No-Shame, No-Blame Creation Story
In the beginning... there was an entity of light within a lovely garden which was also made of light. A single being, with many aspects living in peace and harmony. When a serpent, who knew well of matter said, "Birth, Death, Rebirth." The quality of the light being that would become known as the feminine said, "Why Not? Exploration, process." The masculine energy said, "Structure, power." And the serpent said, "Be aware, you may forget who and what you really are." She said, "We'll remember." And she said to the masculine energy, "I'll remind you of our light." And he agreed, and so they split in two, into two separate beings, and the Universe around them became a duality, And they forgot. And everything became heavy and matter now mattered most of all. Gravity became grave in its seriousness and grave as in death, and they suffered, and became ill, and felt lost and sometimes, they almost remembered... something. and there were times... when there was joy and light but always a longing to get back out of matter. back to where? And so they began to learn how to use matter and they thought they were powerful and so a great battle began. Everyone wanted to have power power over matter power over each other power over thoughts and feelings power over structures especially the masculine beings because their focus was structure. And they took things apart and made more...things. And often...there was fear, fear of each other, fear of thoughts & feelings, fear of the loss of structure. Structures became institutions But the feminine beings were not preoccupied with the institutions. Instead they were occupied with life, with nature, with babies and a different order of things. Sometimes... she would remind him of something, but he thought he would lose his power if he remembered and so he remained...forgetful. And for this... he held power over her, power over nature, power over his own natural self, as in control, repression, structure. Fear kept these beings time-bound and distanced them from their light inside, and their light remained interior while they took everything apart. Discovery pulled them forward until almost everything large and small was in pieces. what they didn't know was that the external world was becoming a reflection of themselves, fragmented selves with fragmented thoughts, conflicts unresolved, split inside. And the external world reflected opposites everywhere as in: Good people don't kill, but... we must have war & weapons to keep our power. Good people don't lie, but... we must deny and deceive to keep our power. Good people don't harm, but... we must argue and abuse to keep our power. Yet behind all of this there was still light, and there were those who would remember something and living differently some of them stood out as heroes...strangely enough. Finally... after many thousands of years, when the world was full of war and weapons, denial and deception and abuse of every kind, and matter had contracted as far as it could go, little sparks of light began to flash more & more often and remembering began to manifest as: concern for the environment, conflict resolution, love for one another with integration and wholeness bringing the fragments back together. Now... individuals were creating community, scientists discovering quantum leaps, spiritual psychology learning and teaching empowerment, and the lights became brighter still. Soon there were those who remembered very well that power was indeed interior, that everything was made of light, that evil meant to live backwards in fear, and that trust had the vibrational quality to bring light forward. And that everyone together had been Making it all up! Even still... people seemed to take sides. And in the end, those full of light looked at those full of fear and saw their light hidden inside and loved them. And those full of fear looked at those full of love and saw their light and remembered their own, and they all remembered together and began to lighten up. And soon they found themselves at home again... Back in the garden.