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STILL LIVE IN A WORLD IN WHICH WARS, DISASTERS and diseases prevail
in spite of the many churches, religions, peace organisations and Nobel
prizes for peace. Peace develops there where harmony exists within a
human being and consequently with his or her surroundings. Since humankind
is becoming more alienated from itself, the word peace is taking on
an ever more bitter undertone. What is wrong with this planet? Why are
the misery and the threat of war only increasing?
When you think about peace, you automatically associate it with something
good. When you think about war, the word evil immediately springs to
mind. But what is good and what is evil? In order to create true harmony
we will have to become aware of the meaning of these polarities. What
to one person is good, to another is not good and vice versa. Harmony
is based on love but it requires discipline. Love excludes nothing and
lays no claim whatsoever. The lack of inner discipline creates an outer
lack of freedom and this has a restricting effect on oneself but also
on one’s surroundings. We as people are dualistic beings and are
continuously forced to find balance within ourselves by becoming conscious
of our own harmony. Therefore love always conquers evil. War is the
product of a state of mind that occupies itself with the loss of material
and immaterial patterns of thinking related to our ego. In matters relating
to peace we should try to act creatively by opening up to creativity
which, in itself has a soothing effect.
Everything that you encounter in the NOW you have already encountered
before. A new solution is required, however, in order to find harmony
within yourself, with the other and with totality. Each pressure that
becomes too strong creates a cosmic disturbance that requires harmonisation.
Know that you can never lose the essence of who you are and what feels
right to you. If we truly want peace on earth, then we will have to
change our way of thinking. It is no use holding on to old values or
to that which is written in the Bible if we interpret it in the wrong
way. In order to open new doors, we should not close the doors we have
already passed through. We should, however, try to gain a wider perspective
of values. Therefore, if the new is to replace the old it does not necessarily mean that the new is better than the old or vice versa. What
matters is that we change our ways and broaden our horizons.
Humankind has clearly become alienated from itself. We still put the
blame for the wars and disasters that are taking place outside ourselves.
Let us see the error of our ways and realise than everything, each and
every thing, has an impact on ourselves and that we alone are responsible
for what we create. Let us also be mindful of the fact that if we do
not change our ways, we will continue to create in a negative way. We
should become aware that the true Light can only be found within our
Self and that our life should be based on and lived according to this
principle. It is in fact a very simple truth but because the majority
of people think that humankind is helpless against invisible forces
and powers that are affecting the earth, there seems to be no way out!
Therefore it is very important that we work on becoming conscious and
that we all come to realise that each of us plays a key role here on
earth and that we alone are responsible for our actions.
So as to gain a broader understanding of what is happening around us,
it is important that we stop denying our spiritual nature. Our soul
longs to pursue its own way without being hindered by the opinions of
others. This is not easy if our lives are ruled by what others expect
of us. Rules that go against our own spiritual nature are precisely
the reason why the world is slowly but surely degenerating and becoming
a darker place. All human beings are equal and there is no need to worship
gods or become the followers of gurus. No one is better than another.
We will be able to grasp the true meaning of this once we look within
ourselves and stop placing everything outside of us. We must learn to
work more dimensionally instead of following any kind of dogma or peace
organisation.
Because of the polarities, this disharmony may move either to the left
or to the right. Therefore the profound darkness now found on earth
- though very serious - can still be reversed. Now that the moment of
truth has arrived, we human beings – in order to salvage the earth
- will have to go to the core of our being. The time has come to come
to grips with the strong discontentment found within ourselves. By working
on ourselves and seeking the light within, we will be able to help make
the earth a brighter place. In doing so we will create a new harmony
and pave the way for peace on earth.
© Guido
ten Berge & Ilse C. Nijssen, 2003
Illustration:
"Soul Sisters" by
Willow Arlenea. To view more of Willow's visionary art, please visit
www.designsbywillow.com
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Guido
F.A.P. ten Berge
works in the field of spiritual parapsychology as a teacher, therapist,
poet, writer and esoteric interdimensional philosopher. In working
with his clients he uses emphatic attunement with their subtle energy
fields.