Surrendering to the Embrace of the Universe!

Of the worldwide commemorations, Earth Day is the one which best focuses our attention on perennial questions which have faced all generations of humans:

Who made the Universe? How come our World is what it is? What is the purpose of life and thus our responsibility in this marvelous expression of the supreme creative force?

Everywhere you look, you come face to face with these ever present but silent and invisible questions. A walk in the woods or the ravines of our communities (in the quiet and serene environment) brings you face to face with these questions. The present tenuous situation on Earth further heightens your desire to understand and, in the process, seek out new pathways to preserve and protect the original intent of creation.

Earth Day 2007 accords us the opportunity to reflect on these perennial questions and renew our resolve to preserve and protect conditions for biodiversity on the Glorious Earth.

The Unfolding of the Eternal Mystery:

The eternal mystery of the Earth and the life forms on the planet can be summarized as follows:

Everywhere you look you cannot help but be marveled. The different forms and stages of manifestation are before your gaze; facilitated by the air, the waters, the land and the Sun. Acting in concert, the four forms of matter mold and provide a platform for life to unfold. The different species of animals and vegetation populate this platform, the Earth. Within both the platform and its population, the unstoppable wheel of creation surges forward.

As this goes on, the platform, the Earth, is also surging forward, unstoppable in its prescribed journey around the Sun. Similarly, the Sun undertakes its quarter of a billion years journey around the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way galaxy. The Milky Way Galaxy also continues this symphony of expression, moving around the Great Attractor represented by the Virgo Super Cluster of galaxies. This process of harmonic integration and motion continues throughout the Universe!

The prescription for this symphonic expression was specified at the First Time, Zep Tepi, the moment of creation. The preservation of this elegant expression requires the system to operate within the specified limits, the Covenant. Any excursions out of the zone of harmonious expression of life will trigger a bitter harvest as the system adjusts to return to the zone of harmonious expression.

We are all born of this eternal dance of creation. We are called to journey into the Consciousness of the supreme force of creation; to grow into the wisdom of its ways and prescriptions, to become one with it! This is the ultimate fruit of Life; to return into the eternal Cosmic Ocean of the Universe!

Deviations from the Covenant

The descent into ignorance and greed has characterized our recent history spanning two millennium. As we deviated from the path of the Covenant, we lost touch with the frameworks which the Ancients left us.

Unlike the Ancients who saw themselves as trustees of the First Time, we do things because it is possible for us to do them; because it is convenient to do so and not because it is the wisest thing to do. Our decisions are made without a deep assessment of the corollary effects. Consequently, we plant the seeds which yield a bitter harvest in future.

This philosophy and way of life has infected all our processes of relating to each other including governance, economic system - from production to exchange, religious and legal institutions to mention just a few. No doubt, we act as though our world is a limitless garbage dump; assaulted and defiled unceasingly with the limitless garbage of our lives! Stewardship of the planet is an after thought to desire for paper treasures. The current challenges facing our world flow from this modus operandi

?The Way Forward

Our mentality needs transmutation, moving from our toddler framework to a transcendental framework. The journey begins with hearing the call from the Universe and answering it! Communicating in silence, without uttering a word, the Earth/Universe (and everything in it), poses a series of questions; the consequences of which is to effect our initiation into its deeper mysteries:

Do you know me? Do you know why I take the form you see? Do you know that I am related to all things around me, including you? Do you know the pathways and bridges between me and all things? Do you know I am you and you are me? Do you know that I am all things and all things are me? Can you read what I have written? Do you understand my message to those yet unborn? Do you thirst to attain this insight of Eternity? To get this insight, are you prepared to surrender to me? Are you willing to repudiate all you know to attain the wisdom of Eternity? Such is the nature of the dilemma each one of us faces.

To surrender all that you have and possess (physical and mental); to empty yourself of all you have acquired to date. Then, to begin the long and difficult journey to reclaim your essential birthright as citizen of the Universe!

With the awakened consciousness, when you become one with the Universe, you become a Trustee of the Universal Tradition of Zep Tepi.

?The Ancients acquired this wisdom. They left us with the frameworks for attaining the realm of the Supra Humans! They documented them via many mediums. Collectively, they are called the cosmological traditions (elements of which exist to varying degrees) in many indigenous cultures of the world. They provide an integrated understanding of the matrix of universal processes, the pathways to their revelation and attainment.

The medium for documenting the sacred insight include sacred texts, hand woven textiles, art forms, symbols, carvings, music, oral and written stories etc. This is further augmented by rituals, remembrances and celebrations. Collectively they initiate the members of the community into ways of preserving the harmonic conditions for life on Earth.

Drawing from the template used by the Universe, the Ancient Masters mapped out a ubiquitous system for communicating the essential wisdom to those yet unborn. The transmitted knowledge was captured in their symbols and designs, structure of their stories etc.

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The Activation of the Real Treasure of Humankind

This is the real treasure of Humankind, awaiting discovery, activation and application in guiding us to the destination of a Glorious Earth. And this is the prophecy of all spiritual Traditions; the time on Earth when all beings will be full of the knowledge of the Lord, the Creator and Master of the Universe!

?On attaining this supreme height, you are forever free from the shackles of ignorance and the labyrinths of the debased systems of the world. No longer are you susceptible to the seductions of the perverse ways on Earth!

No longer are you willing to trade your birthright and allegiances to impostors on Earth!

No longer are you willing to enslave others, desecrate and defile the Earth and all its inhabitants!

But you will be called on to shepherd those who are stranded along on the pathway to the revelation of Eternity!

Just imagine the possibilities of life on Earth in such an exalted state of being!

The Buds of the Tree of Wisdom

In December, we crossed the bridge from the longest night of winter; we have now entered the growing light of spring. We are on our way to rendezvous with the exalted state of the Summer Solstice and the longest day of the year.

This movement from darkness into light is symbolic of the journey of Humankind from ignorance to the exalted states of the Supra Humans.

?We have entered the darkest night of the winter of our ignorance! Like the weather outside, we are approaching the spring of our awakening! The feedback from the Earthwill awaken us from our sleep of ignorance and greed.

And when that spring takes full effect as it is now, we will know that our winter of ignorance is passed. We shall witness the return of the buds of the Tree of Wisdom.

Like now, Humankind will start their migration from mentalities which are on their death bed into the embrace of the emergent yet ancient reality.

Embracing the Universe!

As you walk on the pathways in the woods this spring, take the time to witness the unfolding of the eternal mystery of creation. Take the next four month to watch the movie of the unfolding revelation; the buds, the leaves, then the flowers, the fruits and finally the harvest.

Take the time to reflect on the hidden message expressed by the trees and shrubs.

Contemplate what drives their expression.

You will enter the world of the little ones which reside in all things and do the heaviest work of all; making sure that everything works as planned by our Creator!

And ask yourself why you are not doing the same as the congregation of little ones which make the Universe function in its harmonious ways.

Reflect on the ever-present invitation the Universe extends to you; to enter its embrace!

Any lasting effort of dealing with the challenges facing our world begins with entering this embrace and surrendering to the dictates of Eternity and the Cosmic Ocean!

For as it was in the beginning, so shall it be forever and ever!

?Tetteh Hadjor

The Serpent Bearer

2007