Sacred Irreverence

Posted by Michael Skye on Sep 7, 2006 in Miscellaneous

Sacred irreverence? What is sacred to you? What could be more sacred than your relationship to what is most important to you? Growing up in a world that trains us for obedience and conformity, having an authentic, powerful and sacred relationship with what’s most important to you can be quite challenging. Such a relationship determines the extent of one’s capacity to love, to create and to act courageously. That relationship is at the heart of the work we do here at VisionForce. Essentially we deal with that relationship in a way that restores and builds ones power to stand, to love, to see (vision), to act (with courage), to be true, etc. Said another way it gives people access to the courage, strength, compassion and vision to be the change they seek in the world, and to inspire others to do the same.

So, what of the title of this blog entry? What do you hold as sacred? Anything? What? If our relationship to our deepest values and vision were sacred to us, perhaps our strategies for protecting the sacredness of that relationship could also be held as sacred. Irreverence–is there a use for it in this respect?

Consider that it’s the social customs and societal norms, or more specifically the shame dynamics, that keep most people from acting in integrity with their highest values or being authentic. When the time comes to be true to what you hold dear or to compromise it to gain or keep the acceptance or others, who do you choose to be? At times when others feign reverence for customs that would have you betray your highest sense of self, who do you choose to be? Is there a place for irrreverence? Could there be a value in holding irreverence as sacred in some contexts? Comment below.