There Is a Power for Good

We are creators, soul creators! It is from within us that our outer world is shaped and comes into being. Jesus wisely taught that the kingdom of heaven lies within. All energy, dark and light, lay in psychic utero, awaiting our readiness to birth what is most natural and authentic for us in our lives..

A patient told me, "You know, after working out and through my trauma, it's the good that's the real challenge. It's there. I can feel it. But it takes work to birth it. It's easy to go and stay dark and negative. It takes energy to sit with and birth the good." I added, "The thing is, after getting through all the bad stuff, we've come to see that we are soul creators. So it's in our best interest and that of the world to yield to and work with our power and the world's power for good."

There is a world soul. Plato wrote about what he called the single-world soul. In the Timaeus, Plato describes a pre-cosmic state of chaos, much like what sufferers of mental pain undergo before and during their journey toward wholeness. He further explains that in this state, there is discord and disorder. However, a Demiurge, an invisible force of benevolence, within and without, is at work to transform chaos, discord, and disorder into the good.

Admittedly, this is hard to believe amid painful times and overwhelming situations. However, despite belief or disbelief, the world soul, Demiurge, or what old religions have called God, is at work. One yogi told me that God is a mantra for all that is loving, light, and creative. It resonated. We needn't get hung up on words or descriptors; the critical reality is that there is an invisible force at work in all of us and life itself that constantly and forever is in motion toward all that is loving, light, and creative.