The Commitment Conspiracy
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Written by Students & Staff
Where is your loyalty? Take a commitment check and find out! That’s what I did recently and was quite shocked at the results. How many institutions and beliefs do we blindly pledge our allegiance to?
Well, let’s see…At an early age we get ushered right into some pretty heavy duty ones, like: “I pledge allegiance to the flag” or “Jesus is my savior”. Some of us never escape from either of those opiates.
And then it just escalates from there: loyalty to being someones’ definition of a lovable child, to family, to peers, to what we’re taught in school, to the media, to fashion (the right weight, clothes, hair, teeth, personality), to achievement/success, to money, to marriage (til death do we part), to my physical, emotional and psychological pain, to homeland security, to maintaining the status quo (don’t rock the boat!), to old age and death….ALL FALSE GODS.
Whoa! Where is the real me in all this? None of these commitments are wrong, we just make them utterly unconsciously. There lies the conspiracy. Now let’s not get overwhelmed. Simply step back and reassess. Dig deeply to discover your loyalties and see if they were made from a conscious, awakened state of choice.
I discovered that the only commitment that makes sense for me is the one to my spiritual freedom. Then life becomes a journey of significance rather than superficiality. And what is meant by ‘spiritual freedom’? Visit our Center For Inner Truth and find out – jump into life – make it magical by living from conscious commitment!
Sherry Gage is was completing her ministerial training at The Center for Inner Truth in Santa Fe, NM when this article was written for the March/April 2008 Newsletter and is the Vice President of the Board of Directors for CFIT.
Written by Students & Staff
Where is your loyalty? Take a commitment check and find out! That’s what I did recently and was quite shocked at the results. How many institutions and beliefs do we blindly pledge our allegiance to?
Well, let’s see…At an early age we get ushered right into some pretty heavy duty ones, like: “I pledge allegiance to the flag” or “Jesus is my savior”. Some of us never escape from either of those opiates.
And then it just escalates from there: loyalty to being someones’ definition of a lovable child, to family, to peers, to what we’re taught in school, to the media, to fashion (the right weight, clothes, hair, teeth, personality), to achievement/success, to money, to marriage (til death do we part), to my physical, emotional and psychological pain, to homeland security, to maintaining the status quo (don’t rock the boat!), to old age and death….ALL FALSE GODS.
Whoa! Where is the real me in all this? None of these commitments are wrong, we just make them utterly unconsciously. There lies the conspiracy. Now let’s not get overwhelmed. Simply step back and reassess. Dig deeply to discover your loyalties and see if they were made from a conscious, awakened state of choice.
I discovered that the only commitment that makes sense for me is the one to my spiritual freedom. Then life becomes a journey of significance rather than superficiality. And what is meant by ‘spiritual freedom’? Visit our Center For Inner Truth and find out – jump into life – make it magical by living from conscious commitment!
Sherry Gage is was completing her ministerial training at The Center for Inner Truth in Santa Fe, NM when this article was written for the March/April 2008 Newsletter and is the Vice President of the Board of Directors for CFIT.
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