Susan Boyle. Literally, she’s been an overnight video sensation. On every television and news station in the past few days, she cannot be avoided. Susan Boyle. I watched the number of views go from slightly over one million to something like over eighteen million in only four or five short days. How can this be?
For one, it cannot go unmentioned that she represents those within the population who does not have the “total package” we are conditioned to think one needs in order to make it. Past her twenties, not strikingly gorgeous in the physical sense, not anorexic, she comes from a place that represents a much larger population. What is the big pull of the world to view Susan Boyle’s clips? Why is the world suddenly so interested in her?
A magnificent and unexpectedly perfect voice came forth when she began that song that night. But many people have voices that wonderful. Could it be that Susan Boyle has something else, which is beyond what the world consciously understands at this time? Stay with me here people; I think I am on to something.
You see, we have a revolution in consciousness going on right beneath the surface of the material obsession we like to call society. Our American society is at a crossroads: our economy shows the slippery slope we have been living on lately; our new president has proved we are ready for a new America; the new polls and studies show that now an unprecedented sixteen percent of America no longer identifies with any religion. What is going on? And what has it to do with the sensation of Susan Boyle?
We are all souls having a human incarnation. Surely you have heard this before. Deepak Chopra has said it many times; it is echoed within the writings of more and more well-respected spiritual leaders throughout the world.
You see, the soul does not work according to the rules that usually govern American society. The soul does not care what society has which rules anywhere on the planet. Soul is so much more than people, feelings, events, or things. And it isn’t simply God either. God has been mistreated for far too long, his name misused, misrepresented, and misunderstood; I cannot even use it to explain the meaning of soul here.
And what does this have to do with Susan Boyle?
My friend and I have talked about the phenomena for days now. Her idea was that people are pulled for some unknown reason toward Susan Boyle’s videos, interviews, and her story. She believes the song also has significance. The lyrics tell of dreams and dreams being killed. My friend also suggested the pure soul is what we hear coming from Ms. Boyle’s mouth. Not from it, but through it. I have to agree on many levels, yet most of the population probably disagrees. Let me tell you why.
Soul stirs within each person many times through a person’s life. Often, it is snuffed out by the over-powerful ego and mind. The mind, fueled by the ego that wants to be in charge, runs tapes that say things like, “You are fat, ugly, and no one cares.” “Writing a book is nothing you can ever do! Besides, who cares what you have to say?” “Nobody is happy at work, at least you have a job!” “Just do what your parents want you to do so they will be happy.” “Well, it implies in the holy books to hate people who are gay.” “I am not supposed to question things.” And the list goes on. Ego is what is responsible for our thinking that living in debt is okay because everyone does it. Ego tells us we absolutely must have the best and newest technological gadgets. Ego tells us we are not pretty enough, smart enough, and that we need to be on anti-depressants. Ego wants the soul to shut up!
Soul stirs deep inside, telling us to act out of love for those we don’t know. Soul is what softens us when we see, hear, or learn about someone that needs our help and support. Soul is what calls to us to paint, to write, to compose, and to create. Soul does not need the things the ego needs. Soul only needs to grow.
And this is where Susan Boyle comes in.
Sure, many people want to be one of the many and view the clips because “everyone’s doing it.” But for many, it’s deeper than that. I would be one of those many.
When a soul friend (one who lives with purpose and intent from a place deep and peaceful, truthful) posted the clip then another soul friend captured the whole thing, I watched it. Within seconds I was in tears. Tears that my children and husband often cannot understand, because they come from some place very deep within: the soul. The tears, for me, represent an evolution of the soul. Whether it’s my soul, Susan Boyle’s soul, my friends’ souls, or the eighteen million plus souls out there, it simply matters not. All souls are connected on some invisible level and it is that connection that will continue to stir until consciousness evolves.
Watching the clips continue to move people, even after they learn about her. How can it be that she touches people that strongly, that intensely?
What if this evolution in consciousness is pushing us right now? What if you know you feel a certain stirring deep within and you are afraid to pay it any attention out of fear of what it might mean? What if the invisible force of the soul is nudging you to wake up and participate more fully in the evolution of the consciousness of society? What do you have to lose by listening?
Susan Boyle was pushed to audition for that show. She neglected the voices of the ego telling her she couldn’t do it. She, despite the initial snickers of the audience, delighted the thousands in the building that night. She followed the call of the soul and went for what she knew deep inside since she was twelve years old, that she wanted to do. She followed the dream and did not allow her ego and all of society to kill it.
Could it be that Susan Boyle is a metaphor for all souls everywhere right now?
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