Several members of my tribe are going through difficult trials of initiation this fall.  We humans are blessed with the ability to imagine, of intensification by becoming emotionally invested and the willpower to sustain self direction.  So why do our best attributes and intentions so often fail in the face of the human drama here on Earth?

A fundamental premise of esoteric lore long before I was born is that of “As above, so below”.  This refers to the fractal nature of the microcosm is the macrocosm and octaves resonant each other at higher and lower intervals of a hidden harmony. Everything is connected and everything effects everything else.

I am writing this post on Thanksgiving morning.  Today we honor the people and the things we are grateful for.  A culture truly pausing to be grateful and then ritualizes it should be a healthy culture. And culture-wide events usually have an esoteric foundation that, when explored, can lead us to very valuable insights.

Of all the responsibilities a human awakens to along the journey of life, the debt of our existence itself is often a missed realization and acceptance.  We have our conscience, like a nagging parent, offering unsolicited advise if we will listen.  Otherwise, we humans have lost nearly all understanding of our place in the cosmos and why we were created.  Not knowing our mission makes us ineffective and generally open to manipulation and energetic harvesting.

Most humans understand the concept of entropy and the tendency for hot things to become cool and for frozen things to melt.  Entropy means our machines and even our living bodies eventually break down from wear and tear.  But somehow we humans hopefully get smarter with time and experience.  Our souls grow. Our minds and our hearts gain patience and wisdom which serves us as the counterbalancing negentropy.  This applies to healthy human organizations too. Within any system, there are forces of entropy and negentropy.  Which force rules is an issue of life and death.