evolution is asking something different of us now?
Not that we abandon our individuality, but that we offer it more fully. Not that we return to an imagined past, but that we nurture a new way of belonging.
The village begins each time we choose curiosity instead of judgment, contribution instead of comparison, and presence instead of performance.
Perhaps the village is not something we have lost.
Perhaps it is something waiting to be remembered through us.
What does it mean to become a sun?
Every human being is already a sun on the inside—a being of intense love and light. The difference is that some people have the vision and courage to become a sun on the outside. This difference is our human destiny.
Keahi, I love how you describe the village with these words: The village begins each time we choose curiosity instead of judgment, contribution instead of comparison, and presence instead of performance. The village ultimately expands to include the whole body of humanity, and we are leading the way with our own Divine Presence.