Isnt it is much easier to blame and point fingers at those who we perceive to be the enemy than to take full responsibility for our own actions? From our government to our parents, another culture to God, there is always somebody else at fault for our own unhappiness.
Let me give you a free reality check: The enemy does not lie outside of us, it is not terrorism, or Bush, or our corrupt government, or our parents, our boss or whoever else you might blame for what is wrong with this world, but the enemy is us.
We all have absorbed the dysfunctionality of this world through the media, our parents, the educational, political and economic system we are part of, and so we are at war against ourselves which we tend to project outwardly. Since we learned that the way we are is not perfect, that God is separate, love conditional, happiness to be pursued and success to be achieved we have been conditioned to believe that life is all about money, property, attachment, production, consumption and competition.
Depending on where we grow up in the world we absorb the traditions, culture, belief system and values of the system we grow up in, and so basically we live out the script which has been handed down to us.
Just imagine how differently you would think, feel and re-act if you grew up for example in Iraq, China, Europe or Africa. Still, isnt there something which goes beyond our conditioned up-bringing, something which is universal and timeless?
Of course I am referring to our essence as spiritual beings which we have forgotten as we are having this physical experience in this world. Life is so much bigger and more mysterious than what we have been told, but of course our teacher, preachers and leaders dont really care telling us about that since in order to become a good student, child, co-worker and citizen we need not question the reality of the world we grew up in, but rather do what is expected of us, and ultimately we all do that.
We all seem to be on a constant journey looking for what we need or want out of life, trying to find that which is lacking within ourselves. What we fail to understand is that life is less about what we get, what we seek, what we are looking for, but life is about what we give, what we contribute, how we treat others and the attitude with which we approach a situation with, all of which creates our own reality.
My free advice for the day, take some time to listen and look within yourself. You are a magnificent being, regardless of what you have been told, regardless of the hatred and ignorance you get from others, regardless of your past experiences and conditioning, and so I hope that we all can learn to remember who we are as spiritual beings who are created in the image of God, endowed with infinite potential.
I hope that we all can learn to remember what we are here for in the first place, which is to bring more light, love and happiness into this world.
Lets move beyond our conditioned darkness, fear and ignorance, and come to the awareness that on a deep spiritual level we are the God of our own creation, and that separation, alienation, fear, depression and anxiety only exists in the mind because this is what we have absorbed from the world we grew up in.
Every day, every moment is a gift, a new opportunity for learning, exploration, self examination and transformation, but how is that possible if we remain attached to our subjective views, values, belief systems and paradigms from which we see and judge the world outside.
Remember, all is one and one is all, so every time we project our own hatred and ignorance onto others we not only hurt ourselves, but we also feed into the kind of consciousness which allowed for all the blood shed, war and violence which weaves through human history as we know it.
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