REMEMBER THE BUTTERFLY
Relative to size the caterpillar is one of the most destructive beings on this
planet. It can devour a whole branch in record time without any awareness of its
impact. When it’s full, the caterpillar weaves a cocoon around itself and, within
that structure, fulfills its destiny to dissolve into formless goo. In that goo
are the cells that hold the possibility of the butterfly. The goo (the old) is
threatened by these cells and tries to destroy them. Because of this threat, these
new cells gather together into groups, and in that support, the beauty of the
butterfly is born.
This is humanity’s story.
The caterpillar and its self-absorbed destruction represent the old way.
The butterfly, which represents the new way is the opposite of the caterpillar.
It doesn’t destroy life – it serves life by pollinating flowers.
It can fly far and wide, so its view is much boarder than the caterpillar.
You and I are asked to become the butterfly inside ourselves, and part of our
task is to trust this time of goo that is so turbulent and frightening.
It is essential to our transformation. We are also being asked to gather together
into groups so that we can support one another and the world in “remembering possibility”.
We are asked to put no one out of our hearts, for we do not have
the luxury of positioning anymore.
There is no them in this processes.
We are on the cusp of the most important evolutionary shift
that has happened on this planet ,
the shift from unconsciousness to consciousness ,
the shift from the mind to the
heart.
This is our ‘butterflyness’.
(Thank you, Randy Bell, for forwarding, in 2006, this amazing piece written
by Mary O’Mlley) |
