Kill The Messanger

Kill the Messenger

Why were some of the greatest people in history killed? Jesus, Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Mohammed’s life was threatened for years.

Everyone can see, no matter what your beliefs may be, that all of these people were amazing human beings, so what did they do that was so wrong to deserve to get killed?
They dared to be different, they went against the establishment, they were considered to be too dangerous to let walk around this planet.

Human beings do not like change so when some one comes along, like a Jesus type of figure and says you can change your whole world, people get scared.

Maybe that fear is because at a deep level we know that what these great people say is true. We are meant to be more than we currently are and that is scary.

It’s scary because it means letting go of the known, for a ship to sail to new shores it must lose sight of the old shore, it must pick up its anchor and head out into the deep unpredictable sea and that is scary, exciting but scary.
Ships are not meant to stay in port but what if the port is comfortable?
It is certainly safe. So what if someone comes along and starts encouraging all of the other ships to leave the port?

If they all go you will be left alone. So now you are caught between a rock and a hard place. If you leave the port you risk danger, the unknown, if you stay in the port you risk isolation, rejection.

However there is a third option, you could always discredit the person who is encouraging everyone to leave but what’s more if that doesn’t work you could always kill them!

We can learn a lot from nature, a chick must be terrified when it comes to flying or leaving the nest for the first time. It has been fed, kept warm and clean by its mother, it has all of its needs met, it has its siblings for company and now it is expected to leave and fly off on its own, into the great unknown.

However if it doesn’t fly then what will happen? Its mother will leave, it will grow too big for the nest, it will have no food, at some point it will have no choice but to leave, to soar up to the sky and do great cart wheels of freedom.
It has to face its fear, the pain of staying and dying in the nest becomes greater than the fear of that first flight (pain is a great motivator)

It can fly to new horizons, meet other birds, build its own nests, have its own chicks, make fantastic new discoveries, see and experience fantastic adventures.
The ship will sail the seas, have great adventures, become weather hardened, and see new shores experience things it will never experience in a port.

So why do we not take this leap of freedom, why do we not listen to these great teachers? One word comes to mind and that is our old friend FEAR!

Some of you were probably already thinking to yourselves, the ship may sink, the bird may get killed. At some point the ship will decay, the bird will age and die.

Do you want to be like the ship that never leaves the port? Do you want to decay in the same old place that you have anchored in for so many years? Or do you want to take a risk and experience life with all of its great adventures, some good and some not so good, but adventures all the same?

Do you want to stay huddled up in your nest all alone, your brothers and sisters having left long ago? Until you pass to another realm to start this process all over again. Or do you want to do great cart wheels in the sky and see the fantastic wonders of the world and feel the wind beneath your wings as you sore in the bluest of skies?

The purpose of life is not simply to survive but to seek perfection in yourself. The only way to do this is to face your fears, take risks and live your life to the max.
All of these great prophets told us the same thing. The only thing we need to change is ourselves and then everything around us will change.

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These great prophets were very honest, they had nothing to hide, and they didn’t pretend to be something that they were not.
They truly did wear their hearts on their sleeves, they showed their fears and their weaknesses and people loved them for it.

How many people do you know that are truly congruent? The vast majority of people I meet hide behind masks that they have created to keep themselves safe.
They act in ways that they think will endear them to others, they are false but this act is so much apart of them that they don’t even know they are acting any more!
They will read this and say “you are right Tony I know lots of people like that.” But I am talking to you because this freedom I am talking about comes from within. Drop the masks be real, show your vulnerabilities because that is your strength, your congruence is your strength, dare to be vulnerable.
When you are hurt it’s because people are pulling or even ripping your mask apart, if you have nothing to hide then you cannot be hurt. Take the mask off, hand it to them, what can they do?

We have a deep fear of separation, of letting go; this comes from our child hood a baby needs its mother to survive. But at what point do we out grow this need for connection? At what point can you let go? You are not a baby anymore, there is a whole new world, a new reality waiting for you, so fly, sail, be free.

It is hard work but it is worth it, you can’t swim with out getting wet. You can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs. Inspiration equals action and action equals change, another reason we fear change is because it requires action and action takes effort.
If you want to get fit you have to put in the effort, if you want to learn to play the piano you have got to put in the effort, no one else can do these things for you.

That is what the prophets meant by being free and the kingdom of heaven being within. But that will make you a very dangerous human being and we all know what happens to them.