Out of the Cocoon

In two weeks it will be one year since I posted the blog entry “Thoughts of a Caterpillar” At the time I wrote it, it was just another wonderful burst of creativity leaping from the depths of my being onto the paper. Now, a year later, the true meaning of that piece of writing has visited me with such a clarity and resonance that it takes my breath away. “Thoughts of a Caterpillar” is my own story. I was the caterpillar. Now I am a butterfly, ready to spread my wings and fly. The process by which a caterpillar undergoes a complete body change to become a butterfly is an amazing one that I won't expound on this post. However, it is a story that we humans are drawn to because of the tremendous hope that it offers. Our lives sometimes appear to be insignificant and small, but somewhere within our soul we hear soft whispers of “there's more to you than meets the eye.” We feel the urge to look within and discover our full potential and our true identity. Then, just like the caterpillar, we grow too large for our former paradigm and, shedding our past, we build a new context in which to live, where we continue to grow some more.

The caterpillar sheds it's skin five times before moving into the cocoon for the final metamorphosis. Somewhere in the genes of the caterpillar is the built-in time schedule for it's process. How do we humans know when it's time to “get serious”, “get a life”, or “dance the dance”? We too have a divine time piece hidden deep in our psyches that lets us know. I like to think of it as the “Divine Urge” The divine urge is a result of knowing our divinity and remembering who we really are. If you think of yourself as a lowly creature of the dust, you will never expect anything of yourself more than crawling around in the dirt. But if you're aware of your divine heritage as a child of God, then you will hold yourself erect, walking proudly as royalty. The most telling clue, however, is you will have those divine urges; the urge to love more deeply, to give more generously, to act, well, more divine. And it's not something we try to do. If you try to act divine, you are not responding to your innate knowing of who you are, but who you would like to be.

 I'm going to ask you to take a big leap in imagination with me and try to envision something. What if the whole planet were a caterpillar? What if mankind has gone through about the same amount of skin shedding as the caterpillar (evolutionary processes), and is in the final stage of cocoon life? What if all the wars, killings,natural disasters, starvation, genocides, pestulances, and discontent, is merely the violent shaking of the cocoon? When mankind finally emerges from the cocoon, and sees himself as the brilliant, magnificent creature that had the markings of divinity all along, the very expression of God, then the world will be as it was meant to be, a place of wholeness, love, peace, joy and abundance for all. If this scenario were true, what should our actions be? What should our responsibility be? I believe the answer is to envision the final outcome. Without a vision, the people perish.

Comments

[Mike Baldwin]

nice "vision".

[Dana]

As I said, Simmie, your writing is very thought provoking. I am so in awe of you.

[Cheryl]

totally love it!!!!