Swami Beyondanada's State of the Universe 2010 Address
Date: Friday, 19-Feb-2010

Wake Up Laughing, And Wise Up Loving: The Upwising Has Begun!

By Swami Beyondananda

"We're not here to earn God's love, we're here to spend it!" -- Swami
Beyondananda

Well, another 12-month episode of that long-running comedy of
situations, Universe Knows Best, is in the can, and you'll be happy to
know the show has been renewed for another season. The Producer thinks
it's hilarious.

However, if you're like most of us, you really had to strain to hear the
laugh track in 2009. Certainly, there was plenty to not laugh about.Take
our political system -- please!

A year ago, Americans believed they had chosen not just a new President,
but a new precedent. Well, now that the hopium fix is wearing off, we
must face the inconvenient truth that if we want a truly new deal, we
the people must become the new dealer. Unfortunately, the old dealer
seems to have dealt a great hand to the uncommonly wealthy at the
expense of the commonwealth.

Obama Bails Out Wall Street, and Bails Out On Main Street

Riding high on the shoulders of public opinion, President Barack Obama
came down to earth, showing he -- like anyone else in the employ of the
American Empire -- must answer to the Board of Directors, and not the
shareholders. To give credit where credit is not due, the Administration
bailed out the big banks, which immediately reinvested the money in
three big houses: The White House and the two houses of Congress. Yes,
it's a buy-ological fact. When the banks are picking up the tab, the
government becomes more usurer-friendly.

No wonder they have names like Chase and Wachovia. Sadly, a lot of
little folks are feeling walked over. Last year, downsizing and lay-offs
affected every industry. I recently went to one of those 50s and 60s
rock music nostalgia shows, and was shocked by the line up: The Jackson
Four ... The Three Tops ... Two Dog Night ... and the Everly Brother.

Even I went minus last year, and frankly it left me nonplussed. So I too
have had to downsize. I'm now wearing smaller pants.

Meanwhile ... the Up-Wising Continues

Fortunately, the up-wising continues, as the body politic now recognizes
the difference between change, and chump change. I predict even more
awakening and a-wisening in 2010. Americans are waking up left and
right, because the news is alarming and the snooze button no longer
works. Anger is becoming all the rage, proving once again that old
adage: the truth shall upset you free.

As even more shift hits the fan in 2010, the body politic will need all
the fortification and nourishment it can get to metabolize the political
toxins and neutralize the sociopathogens. And so I am offering my simple
and effective two-step program because frankly we don't have time for
all twelve: Wake up laughing, wise up loving.

Wake up, because it's time to wake up. Laugh, because there is
definitely something funny going on -- even if you can't find the joke
hidden in the picture. Yes, waking up is hard to do, so we will need
plenty of "ha-ha's" to go with the "aha's." As we wise up to the
inconvenient truths hidden behind convenient lies, we will need
something to keep us from taking these political toxins poisonally.

That is where love comes in, because love is the one solution that will
dissolve negativity. Of this, I am positive: love will positively
dissolve negativity.

Step One: Wake Up Laughing

Do you realize that billions of people worldwide go to bed serious every
night? And wake up the same way?

Seriously.

So naturally -- or in this case, unnaturally -- the world is in serious
condition. Between the stresses of work, the economy, and a steady diet
of bad news, is it any wonder so many people have gained weightiness?

Yes, the problem is serious. But the solution is humorous. If gravity's
got you down, let levity lift you up. Do you ever wake up in the morning
with a funny feeling? Great. Go with it! Feel the levitational pull
uplifting the corners of your mouth into a smile. You want to uplift
humankind? Uplift your face first, and everyone else will get the idea.
It will be like wearing one of those buttons: I lost weightiness. Ask me
how.

Step Two: Wise Up Loving

In the midst of our evolutionary up-wising, we must amp up the loving --
particularly loving that which we find most unlovable. Why? The lovable
has no problem getting love, because it's so ... lovable. Meanwhile the
unlovable is left unloved, and so acts unloving, and becomes even more
unlovable. This is a vicious cycle that can indeed become a never-ending
cycle of viciousness, unless we end it. So, as the old saying goes, when
you find yourself caught up in a vicious cycle, stop peddling and get
off.

Now you're going to love this: when we find some lovable part in the
unlovable to love, that lovable part expands, and the unlovable shrinks.
So ... if you find something unlovable, by loving what is lovable about
it, you can love the unlovable to death!

At the same time, we can love the lovableness to life! We do that by
focusing on the positive. That is why I have launched my "Just say no to
negativity" campaign. It is especially important that we give our
children an esteem bath every day. Next time you see your youngster
sprawled out on the couch playing video games, speak only positive words
of praise: "What's right with you, you useful good-for-something? And
wipe that smile on to your face!"

I guarantee that before long, he or she will be hanging out with a
savory crowd.

We Can Achieve Fulfilament!

As we wise up to the awful truth, we must then rise up to the awesome
opportunity: Humanifest destiny! We are here to manifest our destiny as
imaginal souls in the body of a newly emerging organism called Humanity,
where each of us is totally unique -- just like everyone else! We are
here for one singular purpose -- to let our light fully shine. The
enlightened ones call this fulfilament.

And with more delighted lights lighting up, enlightening is going to
strike more frequently. A critical mass of us will recognize that we'd
be a lot happier and a lot more successful if we put our energy into
fruitfully re-growing the Garden instead of fruitlessly scrapping over
the scraps. As we children of God put aside childish things like war and
greed and finally become adults of God, we will evolve past the Ten
Commandments to the One Suggestion: Love thy neighbor, otherwise there
goes the Neighborhood.

Yes, this will require conscious evolution, but I say we were created to
evolve. Otherwise Jesus would have said, "Now don't do a thing till I
get back."

As you probably know, I never make predictions because I don't want to
jeopardize my non-prophet status. However, I do set intentions. And so,
may 2010 be the year that we collectively tune out reality TV, and tune
into ... reality! We are in the hero's role in the greatest adventure
story in human history: Conscious evolution! A world win campaign where
the whole world can win.

May we use our intelligence intelligently and our hearts lovingly. May
we wake up laughing, and may we wise up loving. And may we -- each and
all -- achieve fulfilament.

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