three steps

Stanley Hopper (1907-1991), teacher and friend of David Miller, who in turn is teacher and friend of Flagstaff’s very own Bradley Olson, spoke and wrote of the time we are now in as the time of the transformation of human consciousness. He described this transformation as a three step process.

The first is a step back. We step back from the dualistic thought process that has caused us so much harm with our regarding everything that is not “me” or “us” as “objects” over “there.” As objects out there, we can do anything we want to “them.” We have even killed “God” this way. This is exile. This is alienation.

The second is a step down. We step down from the throne of our ego and its self-justified arrogance and despair. We leave our encapsulated shell of protection we have created since childhood. We step down into the core of mystery at the center of our being. We stand vulnerable and open.

The third is a step through. We step through the open door at our core into new recognitions. We step into the mystery that we are. It is said, “The deep calls unto the deep.” We deepen. We hear the calling and we become the answering.