Power abhors a vacuum. We were taught in beginning physics class that a gas abhors a vacuum, that a gas will expand to fill any container. The same can be said of political, social and economic/financial power. It seeks to fill the vacuum, even globally.
The history of conquest throughout human history was involved the expansion of power — power to conquer weaker neighbors, power to control trade routes, power to expand boundaries, power to feed the coffers of central governments, power to enslave others, power to eliminate inconvenient people, power as a measure greatness and so on ad nauseam. Yet, no one has yet expanded their power to encompass all people of all nations, all ethnic groups and cultures. It has yet to be done.
The only group large enough and already indigenous to every nation, every culture, every ethnic group that has that kind of global power is WOMEN.
What is missing? Seven vital elements:
1. Each woman must see herself as being powerful.
2. She must see all other women as being powerful.
3. Those women must share the message that they are powerful.
4. They must have an intention for implementing their personal and collective power as women and mothers.
5. They must project their power into a vision for their personal family and their global family.
6. That vision must include all people of all nations to achieve the peace that oneness brings.
7. The sustaining peace that all mothers seek for their families can become a reality only if they embed the same values that have sustained our species for hundreds of thousands of years into their global base of power.
Never before has there ever been a source of social, political or economic power capable of capturing the planet’s civilizations. All attempts have failed. They failed because they used military tactics of authority, control, separation, domination and subjugation. They failed because they used their opinions, judgments, biases, prejudices and bigotries as the validation for their conquests. They failed because they did not see the common necessity of extending their compassion and empathy and love to include those of their conquest. They did not see themselves as the brothers and sisters of their extended global family; and, failed to extend their power to improve the quality of life of others, or to aid them in their efforts to grow into their potential. And, most importantly, they did not see others as equal to themselves. Will women step up to this challenge? I know they can and will, if they would but try.
The history of conquest throughout human history was involved the expansion of power — power to conquer weaker neighbors, power to control trade routes, power to expand boundaries, power to feed the coffers of central governments, power to enslave others, power to eliminate inconvenient people, power as a measure greatness and so on ad nauseam. Yet, no one has yet expanded their power to encompass all people of all nations, all ethnic groups and cultures. It has yet to be done.
The only group large enough and already indigenous to every nation, every culture, every ethnic group that has that kind of global power is WOMEN.
What is missing? Seven vital elements:
1. Each woman must see herself as being powerful.
2. She must see all other women as being powerful.
3. Those women must share the message that they are powerful.
4. They must have an intention for implementing their personal and collective power as women and mothers.
5. They must project their power into a vision for their personal family and their global family.
6. That vision must include all people of all nations to achieve the peace that oneness brings.
7. The sustaining peace that all mothers seek for their families can become a reality only if they embed the same values that have sustained our species for hundreds of thousands of years into their global base of power.
Never before has there ever been a source of social, political or economic power capable of capturing the planet’s civilizations. All attempts have failed. They failed because they used military tactics of authority, control, separation, domination and subjugation. They failed because they used their opinions, judgments, biases, prejudices and bigotries as the validation for their conquests. They failed because they did not see the common necessity of extending their compassion and empathy and love to include those of their conquest. They did not see themselves as the brothers and sisters of their extended global family; and, failed to extend their power to improve the quality of life of others, or to aid them in their efforts to grow into their potential. And, most importantly, they did not see others as equal to themselves. Will women step up to this challenge? I know they can and will, if they would but try.