DIVISIVENESS

The snow was coming down hard about 8AM, but it didn't last long and there is not much on the ground. My chickens are out and the sheep are still able to graze. But, more snow is forecast for this afternoon and tonight, and we could end up with several inches. I am ready- I guess.

The chaos in the world is distressing. There seems to be much individual pain. Also, in my extended family, there has been a tragedy, and there has been unexpected illness, of a serious nature, in a close relative. Many of my friends are dealing with illnesses. It is a stressful time for many folk. Yet, people are not letting these events get them down. They are dealing with their pain head on, and moving on.

It seems that no matter how bad the chaos gets, individually or globally, folks are beginning to see the growing light. We want to grow. We want to love. We want to experience oneness.

I am impressed and somewhat disturbed by the polarization that is occurring politically. Individuals and whole countries are demonized in the main stream press. People are catching on, but we cannot help but be influenced by the barrage of misinformation that engulfs us.

It is difficult to avoid divisiveness. I have to admit, I am amused by the ridicule, one of the political parties is experiencing. Their clown car of candidates makes for amusing reading. Yet, I live in a neighborhood fairly evenly divided between the parties; I don't think, any of my neighbors, support the extreme views of these candidates. Some of these folks are the most loving, kind, people I know. Belief systems vary between people, of the same and different, parties; the people are essentially the same.

I don't want to contribute to divisiveness. I want to see through the superficiality of peoples temporary beliefs, to the person they really are. Ridicule creates defensiveness and forces people to retreat to the worst aspects of their egos. We don't want that.

We have a highly competitive culture that likes to see things in black and white terms. People have to be right or wrong, higher or lower, good or bad. This current polarization can't last. When people get caught up in fear, they can manifest the worst aspects of their egos. Political parties like to play on fear, it is a powerful tool for manipulating people. To make it worse, the main stream media is controlled by people who benefit by chaos and divisiveness.

We can rise above it. We can know, truth has to exist, separate from the conflict. We don't have to take sides.

All we can really do is work on ourselves. As we learn to love ourselves, we will quit seeing our own egos projected on the world. We cannot see what 'is', until we get out of the mire of our own egos. We don't have to try to teach our neighbor. We don't have to correct the person next to us. It is only ourselves we need to work on. What the world needs is our love. The more we love ourselves, the more love will flow out of us. We are one, we help everyone, by loving ourselves.

Working on ourselves doesn't mean learning anything. It means unlearning. It means we are as perfect and innocent and loving as the day we were born. We can be who we really are, beings of love. It is difficult to accept, but deep down, I think we know it. When we meditate, we can find that place of quiet, that is LOVE.

More and more people, are realizing, the only solution to any problem is LOVE.

Love and Peace, Gregg