dailydatewithgod

It takes conscious and consistent effort to do the opposite of what is our default system. Our brain is designed to ensure our survival for which I am personally grateful.  The survival seems from all the scientific studies seems to be one from the early tribal days.  In those times it was essential that we stick with who and what we know.  Any kind of difference could be perceived as a threat of death.  The idea of being unified meant being one in proximity, ideas, and beliefs with people who looked like you and lived their lives the way you do.  Now in a multicultural world that is connected across nations and boundaries are slipping away and being broken down, we are experiencing a shift unlike anything we have ever known.  The people and ideas we may want to embrace go against most of what our biological design was meant to protect us from.  This means the choice to engage in unification across cultures, genders, philosophies, and ideas is causing a lot of discomfort.  We feel the discomfort and think there is something wrong.  The interpretation of unfamiliar as discomfort causes our minds to set up boundaries to keep us from going outside the norm.  We look for reasons as to why we are feeling uncomfortable and blame the situation or the differences themselves. When we pause and take a step back, we can see from God’s perspective that the differences we see are only part of the experience.  God encourages us to welcome some discomfort as we incorporate our heart’s desire for unification with all of God’s presents to the world.  On my daily date with God I learned to practice the simple discipline of sitting in the discomfort even though all I want to do is distract myself.  Learning to do this is God’s way of showing us we can expand ourselves beyond our mindset of differences and find reasons to unify ourselves with all of creation.  Our minds and bodies may be still running programming from tribal days, but our hearts are continually open to the upgrades God invites us to incorporate.