UNITY AND PEACE

If there be righteousness in the Heart, there will be beauty in the character.

If there is beauty in the character there will be harmony in the home.

If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation.

When there is order in each nation there will be peace in the world.

Very old Chinese Proverb

Bringing UNITY and PEACE to all the world's nations is our ultimate prayer but first this has to happen within each of us as individuals.    Accepting the whole of ourselves and integrating the shadow with the light is the way we become united within.  It is only through uniting at a basic level can we ever hope to achieve UNITY and PEACE within the family, community, country and the world.  So the question to ask your self at this crucial time in the world's history is,

How am I going to have UNITY and PEACE in my life?  What needs changing to bring this about?                                                                                                             

 If you begin to put your life under a microscope you may see small flaws which may take only a change of attitude to bring the UNITY and PEACE back within you or you may find there are larger areas which need changing.  If you become the Observer of your life and look from the outside in and not from the inside out you will be able to see yourself with much more clarity.

Being the Observer is the function of the Third Eye which enables you to see from the spiritual eye that which you are doing.  It enables you to stand aside and see from the spiritual perspective everything you do, every action you take and every word you speak.  This may take some practice but it is well worth the time and effort to put it into action.  You may receive some surprises about the way you communicate or the way in which you receive communication from others.  How judgemental are you? How many times do you say something then regret it?  Or how many times do you say something that is from your negative ego? The saying silence is golden is a very valuable saying and sometimes silence is the best way.

A Sufi Proverb says.

Whenever you wish to speak, let it pass through three gates

The Gatekeeper at the first gate asks

Is it true?

The Gatekeeper at the second asks,

Is it necessary?

The Gatekeeper at the third asks

Is it kind?

If what you wish to say can pass through these three gates then say it.  Otherwise, it is better to keep silent.

When receiving communication it is so very often your small human mind which does the receiving.  This part of you that has been conditioned since childhood and holds all your preconceived ideas about what is right and what is wrong.  It is essential to bring your mind into order and not let it run your life.  Where is the mind?  It is not your brain.  The brain is an organ in your body which acts like a sorting office for all the messages it receives, it is not your mind.  Your mind runs riot in nearly all situations; you know the scenario, “What if this or that happens, what if this or that is said, what if or that is not done”, etc. etc.  Before you know it you are in a downward spiral of negativity.

One of the first steps to UNITY and PEACE is control of the mind.  This is the hardest step, but once this is achieved then every thing else is easy.  It is the nature of the mind to flit from one thing to another, it like a bee flitting from one flower to another and so understanding the nature of the mind by seeing things from the Observer, leads to understanding it. The practice of concentration is the way to control the wandering mind. The practice of concentrating the mind until it becomes one-pointed – that is, until it can focus on a single object without wavering enables you to begin this control. When you begin to have a certain amount of control over your thoughts, which are generated by the mind, you can make better choices in your life. The mind does not control you, your spiritual self co-creates with you.

 Thich Nhat Hanh, The Miracle of Mindfulness

If we’re really engaged in mindfulness while walking along the path to the village, then we will consider the act of each step we take as an infinite wonder, and a joy will open our hearts like a flower, enabling us to enter the world of reality.

You may feel the road to unity and peace is long and hazardous, but that is what your mind will tell you, take the steps to mindfulness and you will discover the truth, that you are and always have been UNITY and PEACE but your mind made you believe differently. As you embrace your mighty  I AM presence you will radiate UNITY and PEACE and effect others and so we begin the healing of the world and all sentient beings.