The truth is the answer to every problem that ever has and ever will exist, and if we look at the state of the world today, it's pretty obvious that we are quite unaware of what the truth actually is. Why is it that we're so unaware of the truth? Because we don't want it, we think we already know it, or as a certain spiritual teacher points out, that "the design of the human mind renders it intrinsically incapable of being able to tell truth from falsehood."
It's no wonder we have so many problems in the world despite all of our efforts to do what we think and believe is best.
What we think and believe in our minds determines our actions, and so, the state of the world, and it's problems, are a perfect reflection of the thought processes of the people that inhabit it. The world's problems cannot be solved by trying to fix the mere results, symptoms, outcomes and effects of our thought processes. It's the thought processes themselves that must be changed.
In other words, every individual has to change oneself in order to change the world. Rather than thinking that others need to change themselves to suit your opinions, you must change yourself, that attitude, and those opinions. World peace cannot be forced upon anyone because force only creates more conflict. World peace can only possibly happen when every individual is at peace within their own mind.
Conflict in the mind creates conflict in the world. Peace of mind creates peace in the world, and it all starts with you. If you're not at complete peace in this very moment, and every other moment, it's because of the thought processes, perceptions, opinions, beliefs, emotions, neediness, and attachments that are standing in the way, in this very moment, and every other moment. If you want complete peace for yourself, or for the rest of the world, simply let go of those thoughts and emotions, in this very moment, and every other moment. It's no more complicated than that, even if your mind wants to think otherwise.
The way to total world peace is utterly simple, but that doesn't mean it's easy to do. Changing the brain's cellular neural network of perpetual ingrained perceptions, opinions, and thought processes is often not a simple task. Especially when everybody around us is still completely oblivious, unaware, and ignorant of the countless negativities that they're perpetuating in the form of their physical actions, the words they speak, and the way they think. People love activities of selfish indulgence, and they refuse to give them up for the sake of others, for the larger whole of society, and for world peace.
Change the world by changing yourself. Lead by example, despite the unawareness of others. Be peace, love, forgiveness, acceptance, respect, non-violence, kindness, and compassion yourself. There is nothing else to do. This is the only purpose you need to fulfill while here on this planet. If you can overcome yourself, what else is there to do?
I've done all I can do for you. Everything I do is done for you, the all, and life supports me automatically as a result. I've changed myself, and my teachings reflect that. But nobody will ever find these teachings unless they give up their own self indulgence and seek them out.
Oh well, that's the state of the world. Or perhaps I should say, that's the state of our minds.
But that's alright... I love you anyway because I recognize the innocence and limitations of your faulty neural network that can't tell the essential from the non-essential. "Forgive them for they know not what they do" is absolutely true.
World Peace Is Possible
The advent of the fifth anniversary of the 9-11 mass catastrophe at the World Trade Center has brought about a flurry of activity. Not only commemorative ceremonies but also writings and sermons have come to the fore concerning the lessons such a destructive act of terrorism has forced us to confront.
So, how do we do that? Forgive. First it seems to me we need to see where we are holding judgments and what they are about. Judgments are sneaky guys to identify sometimes because they are hidden behind the huge banners we carry in our minds that say "I'm right" in a thousand different ways.
A travesty like 9-11 wiped out hundreds of lovely, deserving, innocent people and left their families and their worlds teetering and toppling. For those of us not directly affected, there is no way not to be involved. We're all "just plain folks" like the ones who went to work that day and never returned home. We identify, we cringe at what we imagine and we wonder, sometimes late at night while gazing into the dark, what lurks.
Hate lurks and it's hard to understand. If we keep enough distance from it, we can see it as generic, sadistic and insane. Yet if we reduce the unseen enemy down to a single person, we can see that we, too, are probably the unseen enemy in his eyes.
With that in mind, it may be time for all of us to look at forgiveness in a new light. What is there that we don't forgive in ourselves? What do we refuse to look at closely? How do we keep our righteous indignation in place?
Most of us thoroughly dislike the word "projection"...its definition and implications. Yet, self-hate is what sets us off on the never-ending trail of blaming. Isn't it possible that deep healing has to start within and extend out from there? If I can see my mistakes and learn from them...if I can accept myself as human without dodging the responsibility of needing to learn and grow...can't I learn to forgive myself?
Huge world problems, huge political and economic issues and, yes, disasters, are beyond most of us. We don't know where to begin any serious rectification. So we pontificate or do our best not to dwell on it.
Why not look at our own much, much smaller worlds and consider going about cleaning them up? Isn't that the only way it can be done? Why not decide, as we honor the memory of 9-11 to not be part of the critical mass of hatred afoot in the world? Perhaps we can look at ourselves more honestly and at others with less hostility and make some real progress if we own up to the personal positions we hold.
Forgiveness can start within and extend outward. Most of us have quite a lot of homework to do before we can be a Light to others. In the name of 9-11, and all of those who were involved on both sides of the spoken and unspoken issues, we can start the seed of world peace right now by creating peace in ourselves, in our relationships, and in the workplace. We don't have to say a word...we just need to do it, mean it, and stick with it.
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