Imagine a Super Tanker heading out to sea with all it’s anchors down. That is the kind of dragging effect Sacred Cows have on the collective consciousness of us as human beings. If we want to move forward with greater ease, it is important to uncover the “Cows”, evaluate their usefulness and release them if necessary through the use of our individual free will.

That’s why I decided to concoct this game for change where I could symbolically purge myself of my compliance with travesties, decrees, social contracts and assumptions that keep the world in bondage.

Remind me know, What is a Sacred Cow?

The Sacred Cows we are addressing are social agreements, decrees, doctrines adages or points of law that have outlived their positive purpose if there ever was one, and have become a burden to our evolution.

They are important because as long as the agreement behind a Sacred Cow remains unconscious, our collective mindset continues to behave as if the agreement were true. This causes unnecessary suffering and a slowing down of progressive change for the better.

Therefore, the purpose of our Sacred Cow Tipping Game is to find a way to release old, dogmatic agreements from the past on a conscious and unconscious level so that our minds can focus on something positive as we navigate the difficult waters ahead.

Not only that, if enough of us release all sixteen Sacred Cows, it is possible to co-create a tipping point or critical mass that would substantially “loosen the burdensome yoke of the old guard,” and free us from the stifling policies of the status quo.

Sacred Cow # Two – A Misperception About Authority

Today’s Sacred Cow is one that every bully, batterer and opportunist hides behind:

“Authority is something that comes from the outside, not the inside.”

I know a little something about this because I spent the better part of my life giving other people authority and ignoring my own. As a result, these are the messages I listened to:

• “You are to blame for my mistakes.”
• “You have no right to think that (do that, say that, have that, be that) because I said so.”
• “How dare you hope for something better?”
• “I know better than you.”
• “Do it my way, or hit the highway.”

Even though I rebelled against them, all those statements were still running my life because I spent a tremendous amount of time and energy trying to prove them wrong or feeling resentful.

Finally, a good teacher of mine got up in my face and showed me just how much of my power I was giving away. Until I was willing to drop the grudge and come back into integrity with myself, I was lost, afraid and hopelessly in denial.

How did I win back my personal authority? I started by releasing my agreement to allow myself to buy into being bullied again at any time, for any reason.

Perhaps you know someone that could really use letting go of today’s Sacred Cow. Be sure to play it all the way through and feel free to pass it on.

Rheanni Lightwater © 2006 –8

This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 at 3:46 pm and is filed under Economic Prosperity, Games, Goals, Plans and Hopes, Sacred Cow Tipping, Tipping Points, Visionary Ideas.