AWAKENING AND OPPOSITION

As Awakening arises we encounter

the opposition - those resistances

to Awareness and Compassion,

Benevolence and Responsibility,

lying within ourselves and others.

We all have attachments based

upon narcissism and egocentrism.

Our territorial and possessive

tendencies are instinctive,

unconscious and powerful.

Our pettiness and meanness,

along with our tribal biases,

are a toxic global miasma.

And deception, exploitation

and coercion militate against

any humane culture.

Why would we expect different?

As the Light rises in the world,

of course we confront our shadow.

The endemic trauma of our species

is the birth pangs of a planetary

crisis of change.

The good news is this -

Consciousness is protective

as well as transformative.

If we know how it works

then we start to break free.

Agni Yoga