Absent peace and light there is only war and darkness to fall back on. When the light of peace and harmony has been removed, whether by intention or by accident, the darkness that falls is deadly and dehumanizing, filled with despair and yearning for better days. But everyone already knows what better days look like, so keep them alive in your mind’s eye and always strive toward that image of those better days. But also go beyond that image to what follows after that, perfect harmony, balance, and a most loving world.
Balance, harmony and peace must always begin within. Each person on the planet must strive for the perfectly centered place of loving contentment that they know is possible. Every person on the planet has an opportunity to promote loving contentment by being the person that others look up to and wish to follow, not as a guru but as an example. Be a good example of loving contentment, every day, in your own life. It’s that simple.
Shame is like the all too familiar dream of being forced to use a completely exposed public toilet. The toilet might be in the midst of Grand Central Station. The toilet may be horrifically backed up. There may not even be a toilet seat, or anything other than a hole. But one thing is certain, you have to go, now, and, hence, you are totally exposed.
The dream is depicting the total loss of a coverup, the persona that knows how to dress up and hide imperfection. Nature forces us to remove that mask as we expose the state that we are truly in. And, of course, we are deeply unacceptable, seen for what we truly believe ourselves to be: imperfect, just plain ordinary or, of course, seriously flawed.
A great concert pianist just died, at age 99. Early on in his career he left the performance stage, so fearful was he of the public eye. Such is the noose of perfection that stifles the expression of one’s capabilities upon the world stage. And being alive means being upon that world stage.
Carlos Castaneda preached: “Suspend Judgment!” He poked fun at us, mercilessly, during workshops, that we might finally get over the human curse of our own self-importance.
When we were thrown out of Eden for the brashness of becoming conscious, we were exposed to our own nakedness and had to classify it. The conclusion: we were not enough, or too lustfully burdened. SHAME!
The Lust/Strength card, of the Crowley tarot deck, pictures a voluptuously naked woman, completely relaxed in her beingness, easily taming the beast around her. This is hardly about her sexuality.
No, this is her naked acceptance of herself and her passion to advance life in total fulfillment of her desire, without judgment.
This is about an intensity of strength that transcends confidence. It’s fully embracing, being, and reflecting, the true luster of Self.
If everyone already knows that love is the greatest power, that love is the answer, that love will lead the way to harmony, balance and peace, then why are not all those people using that great power and leading the world into harmony, balance and peace? Begin to question if you are living a life of love, kindness and compassion. Are you seeking harmony, balance and peace in your own life through your loving actions? Are you helping to make the world a better place by getting in alignment with the truth that love is the way? You already know it is. There is no better time than now to practice what you truly believe.
When the outside world seems to never learn its lessons, seek always to contemplate your own lessons that may be in alignment with the outside energy and the troubles of the world. Use the outside world as a reflection of what might be going on inside yourself. When there is excess outside, find excess within. When there is strife outside, find strife within. When there is fear outside, find fear within. When there is worry outside, find worry within. Examine why you have such emotions within, and why you continue to carry them. Are they really that necessary? Or is it time to let them go? Likewise, when you see joy outside of you, seek the joy within. When you see beauty outside of you, seek the beauty within. When you see vibrancy outside of you, seek vibrancy within. Use all the inner tools you have been learning about to get right within the self. For when you are right within the self, all will be right with the world as well.
