Want to Contribute to World Peace?
Those of you reading this are magnetised to self-reflection and personal development. You are caring, kind and sensitive. You look out at the many atrocities committed in this world and feel helpless, enraged, voiceless. You want to help.
Some of you donate to the causes to which you feel drawn. Others take to social media to raise awareness. Or perhaps you start a charity, petition, podcast or blog. You can go and become a solicitor, judge, police officer or volunteer and each of you will do your best to make the world a better place.
What do I do? I write blogs, make videos, write books; I sit here on my lap top and I type. But this isn’t how I change the world.
You’ve heard the saying, ‘You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink.’
You cannot change those who do not wish for change.
So, why bother changing the world? Well, I don’t bother changing the world. I look to the world and I see suffering. I look to the world and I see immense beauty and potential. I look to the world and I see perfection.
Yes, it is undeniable, there are grave atrocities in this world. Yes, there is great suffering. I see the essence of these souls. It is of the one source, the one life. It is all a manifestation of the one consciousness. We are interconnected as physical beings. As spiritual beings, we are all aspects of the oneness.
We could use the mind and positive thinking to take a little mini-step towards seeing these heinous events in a more favourable light. We could reframe it and say, ‘well, we never know what good will come of this.’ And it is true: suffering leads to spiritual awakening. But I prefer to go even deeper.
The suffering itself is a gift; it is the unique experience of being human. This is the awakening consciousness. Suffering is a sign that consciousness is no longer satisfied with the circumstances leading to that suffering. We have experienced the dismantling of forms and consumption of one-another for aeons. The suffering is an indicator we are ready to move beyond this state of existence now. It is a sign the human vehicle is ready to receive the light of consciousness more powerfully. So, the longer we internally rage against the circumstances leading to the suffering, the longer we hold these things in place. We only move beyond, when we decide we have had enough.
Now, here’s how you change the world. Look within. Observe your inner state at all times. You see something you don’t like; observe your inner response. Are there thoughts of resistance? ‘They should know better’ ‘This is wrong’ ‘Why would they hurt somebody like that?’ Are there emotions spawned from these thoughts indicating a denial of what is? Is there a low-level anxiety or fear, like a hum in the background? Is there a sense of ‘this moment isn’t good enough,’ as you continuously try to get to the next moment? Do you reject that which shows up for you? Do you engage in complaining or judgment of situations and people? Is there peace within or do you need to continually keep moving and be busy? Do you allow space in your life to be; to have stillness?
Are you suffering? Can you heal that? Can you purify your inner space and then start a charity? Can you cleanse yourself and then volunteer or become a police officer, a judge or allow whatever emerges from the pure state of being? Perhaps nothing changes externally. Perhaps you continue to live your life exactly as it is. Are you then giving up on world peace?
No, you are not giving up. In fact, you are contributing to world peace more in the state of pure being than you would if you threw thousands of dollars at a charity out of a desire to assuage intense personal guilt.
When you heal, your inner state changes and so does your world. You bring joy to those whom you meet. You no longer spew toxic energy out into the world. You become deeply satisfied and no longer have the urge to perpetually create and consume, in order to eradicate a deep sense of disconnect and emptiness. As you heal, as you move deeply into a state of content, you anchor the energy vibration of consciousness on the earth plane for others to attune to.
The universal intelligence is awakening through you. Heal the world by going within. You are the key. If you are suffering, you are afforded an immense opportunity right now. So, go within, sit with the gifts of this moment. Whatever is right now, can you show up for that? This is your life right now. This is your experience right now. It is an extraordinary privilege to be here at this tumultuous time and you are indeed a brave soul for taking on this challenge. Are you ready to walk into the fire now and let the flood of consciousness pour forth? It is through your pain, through your suffering that peace is found. You are armed with all you need. Go and change your world now. Let there be peace on earth.
