By: Cynthia Litman
Pearl of the Day: Yin Yang Effect
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In one long weekend our world united to experienced powerful polar events of love and fear and I was comforted happening upon Swami Vivekanada’s pearl, "All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything."
Early Friday morning, hundreds of millions of people, witnessed the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, a shining beacon of LOVE.
Late Sunday evening, President Obama took to the airwaves to announce the death of the USA’s most wanted evil villain, Osama Bin Laden, the pinnacle of fear.
Yowza, what a weekend! In all this unity, there is a great divide. On an individual and group level. Two reactionary tales.
The Royal Wedding
The royal wedding rekindled the little girl’s fairytale with its opulent and regal display. A commoner transforms into a princess. A girl becomes a woman, the ultimate in feminine "princess" energy yet still echoing the patriarchy of giving away a woman to a man. Prince William opted not to receive a wedding ring. Yet, there I was, hooked into the grand ceremony, pouring my heart into this young couple.
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When we look at William, we see Princess Diana who was divinely tapped into the world’s heart. 
With her memory comes sorrow and remembrance of her lost life, just as she was stepping into her power. Her legacy lives on with her sons and you can feel her presence surrounding William and this love renewed in this young couple. The world is at their feet.
With her memory comes sorrow and remembrance of her lost life, just as she was stepping into her power. Her legacy lives on with her sons and you can feel her presence surrounding William and this love renewed in this young couple. The world is at their feet. Kate becomes part of the royal family and I say good luck with that. I mean, check out who her in-laws and grandma are! How would you handle your grandma looking like an Easter yellow peep on your wedding day? But can you say anything, uh, not to a true Queen. 
England, our mother country, which we fought to emancipate from but is our staunchest ally still has a royal family. In the US, our celebrities are our monarchs, and we hold lost ideals about monarchies. The societal and class aspect was very notable during the ceremonies attended by the upper echelon of royals and world leaders clad in their morning suits and adorned with their fascinators, to the Mad Hatter esteem, while the "people" in mass look on.
All the pomp and circumstance of this grand ceremony seems off in these economic times and the new royal couple acknowledged this. What we saw was supposedly a dialed down version out of respect for the economic times. Uh huh. And what a grand display it was which we'll examine every little flawless detail of this grandiose wedding forever more. Yet it embodies LOVE and the space of our hearts.
The Villain
On the other side of the pendulum is Osama, the greatest criminal mastermind of our time, shot dead, what does he represent?
For the past decade, he was branded as the US poster child of fear and perhaps rightfully so. The
events of September 11th are branded upon all of our souls and was a major wake up call. We are not untouchable and the Geneva Convention conventional rules of warfare were officially off the table. What Osama represented to the US has petrified millions for over a decade and his image a haunting reminder of how unsafe this world is. Much like Lord Voltomore even when he was seemingly dormant his shadow lurked in our minds. However, to others, he was a leader, a dark lord to light their path and carry out their ideals.
So when late Sunday evening, Obama declared him dead after a covert seals mission and said “Justice has been served” no doubt it stirred a mixed range of emotions. A cold swell.
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The photo released in the situation room during the operation is intense. The look on Obama’s face is fierce. Finally, he’s gone gangsta!
gangsta!He who shall not be named's death symbolized a death within us, a fear lurking in the personal corners of our individual beings.
After a decade long manhunt we finally got him. Those celebrating shared in the strength that the US does not back down and we are rebuilding Ground Zero. A chapter is closed.
Should it matter whether we raided his compound in a sovereign territory in the middle of the night where he and his family were sleeping? I have nightmares like that. Yes, he had family too. A very large well bred family who watched their father figure be plastered as a wanted man, hunted and ultimately shot in the head and dumped at sea. Justifiable homicide? Deserving? Smart power?
Down with a villain or rising of a martyr?
These questions stir up our anger, our ire, our fear, and conflict with our humanitarian side of honoring a life. Is our penchant for love and fear really as interchangeable as an o”S”ama and a o”B”ama? Are we closing one chapter just to begin another?
As we step into the new energy of this earth, love and fear transmute into oneness.
The notion that they are one in the same seems inconceivable yet this energy is played out within our global family and flips to love then flops to fear. Our world currently supports both. We each others mirrors. Wonder if we can reconcile the energy within us that remains after you sense the world is not so starkly colored in black and white.
What an intense weekend it was for us to experience. Makes you wonder how this weekend will unfold...
Copyright © 2011 Cynthia Litman d/b/a Tigris Imprints. All Rights Reserved.
Great article Cynthia. That week did feel like an emotional roller coaster. Kicked up lots of old feelings too.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dawn, took a while to sort through my feelings around the week, truly felt like a ping pong ball!! Key is to not get swept away by the world around us and remain centered. Talked a lot about that on last week's Mommas Pearls Radio Show! :)
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