BRDNSKY

We are born to fail. I know. This sounds cold and harsh, but it is true. We come into life with the power of a god. Within our small bodies lie immense potential and abilities that are beyond the comprehension of mere mortals. Right now, this may sound like some novel of incredible fiction. Tomorrow, this will be a historical novel of creative non-fiction.

Beliefs, ideas, and theories held dear to us may be riddled with tiny flaws or even gaping holes. However, for us, they are what keep us sane. Hard to believe that what may be filled with contradictions can be so important. What makes this concept even more bizarre is that life is also filled with contradiction. The same flaw exists within the many interpretations of religious doctrine. The more popular source of these inconsistencies lies within the Bible. Why is that? Well, it could be that nobody takes credit for the existence the Bible or even his or her own lives. The concept of the Bible being the word of God is at once a folly and profound universal truth. The lives we lead are the same; they are crazy and genuine masterpieces at the same time.

Bruce Lipton, in his Spontaneous Evolution (2009), writes that you began your life by feeding on junk. He’s not talking about physical sustenance. The existence we enter begins to take shape while moving about in the womb. The food that gives you sustenance is not just physical nourishment; it is also mental and emotional.

Recently, I heard a story about my 18-month-old nephew’s discovery of sound under water. Immediately, I chuckled. He had remembered something most adults forget. Life began in the water, whether it was in the oceans or our mother’s womb. This is the negative part of our lives. Negative, in this respect is something that is harmful rather it is before birth. Birth is the starting point for life on this plane, on the Earth, or as a material being. More to the point, it is our birth date. Thus, anytime before hand is negative time. Of course, if we were to celebrate the day of conception life would be confusing and straightforward. There’s that pesky ambiguity again.

Existence is not the paradox here. The paradox is the existence that we create. While in the womb, we are at a negative in time. Yet, our life-long education has begun. While we are floating about in the womb, we are receiving information through the emotions of others. Our mothers communicate their joy, anger, indifference, etc. to us directly. The rest of the family, including our fathers, influences us indirectly. This is unconditional support. Unconditional because free will does not enter the picture until birth, up to that point, we are sponges soaking up anything that gets through our watery buffer. As we bathe in this physical form of consciousness, we garner their assistance. In the negative life, this is much easier to do than it is when we get out. I find this to be extremely amusing because many of us spend a great deal of time trying to get back in. While in our watery playground, we are completely dependent on someone else. Think about this. When was the last time you were so dependent on another person, and liked it?

That symbiotic relationship ends rather abruptly. As soon as we voice our need, the relationship shifts. We are still dependent on our mother, but are our mother and those in her circle as anxious about seeing to our needs? From that first breath, unconditional love, support, or any other label you use, shifts to a state of conditions. As babes, we have a cry for hunger, a cry for cuddling, a cry for just about any need that we have. We have no choice in the matter. Crying is how we communicate. At birth, we have one thing on our mind, survival. Feed us, hold us, cow-tow to us, and we will be nice. We unknowingly have instigated a relationship based on supply and demand. At this point, our immense potential and abilities go down the tubes.

The first time a parent complains about their child, a seed is planted. At the same time, a seed is planted the first time a parent expresses love. Both kinds of seeds are planted and nurtured throughout the life of that child.

As parents, the seed we nurture most determines a large part of the path that awaits each child. I have planted similar seeds myself. At the same time, parents play a role in the lives of their children for a long time. We also have opportunities to weed out the seeds our children do not need. I’m talking about expressing their greatness, abilities, the joy of being a part of the formation of that. We need to weed out criticism, disappointment, and anything else that destroys the potential that lies within them.

As adults, we have the opportunity to strike out on our own and shape the rest of our journey. Our priority should be, rediscovering that immense potential and hidden abilities that lie within. We need not stand alone and stake our claims. Together, we form a gestalt, because together we form the whole of the god that lies within. That is the ability to snatch defeat from failure and position ourselves to succeed.

Walking our paths alone, we become vulnerable to physical, mental, and emotional disease. By forming alliances, groups, friendship, and more, we strengthen our mind, body, and emotional well-being. Together, we broaden the path, fill our journey with joy, and become positive influences upon those behind us.