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The power of an
idea whose time has come is really the power of Spirit at work. Equality
for all is how God is, for instance, and we seek to be like God. When
enough of us, along with one or two at visionary consciousness, begin to
contemplate these in-Spirit ideas, they can’t be stopped. Let’s take some
time here to note a few such ideas from America’s history:
— When it was time for the unspeakably horrid practice of slavery to be
abolished, that was an idea whose time had come. This was because a critical
mass of individuals with a new vision for humanity began to contemplate
something that had been espoused a few generations earlier: “We hold these
truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” It took more
than 85 years after Thomas Jefferson wrote these words, but then the idea
couldn’t be stopped—even though slaves represented a tiny part of the
population and had no voting rights. When a man with visionary
consciousness, Abraham Lincoln (along with many others), approached this
idea from an inspirational perspective, it was clear that the time had
indeed come to end slavery. This new idea of equality for all is the way of
Spirit.
— We can see also an idea whose time had come in the granting of voting
rights for women in 1920. Despite the opposition of a nonvisionary
President (Woodrow Wilson), and over the objection of a majority of men who
had voting privileges, the idea couldn’t be stopped. Several visionary
women, who aligned with many other men and women, believed and made it happen—a
right that we take for granted today.
— The racial integration of the United States is another example of an idea
whose time had come. When this concept began to surface in the visionary
consciousness of a few individuals such as John F. Kennedy; Martin Luther
King, Jr.; Lyndon Johnson; and Rosa Parks; it couldn’t be stopped—despite
the objections of millions of people, many of whom were in positions of
political power. Today, in schools that once practiced segregation, we have
a multiracial student body. Racial integration is still in the process of
manifesting everywhere in our society, and there’s much still to be done,
but make no mistake about it, this idea cannot be stopped.
— Gay rights is another idea whose time has come. One of the many reasons I
admire Ram Dass so much is the stand he took a long time ago on equal
rights for people of all sexual orientations. No individual or group can be
denied legal or social privileges because we all come from one Source,
which excludes no one. An idea whose time has come is always in perfect
alignment with our originating Spirit.
— Finally, the shift in consciousness from a collective belief that smoking
in public places is permissible to one where it’s not tolerated was an idea
whose time had come. The idea became unstoppable when one visionary airline
banned smoking on their commercial flights—and then the rest fell into
spiritual alignment. Since we come from a nontoxic Source of Well-Being,
aligning with It is our destiny and can’t be stopped.
I could go on and on with examples of such ideas manifesting in our
society, but instead I propose that we begin looking around us for evidence
of ideas whose time has come. You see, when we’re ready, willing, and open
to it, the Divine guidance we seek will spring into action on our behalf.
It has been that way throughout our life. For example, the people we’ve had
love affairs with—regardless of how long the relationships lasted—are all
characters in this dream of ours called “life.” They come to us for any number
of reasons, such as to help us create a child (or children), to teach us
forgiveness, or to assist us in fulfilling some other destiny.
It’s difficult for our ego to grasp, but every single person who’s drifted
in and out of our life is a part of our Divinely chosen life
experience—that is, they are ideas whose time had come. As we move into a
life of inspiration, we’ll find it easy and even necessary to give thanks
for all of these individuals, and to take serious note of what they brought
us at the time of their arrival and/or departure.
By the same token, when we needed to have a certain vocational experience,
it was made available to us. Because we were a vibrational match to what
showed up, we took it in and got out of it precisely what we needed. And
when we were no longer a vibrational match to that job, those people, that
city, that house, or whatever, we left.
We’re in a system that’s directed by a Supreme Intelligence, and we’re a
part of that system. Everything
is on purpose. Our vibrational matchup determines what we
attract and what we repel in our life. We needn’t focus on what’s already
happened and what we’ve gone through; rather, we must shift our vibration
upward so that it harmonizes with Spirit, and then—and only then—will spiritually
based ideas come knocking on our door. These ideas won’t give up or go away
because, as we know, there’s nothing in this Universe more powerful than an
idea whose time has come. Our responsibility is simply to become beings who
expect and await inspired ideas that will not and cannot be stopped.
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