Our mission at Act Always In Love is nothing less than to re-create our world. It is a big goal, but not an impossible one. And you can help!
The simplest way to help is to take part in the Re-creating Our World exercise. There is, of course, much more that you can do. Check out the Get Involved page for more information.
Revolution to Evolution
Revolution to Evolution: Those words are both politically and socially charged. To avoid confusion, we will define carefully what we mean by them.
Revolution – Opposition, often aggressive, to a current system
Evolution – A process of formation, growth and development
In the world today, the majority of people seem to feel that they are not making a difference unless they are opposing something. They develop the mindset of "being helpless" unless they are "fighting the bad guys." They insist that in order to make a difference they have to destroy something that is "wrong." This need for an "oppositional attitude" leads them to try to solve all their problems through revolution, through fighting.
There are many examples including the "war on drugs," the "war on cancer," and the "war on terror." Despite the best efforts of these revolution-based attitudes, there has been little or no improvement. A bit of research will often show that the problem has gotten worse rather than better. In addition, larger numbers of related problems are often created in the process.
Many "progressive" organizations get caught in this trap. They exhaust their resources fighting against other groups or ideas. The more they oppose their opponent, the more their opponent steps up to oppose them. These organizations create an illusion of growth, but their results are often counter-productive. If these groups joined together to address the underlying problems rather than focusing on the consequences, things would more quickly change. The resources and energy that they were wasting on each other could now be used more productively.
Revolution, fighting against whatever is frightening, is not the answer. Progress is not made through opposition and destruction. Violence only leads to greater violence. Focusing our attention and effort on "negative" things only makes them stronger. Revolution leads to mutual poverty and destruction.
Real, long-term change is made, instead, through unity and co-creation – working together to "evolve" more effective systems. By uniting and focusing our efforts on the underlying issues, humanity can progress much more rapidly. Our focus on revolution thinking needs to change to one of evolution thinking. We need to work together to define, create, and begin to implement new solutions.
Evolution, which is based on love and co-creation, is what we need to emphasize.
AAIL and you...
The idea of moving from a revolution-consciousness to an evolution-consciousness is a simple one in theory. In practice, however, it can be difficult to make that shift. This is where the Act Always In Love group comes in.
The first step in creating a more awake and aware world is to begin to be more awake and aware. The more you are in touch with your own inner truth, the more you will be able to share that truth with others. To help you along that path of personal growth we have developed a number of exercises for you to use.
The next step is to begin to work with groups. You can have a much bigger effect on the world in a group than you can alone. Toward that end we have a section of group exercises as well as the group forums so you can connect and share with others.
Finally, and maybe most important we have a small but rapidly growing list of projects you can begin to use today, alone or in groups. With these exercises and projects as well as the rest of our online resources, we hope to make it easy for you to begin to move from revolution to evolution, to begin to reach out and change our world.
Peace…
The AAIL groupt