As a level-headed, spiritual being, i KNOW the
solution to every problem is love. Finding out how to apply said
solution can be a real challenge.
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Recently i watched ‘Chasing Ice’, about an inspiring photographer
who records glaciers receding all over the world. The sped-up, time-lapse
images of these mammoth formations disappearing into the ocean, was like
watching lines of ice soldiers marching to their cold death. Rank after
rank after icy rank. It reminded me of the men going to their deaths
during the invasion of Normandy (as seen in Saving Private Ryan). One
life extinguished then replaced & repeated by another and another and
another.
i allowed my consciousness to zoom out in search of a global solution to the issues we face on our planet. i see humans: all our wars, hatred & fighting between ourselves. i see governments who value money over life and instill corresponding beliefs in their citizens. i see all the pain and suffering unnecessarily endured on Earth because people aren’t aware of another way to live. i see the open-minded ones, lost-in rage against societal systems and conspiracies. i see apathy and total desensitization to all the problems we face as a planet.
My heart feels so heavy and sad. i feel
powerless against the weight of ‘all this’. i have the feeling if i allow
this one tear to escape the dam will burst and double the oceans. i feel
like no matter what i write, what i do, what i say – nothing will change because
it’s all been said before. i feel the collective guilt of how we are
living in relationship to our Earth is just...wrong (not a word i use lightly).
i want to cry out ‘it’s not my fault’!
But it’s not your fault either. And i also know, neither is it their
fault. It is how it is. And how it is can change.
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i’m in the playground, around 10 years old & i
walk past the headmaster. He points to a crisp packet lying on the ground.
“Put it in the bin” he instructs me.
“But i didn’t drop it. It’s not mine!” i answer.
“Doesn’t matter. Throw it away.” and on he walks.
i was annoyed by this encounter for a long time, maybe even years. Why
should i clean-up someone else’s trash? It wasn’t fair of him to order me
around like that!
But maybe Mr Munroe saw the bigger picture. The
collective picture.
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As i continue to circle the world with my
consciousness, the reoccurring problem i see is ‘us against them’, separation,
difference, divide. We are investing so much of our energy and lives
being against.
In 2008, i spoke with a young Tibetan at the holy
Mount Kailash. I asked him,
“Aside from freedom for Tibet, what would you like to
happen in your country?”
He thought a while and then replied, “For all the
tribes to come together. All the people from all over Tibet to stop
fighting between themselves and unite.”
It had never occurred to me that Tibetans might have
their own internal feuds – that there was infighting & separation between
them as a people. It stunned me that even in the face what was happening
within their country, they could remain divided. Couldn’t they find a way
to drop the rifts which had torn them apart for centuries & come together
to find a solution to the bigger issues they faced?
Isn’t that what any intelligent life would say if taking a
peak at humans inhabiting Earth?
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It’s time for us to unite. If we can come
together now, it is possible for us to bring about a great and positive change
in this beautiful world. Our home.
This isn’t something ‘they’ have to do. This is
something ‘we’ will do. This is where the solution of love enters.
Love has no ‘us & them’. Love flows
everywhere.
May i offer some practical guidance too? This is
where i’m going to start…
i chose to be aware whenever my mind separates ‘us'
& 'them’ and remember that we are all in this together. 100%.
Now is the time for us to Rise and Shine.
i choose to cultivate compassion for all on Earth.
i see so much positive change happening. i keep my focus on all the
inspiring, uplifting, incredible things that humans are doing for each other
and for the Earth. i join in with all projects (physically or
energetically) which are healing our species and our world.
i choose to be a conscious consumer – reduce, reuse,
recycle.
i choose to be grateful for every meal. Giving
thanks to the Earth, and all involved, in the process of alchemising seed into
this nourishing plate of food.
i am letting go of all separation which existed within
me. i am learning how to be compassionate, kind, patient and loving
toward myself.
i am part of the solution.
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| http://www.chasingice.com/see-the-film/trailer/ |
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cTBlGcZCeA |
I
also found this trailer incredibly inspiring & uplifting...
