FREEDOM OF CHOICE

FREEDOM!

Yes feeling this inherent true power and the freedom of choice!

'Transcending ego, in the way I have defined it, is critical for those of us at the leading edge of this vast process. Our psychological ego, by definition, keeps the context for our experience very small, fundamentally oriented around its personal fears and desires.

'Our culturally conditioned self-sense rarely sees beyond its own beliefs and values. If we refuse to authentically embrace a context that is bigger than the individual and collective ego, the true power inherent in the miraculous gift of choice is stifled by that narrow context. But when our free agency is liberated from the grip of ego, when the context of our choices expands to embrace the infinite depths of our cosmic identity, the choosing faculty becomes informed and enlightened by the limitless passion of the energy and intelligence that initiated the creative process. Then its transformative power is startling and profound. That’s when you discover that free agency is potentially the most evolutionarily and spiritually significant aspect of your experience.

'In this way, your power to choose becomes a function of the First Cause itself. Endeavoring to create the universe at higher and higher levels, reaching for the very edge of the possible. And if you have the courage to go that far, you will begin to define what that edge actually is.

'When you get to that point where you intentionally, deliberately, and actively participating in the process of evolution, you will find yourself pushing forward the creative potential of the interior of the cosmos, as a direct result of your very own choices. What could be a more sacred endeavor? Your choices enable consciousness to evolve. And when you are dedicated to that possibility, you are actually compelling it to do so. What an audacious thought: compelling consciousness to evolve.

'Remember – evolution isn’t just happening by itself. We are a very big part of that process. You are a very big part of that process. When you truly understand this, the liberation of the power of choice becomes the essence of the spiritual endeavor. You realize that the more awake you become, the more enlightened you become, the more responsible you are and the more profoundly significant are the choices that you make. In Evolutionary Enlightenment, we no longer ask God to save us; we step forward in the realization that God is depending on us. That’s a very bold statement. But it’s true. Hold up your hands. Whose hands are they? If you are identified primarily with ego, they are the hands of the ego, but if your purpose is fundamentally aligned with the creative principle, your hands become God’s hands.'

~ Andrew Cohen, The Choosing Faculty

Spiral Dynamics – The Ultimate Psychological Evolution Model