“I suspect that it is but one bird that creates the thought that turns the flock, and the one thought becomes immediately manifested in all the others. The individual then transcends self and becomes one with the whole. Thus, all at once, the bird moves within the flock and the flock moves within the bird. So then do not ask what you can do to affect the life force in a positive way, for the same spirit that moves within the birds also moves within you. One person, one idea, one thought can turn the flock of society away from the destructive path of modern times. It is not a question as to whether we make a difference, for we all make a difference, each of us in our own way.”
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Grandfather said that there was not future, only possible futures. The now was like the palm of a hand, with each finger being the possible future, and as always, one of the futures was always the most powerful, the way that the main course of events would surely take us. Thus his predictions were of the possible future, which meant that he always left a choice. He said, “If a man could make the right choices, then he could significantly alter the course of the possible future. No man, then, should feel insignificant, for it only takes one man to alter the consciousness of mankind through the spirit-that-moves-in-all-things. In essence, thought is made manifest throughout all of creation. It is the same thought, the same force, that causes an entire flock of birds to change course, as the flock then has one mind.”
Tom Brown, The Quest
