Changing the World

I recently had a conversation with a lovely woman who is entering the field of energetic medicine and healing. She said it had been pointed out to her that her new work was really about changing the world, and what a big responsibility that was. This made me smile; her background was in a social work related field, and in my opinion, she was already changing the world!

I do have to agree, however; changing the world is a big responsibility. But is this monumental task left in the hands of a mere few? Echoing what I wrote last month in “Spirit Work,” our very lives are Spirit at work; yours and mine, from the Reiki Masters and gurus to the plumbers and cashiers at the gas station. Changing the world can’t happen at the hands of a few designees. It’s going to take everyone, or at least enough of us to create a critical mass.

This, of course, is part of the Paradigm Shift. The question is, how can we contribute to this shift? Sorry folks, we can’t all take to the vortexes of Sedona to live the life of the mystics. And what would happen to the world if we did?

The real answer to the question of how we change the world is not very glamorous or even mystical. When I say what I’m about to say, my sons would say “Mom is getting all Man in the Mirror,” but Michael Jackson’s lyrics were right: “take a look at yourself and make a change.”

The most critical place we can start is with ourselves. We can begin to get honest about our own inner conflicts, control dramas, and fears. We can begin to evaluate the realities we are creating every day and the hidden beliefs and assumptions we hold that create those realities. It is only then that we can begin to understand why “reality” exists as it does and begin the alter it- from the inside out.

That’s how we change the world.

*The song "Man in the Mirror" was written and composed by Glen Ballard and Siedah Garrett.