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Share"Heaven on Earth! A quantum leap?"
"Yes. There will be a quantum leap in the numbers of people who will be on the path to authenticity--a path that involves living life on your own terms, accordingly to your deepest values and highest ideals. It's a path that involved living with a wide open heart and a well-developed mind. It's a path that's all about confronting your fears and the things that keep you small so you can let your bigness shine. It's beautiful, baby!" the stranger said with a wink.
"There will be a quantum leap in the numbers of people who will be willing to heal their shadow sides and never do anything to hurt or limit another person. There will be a quantum leap in the numbers of people who will refuse to live a life that is less than noble, good and fearless. There will be a quantum leap in the numbers of people who will assume genuine leadership over their lives. There will be quantum leap in the number of people who will become seekers, just like you, Darling. There is huge evolutionary shift occurring for humankind. The whole species is changing. We are refusing to accept anything less than personal greatness," he added enthusiastically.
"What do you mean by an 'evolutionary shift'?"
"Thanks for asking. There are no silly questions in this important conversation, you know. Most of our evolution, as human beings, to date has been marked by a focus on the physical, on the external. It has, until now, all been about accumulation and hoarding. The dominant value has been 'he who has the most wins'--he who has the most fame, he who has the biggest fortune, he who wields the most power over others. And given this value, 'survival of the fittest' has become the name of the game.
"It's all about competition because we have come to believe that there is not enough for everyone to win. But this philosophy no longer serves us as a race. It is one born of scarcity. And behind this thought of scarcity if outright fear. Since our intentions and what we think create what we see in our outer world, all we see is lack--there's never enough for us. And so the cycle begins, we never feel as if we have enough and we are never happy."
"Fascinating. I've never heard anything like this," I remarked, sitting down on a chair in the dressing room. The stranger remained standing with his hands folded behind him. Now here's what I mean by the 'evolutionary shift': many human beings on the planet are taking their focus away from the single-minded concern over the physical and paying far more attention to the spiritual. We are moving from independence, where it's all about 'me, me, me' to an appreciation for the paramount importance of 'interdependence'. Many of us have become conscious of the fact that we are all part of the same family. The most evolved among us in the world today, the authentic leaders--and by leaders I do not necessarily mean CEOs, presidents and military generals, but all women and men who have refused the crowd--have realised that, at the deepest level, we are all connected."
Robin Sharma is author of Discover Your Destiny, Jaico.
