PROSCENIUM

2020, APPARENT/NON-APPARENT, BELIEF, DIVISION, EXPANSION/ CONTRACTION

PROSCENIUM, 2020 MAY 02

PROSCENIUM

~understanding the divide between the apparent and non-apparent

In Greek terms, the Proscenium is the division on a stage that signifies what is in front of the forward curtain from what is behind it. The scenes given by the actors to entertain are planned and devised for certain effect. Whether that effect be to move your compassion, invoke deep thinking, motivate outrage, or merely to inform, the forward stage wears its costumes, advising and building anticipation for what will happen on the great stage itself.

Within the stage proper, the story unfolds. You will follow the characters and track their messages. You will be entertained, and if done well, you will lose your self in suspension-of-disbelief. You will decide to agree with the story's elements, even the ideas that seem impossible, such as Peter Pan's flight. You will want Peter Pan to fly and for Tinkerbell to gather enough hand-claps to sustain her magical life.

Such is this Earth Stage. Your headlines work in front of the Proscenium. Your stories work behind it. And behind the stories are the workings of the theatre. From whence came the costumes, and the idea of the costumes? What informed the set? How does the music, or lack thereof, create the mood . . . and why was the specific mood created? How have the authors, the actors, the builders and the makers commingled their ideas, and to what end? No story ever told has been free of agenda.

Story is powerful. It teaches. It tells us how to live and how to die. It tells us what to believe, and when to revolt. But quite often, the stories we seek out dovetail with our established beliefs, further deepening the beliefs we already hold to be true.

What happens when we engage stories that cause us to question our beliefs and stretch the boundaries of our world, and our world-view? Like fables passed down to youngers in order to teach, train, and warn them, a good story causes us to think new thoughts--thoughts that expand the consciousness and bring oxygen to what might be stagnant. A good story acts as a Catalyst for growth.

What is your story? How much of your story lives at the front of The Proscenium? What is the face you show to the world? What do your actors play out? How deeply do the activities on your stage reflect your social, cultural, theosophical, and experiential normatives? And most importantly, what is happening in the back of the house, in the beehive of activity one might equate to the unconscious and/or superconscious mind?

Do you fight your deepest urges? Is the face you put in front of your Proscenium a mask so false it bears little resemblance with the main stage itself, and little to none with the backstage activities? Fragmentation comes with the pairing of disparate parts and with denial. Enlightenment occurs within harmony.

How often do you inventory what is apparent, and non-apparent, in your life? Have you ever used any phrases like these: "it's the way I was raised" ... "that's how I was taught" ... "everyone knows that's wrong/ right" ... "those people are uncivilized/ less than/ stupid" ... ? Socio-cultural templates are powerful indicators for behavior, particularly where mis-behavior (against the Highest good for All) is concerned.

A willow grows straight until its environment shapes it. Look at your own twists and turns. How have you bent in the wind? When you look out upon your world, do you see beyond the grass? 

Do you connect with the roots and the minerals, and the creepy-crawlies? Can you feel the symbiotic heartbeat of every part of Great-All's Tapestry? Can you absorb and conduct the Love that is ever-present and infinite?

And . . . will you?

Blessed Be This Day

This is a Direct Voice Communication from my Tribe, Spirit Elders who share their wisdoms with me from the other side of the veil.

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