Do We Really Need a Tribe?

Before coming to experience this brief lifetime 
we were once all one — bound by Love. 
This love has always been the Source 
of our life force and profoundly links 
all of us to each other. 

Because we miss our home, we understandably 
link up with groups of people 
who have similar interests and backgrounds 
to help take away that lonely feeling. 

In efforts to control these groups 
charismatic leaders sometimes try to convince us 
that our group is better than all others 
which feeds our egos but also undermines 
our personal power — 
diminishing our connection to everyone else. 

This is the beginning of Tribalism.

To further distinguish ourselves 
from other groups 
we create flags, rituals, uniforms, build walls 
and control media access 
further separating ourselves from the whole — 
and in doing so we surrender our life force 
to the leaders of our group. 
We are eventually told that "others" are dangerous 
so we need to protect ourselves from them. 
We then create weapons. 

It's important to know that the apparent existence 
of "enemies" binds a tribe together 
and when bigotry becomes patriotism 
these tyrants have achieved their goals. 

We then invade others out of loyalty to our tribe 
our "Patriotism” and the fear that is instilled in us — 
motivated by the greed of our leaders. 
(Selling arms is very profitable!) 

There are far more resources of every type 
available to everyone on this planet 
which could make us all 
very comfortable and happy. 
If all of us refused to buy into their hatred 
and decided to help each other 
rather than kill each other, this planet 
would truly become a “Heaven on Earth.” 

Could that be one of the things 
that we came here to learn?
(Excerpt from my book, Learning to Fly)

With grateful thanks for inspiration from Hans Wilhelm