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I recently read an article that spoke very clearly about not supporting the war by NOT giving it our attention. Which means we should not be energizing Peace, as this only confirms the illusion of duality and therefore actually supports war.
All Spiritual seekers, at some point in our growth, will come into contact with this paradox. I have had some very interesting conversations recently about the illusions that we perpetuate with our attention and how to manage the seemingly “realness” of our experience with the Universal and higher Truth that anything less than LOVE is an illusion.
The philosophy goes something like this:
War, since it is not LOVE, cannot be real, and is therefore an illusion. And, if we add to the illusion by acknowledging it, we give it power to continue to exist in our lives. Acknowledging duality, keeps our experience filled with duality. Being a peace champion, therefore contributes to War.
There is Truth in what our fellow-creators write. I will never disagree that what is not love is an illusion, because, in my heart of hearts, I know that the ideal spiritual evolution that I am seeking exists in this realm of pure love, and maybe, just maybe, someday, I will be able to choose that path.
We evolve in stages, and I believe that if we actually had an Avatar on this planet that was always vibrating in harmony with Love and Peace then this one being alone could penetrate the illusion of war and hatred and our planet would change overnight.
However, since this has not happened, I believe that while it is essential to pursue enlightenment, and ideally evolve to this place of Love, we ARE where we are, and there’s nothing wrong with acknowledging our humanness.
Beware of the Spiritual By-Pass!
My friend Alicia, (also one of my greatest teachers), and I love to talk about the “Spiritual By-pass.” A spiritual by-pass is what we do when we get a signal, for example, that maybe we should slow down, or maybe we should not spend that money today, or maybe we should become a vegetarian, or stop smoking because it’s a healthier way to live, but then being “unlimited beings” we say, “no – I’m not affected by other people’s thoughts. I’m the master of my reality and therefore, I deny any fact that meat is unhealthy or that smoking causes cancer and I choose to smoke and be healthy; I choose to eat meat and remain fit, firm, trim and heart-healthy; I choose to continue going as fast as I want because I am the creator of my own reality – and since all there is – is Love, then I lovingly accept nothing less in my life. I am love, and therefore I only attract love.”
Now, if we were capable and practiced enough to have PURE BELIEF about this thoughtful re-direction of our attention, then this refocusing would indeed manifest a higher, more positive experience. However, on many “thought-form” issues, that is not the case, for most of us.
To illustrate this, let’s take the example of smoking. It is NOT cigarettes that cause cancer, but it is the “thought forms” around smoking that have created a very strong current of “cancerous” energy. Our global consciousness agreement (belief) is that Cigarettes cause cancer. Now, we have studies and scientific evidence proving this belief to be real, and millions of people every year dying from cigarette related illnesses and second hand smoke. The belief in ‘cigarettes cause cancer’ has created a torrential flow of “faithful thoughts” that have made it virtually impossible to smoke without being susceptible to this belief and therefore, cancer. In other words, if you could buck the current of this global belief, then you could smoke and NEVER fear. However, most of us do not possess the capability of possessing pure positive belief in the midst of such pure negative belief. Therefore, it’s easier to quit smoking than to create a different belief!
When someone does a spiritual by-pass on the issue of smoking, they attempt to convince themselves that they are stronger than the global consciousness and can therefore, attract “healthy lungs” anyway. I’ll even acknowledge that some have achieved this, especially pre-anti-smoking campaigns. (P.S. I’m not a smoker, and I’m not pro or against smoking. I’m neutral. I am simply using this as an analogy.)
I can transfer this same understanding to war. WAR has a global consciousness and my truth today is that I am a way-shower. I am a bridge-maker! I am here to help others across the bridge out of the illusion, and into the Truth that Love is all there is. I believe that today, I am not currently at the place in my evolutionary consciousness to dismiss, or deny that the deaths of American and Iraqi soldiers, and the deaths of hundreds of American AND Iraqi civilians is but an illusion.
If today, I was in Iraq and had just lost my child in the name of “freeing me,” I know without a doubt that I would NOT be able to send love and operate from the state of “it’s but an illusion.”
If all of my teachers chose instead of teaching to by-pass “my reality” and instead only acknowledge LOVE, then I wonder…how would I have ever found a teacher that could help me across my first spiritual bridge?
Often when spiritual beings choose to ignore their reality, and do a spiritual by-pass, instead of truly taking their vibration to the state of love, they tend to take their mind to that of acquiescence. In Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s essay “The Meaning of Non-Violence,” he addresses acquiescence when he wrote:
“One method is that of acquiescence. There are those individuals who feel that the only way to deal with their oppression is to resign themselves to the fate of oppression. There are those who surrender and find themselves becoming conditioned to things as they are. They feel that it is better to live with these things than to go through the ordeals of changing the old order to the new order. There was a man who lived in one of the Negro communities in Atlanta some years ago; he used to play his guitar and sing various songs, and one day he was heard singing a song that went something like this: “been down so long that down don’t bother me.” I guess he had achieved a level of freedom-a freedom of exhaustion. He had given up the struggle.”
“So this is the method of acquiescence- but it is not the way. It may be the easy way at times, but it is not the moral way and it is not the courageous way; it is a cowardly way for the individual who adjusts to an evil system, and he must take some of the responsibility for the perpetuation of the unjust system.” (1)
Mahatma Gandhi did not change the course of India’s future by denying the violence and injustice! He altered life by practicing complete and total non-violence and Satyagraha, which means firmness in TRUTH. (Sat means truth and Agraha means firmness). He brought about a shift in consciousness regarding “untouchables” not by denying their existence, but by loving them actively. He challenged the foreign rule, not by denying its existence, but by “acting” as if he was already free. He was a proponent of Peace, not by fighting against war, and not by ignoring the goal of PEACE, but by actively establishing a model of Peace with everyone he came in contact with.
Gandhi’s self-realization pursuit; his desire to know God face to face, did not distract him from his duties as a human but lifted him up to inspire a nation. Inspire, of course, means to fill with Spirit.
Therefore, for me, I MUST focus on PEACE! I must BE the light on my purposeful path, which means that I must get in the trenches and be the teacher that illuminates the bridge, and occasionally, that means getting my hands dirty, and even having my emotions vulnerable to the moment of the illusion, because I’m human.
I have cried over this war, but I know my tears must evolve if they are to be helpful. I have been angry over the injustice, the greed, the condemnable acts of both countries involved, however, I know that my anger ONLY adds to the energy of war. Therefore, I must transcend the lower level emotions of grief, fear, anger, and pride and find within myself a place to take inspired action, from the emotions of willingness, acceptance, love, gratitude and peace.
Mother Theresa said it so well:
“I was once asked why I don’t participate in anti-war demonstrations.
I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace
rally, I’ll be there.”
Rosa Parks may not have been thinking, “I’m going to start the civil rights movement” when she refused to give up her seat, but she also wasn’t doing a spiritual by-pass by denying her reality. She was an ordinary woman, doing the best she could in that moment, being willing to be a way-shower not out of “choice” but out of a commitment to her truth, a commitment to a firmness in Truth.
Therefore, I’m writing to share with you my feelings about how important it is to acknowledge where we are on our paths and SEE that maybe, just maybe, we are way-showers who are NOT meant to do the spiritual by-pass, but instead are meant to energize love through the seeking of Peace. I am committed to Peace by being committed to firmness in Truth!
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