Ein sehr bemerkenswerter Artikel von Alan Cohen flatterte in mein elektronisches Postfach. Ich darf ihn mit Genehmigung hier wiedergeben:
The New News
Sitting backstage at a network television studio in a large metropolitan city, I waited to go on the air for an interview. My segment was scheduled right after the noon news broadcast, which began with a gory account of a murder, then a rape, then war footage, followed by bad economic news and a political scandal. I began to feel depressed, but consoled myself that the broadcast would get to more positive reports. It didn’t. The entire fifteen minutes was filled with gloom and doom, nothing anyone in his right mind would want to get up in the morning and face. Eventually I just had to laugh. The news was beyond depressing. It was ridiculous. It was unbelievable . Finally, after the closing sortie of auto accidents and snarled traffic, the broadcaster announced, „. . .and now for a great new book by an author who is going to tell you how to live a happy life.“
The camera turned to me.
Suddenly I became Neo in the movie The Matrix, in which wizard Morpheus extends two open hands, a red pill in one palm and a blue pill in the other. If Neo ingests the red pill, he will awaken to his true self and the real world. If he takes the blue pill, he will remain in a familiar but oppressive world of illusions.
I sat up straight and reached for the red pill. I told the audience that is our birthright and fear the imposter. I took a stand for living authentically in a world consumed by illusions. I told the viewers that they deserved better than the world showed them, and they held power over their lives regardless of the insanity around them. It was the only news I knew how to broadcast.
After the program, the anchor, a highly-respected lifetime journalist, took me aside and told me, „I agree with you completely. I get depressed coming to this job. There has to be more to life than the world we are telling people there is.“
The reality we have been shown has been twisted into the polar opposite of truth. You have likely told someone about a valued vision of yours, to which he or she responded, „Get real!“ Suddenly your excitement was reduced to ashes and you either gave up your quest or you had to once again build up the courage and momentum to forge ahead. Take care to share your sacred visions with people who will empower you, not attempt to gobble your hopes in the shredder of doubt. If you have even one or two good friends who understand you and believe in you, that is sufficient. And if it seems that no one understands or supports you, Higher Power has your back. Even when you do not have faith in yourself, God has faith in you.
When most people say, „Get real,“ they mean, „Get small. Get limited. Get stuck. I am trapped in my little fear-bound world, and your expansive vision is threatening to me. So I demand that you grovel in the mud with me. How dare you rock my tiny world with greater possibilities!“ The premise is that success and happiness are unattainable illusions, while struggle and suffering are realities we must adjust to and live with…
So the next time someone tells you, „Get real,“ take their advice as the highest compliment. Thank the speaker for reminding you to be who you are and do what you are here to do. Your purpose on earth goes far beyond satisfying critics or proving yourself according to standards others set for you. Your purpose is to recognize the greatness within you and deliver it. Show the world what is real by establishing yourself in vision, not division. Invite naysayers to meet you on higher ground. They need your reality far more than you need theirs. (Zitatende)
Also ich finde, das ist nachdenkenswert
Viel Erfolg
Gottfried Schaffar
PS.: hier der Link zum Orginalartikel und ein Link zum Autor Alan Cohen