In my early processing of the term “christ surge” – the term we are using in the Spark work for times of evolving consciousness–I took some comfort in the idea that it would be equally offensive to folks on either end of the spiritual/religious spectrum: those who were repulsed by anything hinting of Christian influence; and those for whom Jesus Christ is fully and forever encapsulated in the doctrine of the Christian Church. I am familiar with both and want to open up a space between for fresh insights, thoughts, and language, free from constrictions.
To back up a bit, evolution is not linear. It surges. Then pauses to see what works and moves on through that which does work. The dynamic of evolving consciousness that was recognizable in Jesus (and Moses, and Gautama Buddha, and Mohammad, blessed may he be, and others in other cultures and eras) has been surging since before time. It will continue to surge. We can participate in it or resist it. Calling this surging of consciousness “christ” acknowledges its “anointment” for the evolving of Being.
Opening up for fresh insights, thoughts, and language makes me think of Rolfing.
Rolfing is a form of bodywork. It involves freeing the underlying tissue from the constricting grip of its fascia. Once Rolfed, one moves more freely. My first Rolfer counseled me that it could be intense. And that I could choose to experience it as pain.
It turns out that the physical constrictions of our fascia can develop because of our thought processes: fears, traumas, habits of response. How we hold our bodies, our posture. When we are willing to surrender to the “intensity” of the work, we can find ourselves not only moving more freely but thinking and responding to life more freely. We are no longer bound by our old patterns.
We can think of our old ideas, our established thought patterns, as a form of fascia. They may be holding us “together” but they may also be limiting our movement. We may not be able to respond as freely as we’d like. It turns out that we still hold together even when our old thought patterns are released, and we are freed to get closer to what is true.
The term “christ surge” is an invitation to a greater freedom, to a more fluent movement among the possibilities and ideas that course through our experience in this time. An invitation to a greater freedom.