The one-way-fits-all approach to anything is a homogenized approach. We don’t have to look very far to see the seven-centered homogenized thinking in the world all around us. Everyone loves to tell other people what to do, what to think, how to feel, how to be. Seven-centered thinking relies on an antagonistic view. It has been an important aspect of developing self-reflected consciousness to differentiate “us versus them”. So while we know it served a purpose for a long time, we have still been raised/conditioned in this mentality, and it’s easy to miss our own natural defaults to homogenized thinking. It gives us a common ground to bond.
Some of the most humbling realizations are when we see where and how homogenized thinking is still operating inside of ourselves. In some ways, our openness is naturally open to a homogenized approach, which is usually a 7-centered strategic approach, which again was developed to stay safe, to survive, and to master this world, so it served a purpose at one point and for a very long time.
Let’s take our spiritual paths for example because there is so much homogenized spirituality out there. I was talking with a student recently about the Bodhisattva vow. This comes from the Buddhist tradition, where one commits him or herself to remain in in a cycle of embodiment until all beings are free from suffering. How enticing this is to the being that wants to dedicate their life to help others. Nevertheless, this is a great example of a homogenized approach, where there is one right way, no matter your design. We could even call this homogenized nobility: “I will stay and put my full evolution on hold while humans are still suffering, because if they are suffering, technically I am suffering too.” In our seven-centered evolution, these strategic, structured paths could truly help one evolve and be of service. As nine centered beings, we have to find our own way, our own unique differentiated way and purpose.
Two thirds of the world (approximately) have open Heart centers, so it’s clear how we are trying to prove our worth to ourselves and others by making these types of vows, which is unhealthy for an open Heart/Ego. But I mainly see homogenized spirituality as a phenomenon of the open Head Center, of which is approximately 70% of humanity. I have had to ask myself (with a wide open Head Center), am I trying to solve everyone else’s problems? Am I trying to think about things that don’t really matter to my purpose? Am I always under pressure, worrying about solving the world’s problems? And ultimately, am I doing for others what I really just want for myself?
These can be important questions to reflect on for people who identify as healer, mystical, world service archetypes, especially if you have an open Head center. It’s more than just the worrying or chronic thinking of the open Head Center. We build our lives, careers, and identities around solving other people’s problems. The worry can be so elusive because the pressure of thinking is always there that we don’t even recognize the worry as a pressure. It takes over the mind’s need to be in control. “I’ll feel in control with my worry and we’ll make it noble by doing something spiritual.” Is your well-intentioned desire to help others a choiceless way of dealing with the pressure?
What if your purpose was very specific and had nothing to do with the way you “thought” your spiritual life of service was supposed to look? What if being a healing presence had nothing to do with the healing arts? What if those things were potentially a distraction to your true purpose?
Living out your true purpose is how to become a true healer, because it will set you on the right trajectory, to meet the right people, and to play the correct role, the correct outer authority for others. It doesn’t matter what your Incarnation Cross is, everyone can be a healer or healing presence for those in your life and the world, just by you aligning with your true nature.