It’s not a question of faith or what you believe but how you act in the world and how you treat others that matters. All the faith in the world will not help if you are narcissistic and selfish, wanting only to protect the self and those nearest you. A true humanitarian cares about and considers all living creatures every day, in every action and deed. A spiritual being does likewise, but also takes into consideration that the world and everything in it is an illusion and the only thing that really matters is the balance of energy, within and without, seen and unseen, experienced or not, because everything is energy and energy matters. Get your spirit on!
Practice loving kindness and compassion, letting these attributes of a good heart stream forth from you even though you may suffer, for it is in the giving to others that suffering is relieved. Even though you may want for the self, let the giving to others relieve you of your pain and in the calmness that you receive in return wait patiently for your own salvation and fulfillment. For it is in the time of patient waiting, with your good heart open and ready, that you will be found. It’s all about the polarities of energy and how you flow from one polarity to the other without attachment, simply loving, because it’s not about giving to get, but about loving to be in the state of love. And that is good!
Rather than complain about how imperfect others are turn your complaints toward the self. Use this method of self-examination to go deeper in your inner work. How are you as imperfect as you find others? Ask yourself such uncomfortable questions and in this manner get to know yourself a little bit more. In this manner have compassion for self and other, for you are just like others and others are just like you. No one is perfect. Want to experience change? Do inner work. Practice compassion.
There is no great secret to life other than living modestly, with moderation in all things, keeping balanced and aligned with what is right through the practices of loving kindness and compassion to all living beings, self included. There is no other real means of achieving success, for what is success other than becoming a loving human being? Practice daily. That’s the secret.
Instead of Chuck’s usual blog this week, we post excerpts from a recent channeling in which Jan asked Jeanne to comment on the world situation. We thought it might offer some helpful insight and advice.
Here is what Jeanne said when asked if we should be concerned about a third world war and how to interpret the recent bombings:
Peace…
“The potential for war is, of course, always present in such times, a spark can set off a wildfire, but keep in mind that though there is great fear of such there is also great good in the world today. In spite of the terrible things that are occurring, the good is greater and more powerful.”
“There will continue to be outbreaks of violence around the world and the nations of good must be on the alert, but the enemy is not the rest of the world, nor the religions of the world, strangely foreign and different though they may be. The enemy is the militant extremist idealists who are greatly misguided, misinterpreting and misusing holy texts that are outdated, separatist doctrines, disregarding the essence of love for all beings.”
“They are to be feared like the poison creatures that exist in the natural world, but life will go on, for the good will learn how best to deal with these natural poisons. Good and evil exist simultaneously and perhaps this is the lesson that must be learned and accepted to restore balance. This is reflected all over the globe, in varying degrees, in all walks of life. A lot has been coming out of the woodwork, so to speak, abuses of all sorts being revealed, greed, control, corruption, evils of all sorts that no one wants to know about. How painful the truth is!”
“No right will come about if such truths remain hidden, for then all will remain out of balance, and the terrorists in all things will remain unseen yet active, and their attacks will continue to be surprises. Far better to know the enemy, to be fully aware of what crawls in the garden. Gardens are beautiful places, but do not be fooled, the poison snake lies wrapped in the grass beneath the holiest of trees.”
“Balance must be restored, and balance entails knowing the truth of good and evil and the constant acknowledging of this dualism in all things, in all beings, conscious or otherwise. No one is totally pure, nor is anyone totally evil, always there is dualism.”
“The people of the world must go to war against their own refusal to face their own terrorist, their own evil-doer within. This is where the biggest changes will come about, within each conscious being as they face the extremist within. A terrorist and a do-gooder are equally misguided, the preacher and the sinner equally so. No one is exempt from good and evil. It is only in facing these truths that change will come about. America has Puritan roots, but the devil dwells in those roots as well, and if Americans are to go back to their roots they must deal with the devil within. No nation is all good or all evil.”
“Stay contained. Keep doing the personal inner work. Know yourself at the deepest levels, your evil within, in whatever form it takes, so that it does not overtake. Know your enemy and learn to deal with it. You cannot simply ignore it. Get to know it intimately and yet agree to disagree on some issues. Peace will not come if all is not revealed.”
“Ignorance is the ignoring of truths. Don’t ignore, don’t be ignorant. Take action, but act with kindness whenever possible. Even when force is called for, use only as much as is necessary to get back into balance. Personal balance will bring outer balance. It all takes a lot of work! Keep working!”
We hope you find this insightful and helpful advice,
