There is a natural part of us that provides. In many societies, this takes the form of a Father doing the ‘hunter gathering’ style material provision, and the Mother providing for a more personal ‘Body and Soul’ provision – I’m talking about families here.

Modern life has blurred the lines quite considerably. I’m not here to say whether that’s a good thing or bad thing – the reality is very much contextual – but the flexibility of the boundaries inevitably adds complexity to people’s day-to-day lives.

Consequently, it is becoming more and more important to be able to be flexible in how we adapt to changing circumstances, because this blurring of boundaries is occuring in many aspects of our lives now.

If we look at this in terms of our three states, iy may be that the creativity rooted in the 1960s (with its seeds in the two world wars before this) has led to a time where there is fierece resistance to the ensuing change from this time, but we are clearly in a time where there is potentially more inertia to move back to our previous way of being to the new (somewhat more complex) way of being. Once we’re there, it will feel completely normal, and not like the chaos we feel around us right now where the old systems don’t seem to be fitting with the new consciousness that is becoming more normal. This sense of chaos is normal for a society in a state of organizational change.

Diversity is a word much bandied about, but we don’t necessarily see the deeper truth behind what this means: An acceptance of the coming together of very different people with very different needs, and rather than coming to a neutral ‘normal’ consensus, which has been our previous way of dealing with differences, we are moving to a way of being where the differences are accepted, held, even celebrated.

This puts us very much in the third state as a society – a time of turbulent change, but where we can push forwards through destablizing war, or work out how to elevate ourselves through working together and using our differences to find creative ways to embrace the changes coming about. You can expect both because working together threatens the ‘old order’ who do not have the way of thinking to cope with the new state we are moving towards. So war is the default option for these people.

There is a temptation to view the ‘equilibrium’ stance as being one of representing frugality of resources, maintaining security, and retaining control – classic conservative style attributes.

However, if the world is changing around you and you fight to maintain this equilibrium state, this can mean having to employ many additional resources, reduce security, and risk losing control. It is ironic that fighting against change can actually cause the very problems that are feared. And rather than blaming the actions, such people tend to blame the thing they are desperately trying to avoid!!! Missing out the opportunity to be part of help and direct the change in a more considered way.

This equilibrium state is valuable for allowing a way of living to be stable in a time where the transition state is not well underway. It prevents a civilization from dying – unless it successfully prevents the transition state and leaves the state in an in-between choatic state, in which case it risks causing the civilization to die.

We’ve come a long way from talking about the family unit to society as a whole though!

The family as a unit can be made up of very different personalities, and somehow, they need to get on together. They can be a powder keg of repressed differences that, when they come to a head, can lead to war and not talking to each other for decades when there is fundamental disagreement. Or they can accept each others differences, and provide a supportive framework that allows differing experiences to be explored, find ways for them to work together, while still retaining a structure that evolves over time, but stays a unit – like a microcosm of a society.

It is a wonder that we don’t dissolve into chaos at any moment. And yet, when the three states keep each other tempered, we are prevented from this demise. And yet, this end is the fate of all organisms on this planet.

There is a thread of energy that keeps this all woven together, and we sense this thread in emotions such as hope, faith, purpose, and in a sense of spirit.

This thread binds us together, but it is a loose gossamer thread – held lightly.

Our soul partials may seem tightly bound to our person, but the reality is that most of our life’s energy is in keeping that boundary in place.

When we learn to trust our partials and hold them lightly, there is room for growth and acceptance, like our own internal family unit.

And the gossamer thread, or trickle of champagne that connects us to others spiritually forms the foundation of our place in this universe. Understanding of this is a deeper and longer process which working with your soul partials will start to illuminate over time.