How can I change this world?

Refrain from fantasies of another world in which things will be better or problems don’t exist.  I am telling you now the solution that you seek has always been available to you and does not require a massive change in the world around you.  If you listen and practice this simple method, you can find peace without requiring the world around you to be any different than it is at this moment.   

Be still and know that I am always with you, I would not ever have you feel alone or unwanted in this world.

Quiet your mind and ask for its healing.  Do this as a matter of habit on a daily basis.  I would have you recognize negative or judgmental thought for what it really is, a form of attack on yourself and your brothers and sisters.   If you truly want to change the world, then let us start with our own mind.  Sewing the seeds of love and peace quietly and wishing no harm on ourselves or anyone else.

Expect from the world not what it can show you, see it only as a catalyst for proper response.  Each observation is an opportunity to respond with love and forgiveness.  Each interaction with your brothers and sisters is an opportunity to be compassionate and joyful.

Don’t overthink the doings of the day.  Do what you must to survive in this world.  Make ethical and moral choices that seek to heal separations between you and your brothers and sisters and recognize the truth of our true self.  

Avoid actions that separate yourself and others into tribes or cliques.  Follow the example of the great teachers of this world that sought to unite human kind to a common cause.  Our common cause is love and forgiveness, the healing of minds, and the cessation of attack.

To this very day I remain with you committed to our mutual cause.  There is simply no place for me to go as to be without you is to not be truly myself.  We cannot be what we are destined to be without one another and without all others.  Know this, all have the capacity for awakening and the awakened present no danger to you or our loved ones.

What happens when I attack others?

When we respond with attack, we perpetuate a system that is doomed to create suffering and dissatisfaction.  From this, there is nothing worthwhile that maintains its value for the possessor.  The fleeting rush of victory soon fades and our proceeds remain closely guarded while we constantly prepare a defense for the onslaught we imagine will come.  We cannot truly find peace and enjoyment that would make these pursuits beneficial, we reserve this only for another day.   We find ourselves, huddled with our bounty, worried of how it may be seized,  while our minds and bodies fall ill from our fears of the very world that provided the now tarnished object of our desires.  The end is always the same, we survive for a time in a world of “shoot first and ask questions later”,  “kill or be killed”, and “he who dies with the most toys wins”.  The vast majority of our moments are wasted in worry and dread as we grow old, become sick, and leave this place losing everything and everyone we loved in the few unwasted moments we allowed ourselves to enjoy.

There is another way, by letting go of our desires, focusing our awareness on acceptance of the world as it is in this moment, and expressing love and forgiveness through positive action we can escape the endless cycle of attack and realize true liberation.  Although the yearnings of our will may go unfilled, we can learn to see them for what they truly are, a prison that binds us with fear and distrust of our brothers and sisters.  From the vantage point of desirelessness, love, and compassion we can see the struggle as it unfolds for others and learn to gently help them realize the truth about the source of their discomfort.  Do not fall victim to the longing to punish those who seek glory in attack.  In time, all of these lessons lead the observer to their own truth.   Who knows what treachery occurs inside the chrysalis before the butterfly is born.