The Free Radical

Crunch time is coming. Today is March 22. In eight days the first New Moon of the astrological new year will kick off a brand new round of intentions in the ongoing Year of Transformation. And before I receive the inevitable question: Why does this astrological stuff even matter?… let me briefly explain it this way. We don’t HAVE to pay attention to astrology; ultimately, it doesn’t matter. But for the time being, the “astrological clockwork” is part of what I refer to as the “default settings” held within the collective consciousness. If we work in alignment with those “default settings” it just makes it that much easier. I don’t know about you, but I prefer to do things the easy way whenever possible.

On the eve of March 30th, we will collectively set the intention in the dreamtime to come together in full unity. It will be a beginning… involving at first only our dreaming doubles. As such, I anticipate little difficulty; we’ve done this many times before. The perceived problem that will arise however is that such a unity will likely not be remembered by our waking selves in physicality. The majority of us won’t even know whether any dreamtime connections have been made at all. For a time, just grant the benefit of the doubt. Anyway, this is all still a week away… and we’re still in the process of just assembling the TOURS for now… kinda like taking attendance or roll call.

Today’s instruction is for our ego-directed waking selves. And here, let me point out once again that this is NOT merely for those who identify with the TOURS. This is for everybody; please feel free to participate regardless. We never seek to be exclusionary.

It is the time for us to make our first forays into united effort. I’m not using the term “unity consciousness” for our ego-driven selves at this point because it simply won’t happen– which is not to say that it can’t. But our whole orientation in physicality is still largely in the opposite direction of unity, so achieving the “special perception” that goes along with unity consciousness is just very unlikely at this time. We need to practice and to make consistent efforts to reorient ourselves to a whole new way of being and doing. We need to get playfully experimental.

I’ll happily assume that the majority of readers here are at least somewhat familiar with meditation. I’ll go a step further in this belief that many or most have even participated in group meditations– even if only those organized through the internet. This is along those lines. It’s time to work together… in earnest. So here’s what I’m proposing:

Let us assemble into groups in the waking world. Our groups can be of any size; even as small as two is fine, and up to 150 is also fine, but I’m not expecting such large groupings… yet. Choose people you’d be comfortable working with on “spiritual endeavours.” What do I mean by spiritual endeavours? Damn near whatever you want it to mean. The key is to choose an intention. Let it be something you and your partners equally desire. A few examples would be along the lines of say… clearing a pocket of negative energy in your immediate neighbourhood… or manifesting the resources for a new adventure in doing… or creating a bubble of positive/loving energy in the local mall and observing people’s encounters with it. Whatever you can think of that you’d like accomplished in the “real” world that may serve as an experiment. “Can we do this? Can we pull this off?” It’s time to find out.

Once you’ve selected an agreed-upon goal, next design a procedure, ritual, meditation, visualization, or a work of art, or anything else you can think of that holds meaning for all members of your group. Yes, make it up! Certainly, you may use traditional tools like crystals, candles, tarot cards, aroma therapy oils, flower remedies, or any other damn thing you please… just try to use these items in a new way. Engage your creativity… your imaginations. We’re trying to learn about our creatorship in a group setting. Whatever procedure your group settles upon should simply be a meaningful way of expressing the desired intent to the universe at large, giving it as much force as your symbols and paraphernalia can muster. There are no wrong procedures. This is an experiment. We’re looking for constructive feedback in order to refine such procedures the next time around. Hopefully, there will be many many next times around.

A few guidelines to keep in mind: Allow each member of the group to contribute to the project in individualistic ways. Don’t force group members to do things they’re totally unfamiliar or uncomfortable with. This is not about selecting a group leader who’s going to delegate responsibilities according to his own master plan. It’s about asking what each member is comfortable contributing… and going with that. Nothing here needs to fit into any pre-designed structures. We’re building anew… and finding out what works in the process. There is no requirement for complexity; let it be as simplistic as possible while still being meaningful to the whole group.

So in summary, you are to select a (positive) intention. Through ritual, art or meditation, etc., express that intention to the universe at large. Consciously release your own energy into the group endeavour. And watch for results and other feedback. Have fun with it.

Group work like this follows the Rule of Squares. This means that the power behind the group intention is multiplied by the square of the number of members in the group. So for instance, working by yourself you wield the power of the square of one which is one. Working in a group of two suddenly yields four times the power (the square of two). In terms of ratios, that’s the greatest difference– moving from just one to two yields a fourfold increase. If you have five members in your group working on the same intention, you collectively wield 25 times the force. You can begin to see the power of unity! If, down the road, say a million people take on a collective intent together, that group of one million working in concert would have the effectiveness of one trillion working alone (one million times one million is one trillion). So just one million– which is approximately one-seven-thousandth (1/7,000) of the planet’s population– working consciously together has the equivalent effectiveness of 150 times the planet’s entire population working their intents by themselves!

The whole point of this exercise is to prove to ourselves– our physical waking ego-driven selves– the tremendous power of unity consciousness… and this isn’t even true unity consciousness yet. That’s a slightly more intimate animal with a whole host of abilities and perceptions that go along with it. We need this opportunity to prepare ourselves, to prove to ourselves, that ANYTHING we wish to create is in fact possible. But remember to have fun with this dammit! You’re not expected to yield spectacular results straight away– although some of you undoubtedly will.

And now, briefly, I’ll anticipate one of your inevitable and rather astute questions, that being: Won’t the “bad guys” or the “cabal” just use exactly the same procedure outlined here to reinforce their ill intentions? Undoubtedly they will try. What has changed however is what the collective consciousness of humanity will allow. The collective does not allow us to move backwards in evolution. As far as all of those ill-intents go, we’ve already done them to death; there’s nothing more for us to explore within that frame of experience. The collective is supporting the new with a view to expansiveness and increased freedom. The energy is simply not available anymore for the same-old same-old. Those are the structures we’ve been working so hard to break down up to this point. (And I will return shortly to answering more questions in the next missive in a couple of days… so don’t panic.)

So, start simple, choosing goals or intentions which all members agree are achievable. We want to build confidence and technique. (Caution: instances of telepathy may occur; don’t freak out!) Eventually we will get used to the idea of unity consciousness so that our waking selves will yearn to unite with our dreaming doubles– who will very soon be in true unity. When our inner worlds seamlessly begin to blend with our external realities in a way that is fully open to our perceptions, true Oneness begins… and then all bets are off as to how awesome things can be…