Some people want to grow and some people say they want to grow. And as I’ve said before, I’ve learned over the years that there are two types of growth. I now call them “Freedom Based Growth” and “Pressure Based Growth.” Here are a couple examples to explain the difference.
Freedom Based Growth - A tree, planted in the middle of a field of good soil, with no restrictions, no limitations, nothing blocking the path of the roots, no obstacles - and as a result, it’s allowed to grow as it sees fit.
Pressure Based Growth - A tree, who’s seed has fallen beneath the cracks of the sidewalk, where there is cement and pavement structures blocking its pathways and limiting it’s freedom - and as a result, it must grow under the pressure of its limiting environment, and push its way out from underneath that pressure.
Freedom gives us the ability to grow as nature intends. Freedom based growth is likened to the organic life that is the natural order of things, which the sun shines on, the rain falls on, and the oxygen and carbon dioxide can flow through without any hindrances. Think about organic life. What tree is the most vibrant? What tree grows the easiest? The tree grown in a free environment, or the one that fell into the cracks of the sidewalk?
Yes, the tree under the sidewalk is strong because it is forced to find a way, but it is under PRESSURE to find a way to grow or it dies. It also has much less nutrients with which to promote its own growth. It cannot feel its energy source the sun, and it isn’t guaranteed that the rain water will reach it when the storms come. It has to fight harder and with less resources for its growth, while the tree that is free is given every opportunity to dig in and make use of the good soil, the sun, the rain.
You may or may not realize or admit it, but this is what it’s like when you limit yourself or are limited by strict legalistic belief systems, outdated and obsolete societal or family paradigms and traditions, and any other thing that says what is right and what is wrong for YOU, as an individualized expression of The Divine Infinite Creator.
There is the law of man, which changes and can only be traced back as long as history shows us - and there is the law of nature, which has existed since creation and reality began. Which is divine? Which has lasted longer? And once you answer those questions, can you say you have given yourself ample opportunity and placed yourself in the best environment for your growth? Have you neglected your freedom? Have you allowed yourself to be blocked by rigid structures that say you can’t express yourself in ways that are essential to your own growth? Don’t let tradition of any kind, no matter how good it FEELS, to keep you from your own divinity. Otherwise you become like those the Christ spoke to when he said:
Mark 7:13 (ESV) “…thus making VOID the word of God (divine thought/awareness) by your TRADITION that you have handed down. And many such things you do.”
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- Mikal Anthony aka Ethereal Re-Evolutionary