In part one of the Art of Radical Inclusivity, the Blue Sky was presented as a metaphor for the idea that we are all united, and all equally entitled to the same opportunity to grow and flourish. Just as you can’t separate one piece of the blue sky from another (in spite of the illusion the clouds create), we truly cannot be separated from each other. And in the same way that the blueness of one part of the sky is equal to the blueness of another, everybody’s right to grow and flourish is also equal, in spite of the apparent in-equality created by our collective tendency to cloud the issue.
So what’s part 2? What could be more radical than this idea?
What’s more radical is what happens when we dedicate our life to realizing this idea, for ourselves, so we can support everyone – without exception in also being liberated from the limitations which prevent them from growing and flourishing.
In the spirit of the Boddhisattva vow – where the spiritual aspirant seeks enlightenment not just for their own ends but so they can guide others to their own liberation – we can dedicate our own growth to a similarly higher purpose.
This is the ideal conveyed, perhaps deceptively simply, in the All-Seeing Boy and the Blue Sky of Happiness. The All-Seeing Boy learns to remember the blue sky of happiness for himself, so he can wish the same happiness on others. In so doing he realises he is never apart from other people and always has the means to affirm that at our core, we all share the same True reality.
We don’t need to be of a Buddhist persuasion, or any other religious denomination, to make such a commitment. All we need is a simple heart felt wish, to make the lives of those around us better.
Of course, it’s quite possible, that we won’t achieve the ultimate goal, of helping every human realise the truth of who they really are, within our lifetime, and yet, that possibility is not a reason to choose for a more limited goal.
When we align our thoughts and actions, no matter how small, with an all-inclusive goal like this, it gives our thoughts and actions more power. This is because, the blue sky as a metaphor for the unity of the human family, cannot be divided, and therefore provides a solid foundation for our mental health and the likelihood that this stability will be transmitted to those we are serving and supporting to grow and flourish.
There is no lesser or greater blue sky – there is only the endless pristine expanse of blue sky. Try and take blue sky away from blue sky, and blue sky remains. The blue sky is indivisible.
Are you ready to give your life a new purpose in 2012, and align your thoughts and actions with a greater ideal, which includes everyone?
