Fear on Earth ~

[Guest guest]

Dear List Members ~

 

I am writing today to comment on how I notice that the recent tragedy in

the U.S.A. has affected our individual and collective psyche.

 

This event has forced each of us to step outside of our daily routines and

look deep within ourselves. The constant media coverage is sensationalizing

this unprecedented change in the world and has super-imposed itself upon

all 'regular' routines and television and radio 'programming'. We cannot

turn on our favorite sit-com, (distraction from fear) so consequently, we

are forced to feel and witness our fear and terror as well as see it

reflected in each face and inside the words of every written and spoken

communication. This heightens more fear and raises the collective anxiety

level.

 

The President of the USA has declared war on terrorism ... even in church,

President Bush's words were ominous and threatening and sounded like the

words of a back-alley bully. And every other country in the world is

supporting his sentiments. Our leaders are reflections of ourselves. Life

seems to be such a very sad farce.

 

Besides, is it possible to fight fundamentalism with force?

 

We each know in our hearts, and intellectually, that peace and love are the

only chance we have for meaningful co-existence on our planet Earth and yet

never before have we seemed further away from that reality.

 

We are all worried about our safety and personal comfort, wondering how

this war will effect our economies ... in North America, in particular ...

we consume so much! There has always been an arrogance on the part of the

educated, of the sophisticated, of those who have moved into the

intellectual realm and in comparison, the people in war-torn countries are

looked upon as children, and they are acting like children, but they are

making a statement that must be heard. There is no separation between us.

No one in any country wants to be poor, or outcast, uneducated or

unappreciated. We each want to stand as equals. And they will fight and

die until they are heard and admitted as equals. Energy follows thought.

They represent the fearful part in everyone, the part that wants to get its

needs met in the ways that others have, and cries out in that desire, and

then starts to destroy until it gets what it needs. And that consciousness

is not separate from any one of us. There is a part of each of us that

fights in the hills of Beirut and that starves in the mountains of

Afghanistan. It's all one. Their cry is simple. They want integration on a

vaster scale. They are angry and with all due respect, they have much to be

angry about.

 

Perhaps this global uncertainty will have a positive out-come after

all. Now that our way of life is truly threatened, it may force each of us

to get our priorities straight and begin to live our lives in search of

ways to increase our love and fullness of being, perhaps everything will

turn around and Life will have more value to us than ever before.

 

The human psyche can be used to do amazing things. More than ever before

we must claim Enlightenment. We must act "as if" in order to realize

it. How would we act if we were already Enlightened? What would it feel

like? How would we treat other people? How would we approach any given

situation? How would we approach our current events?

 

As many moments as we each can remember to do so, let us go within and call

on the God of our own understanding and the celestial help available and

feel It and listen to It.

 

The more of us who are willing to fill with Light and move out into the

world with Light, the more the Light on the planet will increase. Think

about it. It is why we came here. It is the journey and the end. No more

postponements. Please, begin to know that you are the Love and that you are

Light.

 

God Bless each and everyone ... God Bless our dear Earth. God Bless the

decision-makers in each country.

 

Sincerely ~

Chandra Devi

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