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    " THE ETERNAL FACE "

    " Innocence: We once were, still are and
    will become again ".

    Before physical time, there was eternity - there is always eternity. Whatever was in the beginning lives forever. Whatever is at inception, always is. Who we are at essence, our natural first born innocence, lives eternally. The pure, unfettered self is the Eternal Face, the Face that we tend to hide and protect from today's merciless world. Because it is so precious, we cover this face with boxes, masks and labels born from tradition and then we disguise it further with reactions shaped by a desire for freedom from those boxes. But in all this we are deceived. The Eternal Face is actually the face of natural strength. It is authentic and real. It is freedom and it is truth. Because it is truth, it can never be destroyed and so survives throughout all time. It is the only constant in a constantly changing universe “.

    " THE TRADITIONAL FACE "

    The Traditional Face is the one that cups the ancient beauty, where the essence of spirit is still "guessable" in the soul's natural expression through art, music, poetry, song, dance. And when desire takes the place of innocence in our lives, the Face of Tradition is the first Face that attempts to keep alive and protect our fading essence. It is the Face which is shaped by those who have gone before us, and born from care, it is the face that our family and society fixes to us when we are born - comforting and guarding us from the perils of the "outside" world. It is the Face carved by norms and standards, laws, rules - spoken and unspoken, superstitions, prejudices, false pride. In an almost hopeless attempt to keep the soul safe, this Face in actuality binds the spirit. It crafts the illusion of safety and comfort by setting up boundaries called tradition - the golden cage locked by fear. It may be that some of these traditions are useful and serve the soul, but it is necessary to check what stifles the true and free expression of the natural self and what destroys this purity.

    " THE MODERN FACE "

    " the discontented face of reaction "

    The Modern Face of woman is the Face of progress. It is the Face which challenges and rebels, the Face of discontent. This is the Face that recognises the limitations of tradition, that feels trapped by the rules imposed on oneself by others. The Modern Face is the face which seeks to change tradition, to begin new ways and systems of living for oneself and one's community. However, the Modern Face can never achieve its objective because the seed of the actions of the woman who wears this Face is discontent. Consequently, the old way is merged in the seed out of which will grow the new way. And so the new will not really be new, but simply a "revamp with a twist" of the existing tradition. And the result, eventual disillusionment and the creation of yet another tradition with similar limitations to the tradition left behind.
    The missing link is knowledge. The Modern Face is the bridge to the Shakti, where knowledge and truth reside.


    " THE FACE OF THE SHAKTHI "

    " the powerful face of transformation "

    This is the Face of transformation, the Face of the detached observer. The Shakti can create new ways, because her actions spring from wisdom that is not enmeshed in reaction against the old. She is detached and so can accurately see what is working and what is not working - for herself and for her world. Shakti means power, and it truly is the Face of power, the power necessary to cut away all that is illusory, all the fears and foibles of the soul, returning to the purity of the Eternal self.
    The woman who wears this face is beyond reacting. She is self-contained. Her power is spirituality, which is the power to go within to transform her own attachments and negativity and to extend her limits and boundaries independent of any other human being. Her yardstick, the mirror in which she checks her heart, is the heart of the Supreme, the Soul who is eternally pure and filled with beauty, love and power. The woman who wears this Face chooses as her constant companion this Mirror of Love. It is this companionship which ensures her the power to accomplish her personal transformation. Together with others who wear this face, she becomes part of an "undercover" Shakti Army - an incognito group of souls who are subtly and silently transforming themselves and, as such, influencing the transformation of our human world systems.
    The Shakti's time is now. It is the Face which closes the circle of the passage of time from innocence to decay returning to innocence, from Eternal to Modern back to the Eternal. It is the link that allows the power to return, the amazing link which changes the flow of time.


    Brahmakumaris, Abu road, Rajasthan. India / www.brahmakumaris.com
    Last edited by Parveen Komal; 05-20-2005, 11:35 AM.
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