"It can't be helped!" Unless one is able to become a hermit in in the truest, loneliest sense of the word, one just can't seem to get away from it all! Even if one ( like me ) religiously DOESN'T watch the news, one cannot help but have heard at least an inkling of what is currently happening over in Asia & Europe. Whatever the Story might be, I'm sure we don't know everything behind Vladimir Putin's unconscionable decision to invade Ukraine, or maybe more correctly, THE Ukraine. This, of course, is simply the latest in a series of incidents that are manufactured to make us focus on this over here, or even that over there, rather than focusing on what's inside us, in our very heart of hearts.
Until Peace reigns supreme ( within the hearts of humanity ), there will never be Peace anywhere in this World, on this physical plane! Long have I said that, "there will never be a lasting Peace in the Middle East", at least, as long as humanity rules. If those in charge ( the Middle East & ALL involved are named for example ) would realize that they are More than human & NOT the Ego, we would begin to see Change all over the World. For example, the Ego says, "This is OUR Land; you cannot BE here!" The Ego says, "You don't believe like I/we do, therefore, you must leave or die ( usually, "die" ), the Ego says, "you don't live the way I/we think you should, so you deserve to die"! Is any of this true? Does one person deserve to be stigmatized or even euthanized, JUST because they don't believe or live like we?! Do we actually have a right to say, "Get off MY Land!"?!
Contrary to popular opinion, it is possible to live in the midst of all this, these wars & rumors of wars & still be at Peace. This does not mean that we never get swept up in the rush, because we all have those days; we are still human beings after all, dealing with, not only our own Ego, but with the Collective Ego. So yes, sometimes we just get tired, tired of all the bullshit. It's usually on these days ( I speak for myself here ), that we just wanna go Home; as I remarked to my best friend yesterday, "I just don't wanna be Here anymore"! On days like this, however, I need to remind myself ( we ALL must ) that I AM Home, for as the saying goes, "Home is where the Heart is". The "Heart" in question is referring, not to our inmost desire, which was no doubt the point of the quote, but rather to our Inmost Being, our "Heart of Hearts", what has been called "the Spark of Divinity"!
It is this Divine Spark that enables us to be at Peace wherever we are, no matter what storms may rage around us. This is hard to say & even harder to believe for the overwhelming majority of human beings around the World, especially in this day & age, with, not only what has been mentioned already, "wars & rumors of wars", but the overwhelming mentality that seems to rule this age, "the Law of the Jungle, "dog eat dog", "kill or be killed" & so many other noxious, poisonous cliches'. These may swirl around us; they may even knock us down, but when we remember where our Strength lies, where True Peace resides, then we may be truly at Peace, for we are Home!
The Above is true, as well, for our personal situation, whatever that might be, though this might be almost harder to swallow than what was mentioned previously. Here too & maybe even moreso, the Ego is present. However, we ALWAYS have a Choice! We can choose to let our Ego ( humanity ) rule over us, or WE ( Divinity ) can overrule our Ego. "As above, so below"; the Ego might say, "This is MINE; I will KILL to defend it!" The Ego says, "I am right, YOU therefore are wrong & therefore do not have the same Rights as I do!" More often than not, it all goes downhill from there.........
To realize that Peace Within, One must first remember Who they really are, What their True Nature is. Not to sound like a broken record, or bore you to tears, but "We are primarily spirit beings having a physical experience". In other words, We have a Body; We are not that Body: We are a Soul WITH a Body. Because We HAVE a Body, though We are NOT that Body, We often find ourselves subjected to the assaults of our physical, mundane constituents, the Ego, feelings, emotion, etc. "As above, so below", though, we always have the choice; must we be ruled by our emotions, feelings or Ego, or can we simply let them do their necessary work, then just move on from there? On the other hand, moving on then; BECAUSE We are not that Body, We CAN allow these necessary constituents to accomplish their intended work; be the Observer of that Work & simply walk on by. "Easier said than done?" But of course..................
Namaste' & Blessed Be!
Sage Charles
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