Human greatness
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This essay suggests a
basically new way of thinking... Could we
have long ago headed in the ‘wrong’ direction, so much so that now
because of the way we perceive, we don’t see the solutions for our
problems even though they are right in front of our eyes?
Is it
possible that our own thoughts hold us back from our own brilliance?
We
invite you to join us on a train of thought, exploring new perspectives
and possibilities for the human race. Our thoughts are our starting
point. Our
opinion is, we are our thoughts because our minds are unavoidable
parts of us. That is the
reason why we so rarely question or observe our thoughts.
Everybody around us creates the framework of our lives because we
inherit the way we think from our parents, the education system, mass
media and society in general. However,
the roots of our thinking go further back in time. We are born into
innumerable frames of reference created by forces that we no longer give
thought to! Even when we
think we are being uniquely critical or analytical, we are most often just
re-iterating thoughts that have been thought many times over by our
predecessors. We simply don’t see these things because we take them for
granted…
If we simply
shifted our perception about just one fundamental understanding, it could
change the world dramatically…
Imagine that
everything in existence is part of one huge coherent energy.
This energy is capable of transforming itself into many different
forms. Everything in the
world that we can see, hear, touch and sense… and much phenomenon that
we cannot sense, but know is there, like radio waves and magnetic fields…
or feelings and thoughts, are forms of this energy.
This Energy has an enormous capacity for intelligence and
creativity, from being able to create and maintain the universe’s
enormous pageant of orbiting stars and planets, to the incredible subtlety
of the human body, and beyond to a micro-cosmos of atoms… everything
continuously evolving. In
other words… this energy exists both as consciousness and matter in and
through and as all things and beings that exist, which of course
includes you and I.
If we from this
understanding can reach the conclusion that our consciousness is a part of
this Universal consciousness, then we have access to the most brilliant
energy there is! Imagine…
your thoughts as the most fantastic tools in the universe…
As it is today
human beings seem to see themselves as small, rather insignificant
creatures in a big world where many things happen outside of our control.
Most of those who believe in god comprehend him/her as a being or spirit
outside of themselves who rules over all. This thought influenced from one
generation to the next has given us layer upon layer of thought patterns,
propagated and maintained by religious and other such strong voices
throughout the centuries. This
has created the mental structures humanity uses today.
If we assume that we are our thoughts, our current reality is that
we are relatively small and insignificant.
The subconscious thought patterns that rule our behavior and
experiences are based on fear of punishment, guilt, shame, rejection,
lack etc.
This way of perceiving causes
us to look for answers outside of ourselves. When something goes wrong,
whether it is illness, accident or by error, we always try to construct
ways to explain why it happened. We are masters in blaming each other,
politicians, media, destiny, God… We very often don’t understand why
things happen. We ask
ourselves, “What did I do to deserve this?”
If the core belief of who we are is erroneous, then any answers we receive
are likely to be erroneous as well!
For us, our
ability to think is the most obvious connection to this consciousness that drives
all things in the universe. After
having observed the world from this point of view for several years, we
are
convinced that it is so. We take our ability to think for granted.
This conscious Energy
gave to our heart the impulse to beat when we as a fetus started life.
It will continue to give us life force throughout the course of
our
lives, and maybe, most important of all it has given us my free will, so
that we in every moment can create the life we are living. Every day we have
thousands of choices… We can create our lives because we are made of the same
‘stuff’ as this Energy; we consist of both matter and consciousness…
Our train of
thought indicates that humans are beings with an enormous capacity. Our
perception of ourselves holds us back.
It is because we think we are small that we continue to stay small
and of little importance. This limiting perception creates a prison within
from which we continuously grope blindly for answers to our most important
questions.
Two major
‘pillars of power’, church and science, have had a huge impact upon
western society. A religious
concept is that we are sinners that need to have faith in and be forgiven
by an invisible God. This has formed a basic guilt structure in our psyche,
passed on to us through the generations.
Scientific thought is based upon the opposite, that we can only
believe what we can observe and measure with our physical senses.
This has bestowed upon us a mechanical interpretation of existence.
These two concepts, both accepted because of our tendency to listen
to authorities, paradoxically live side by side. They both build their
traditions on repeated thought structures.
Many people belong to one of these
traditions. Isn't it time we realize we live in the same world? There
ARE something beyond... but it's not the way the religions claim because
then we all would be confessing Christians or belonged to the religion
that would have had the truth. What we suggest here builds a
bridge between the perceptions of religion and the perceptions of
science.
We mean, that THE LIFE FORCE, the energy that everybody can observe by
living, is an energy that the western scientists haven't cared about
because they haven't been able to measure it according their belief
system or shall we say, their interpretation of life. We mean that the
Life Force is neutral and that it gives all human beings Life, whatever
religion or culture we belong to. This is what we all can observe.
This force gives Life every single moment... it's up to us to dispose
it. It's time both scientists and religious people lift their eyes.
Our observation
is that most people do not fully trust any of these ways of thought, yet
they are influenced by them every day because they are the accepted
authorities’ points of view. We think that all human beings deep inside
have a knowingness of who they really are.
Most people know that they are not sinners, that their feelings are
important and that there is much more between heaven and earth than we can
see, hear or touch…
If everything
in our world is energy, it must include our feelings. If you look more closely, do you agree that feelings are the
driving force behind most things in the world? Wars for instance… who
would ever get the idea to start fighting over a way of thinking or a
piece of land unless we had the emotional energy that gave us a reason to
be angry, dissatisfied or envious? Nevertheless, authorities of power in
society don’t consider feelings as anything worth considering. Feelings are looked upon as private. How can we possibly find solutions to anything in this world
if we don’t include the subtle energy we call feelings?
What is the cause of the
"never-ending" war in the Middle East? Feelings! Both parts are full of
bitterness and hatred and in both these peoples' culture revenge as a
basic thought form. Eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth. What if
the human beings on both sides of the conflict realize that they are
brothers and sisters? What if the human beings on both sides say: enough
is enough and really wish to put the pain behind them? What is needed to
make them do that? To realize that it is actually themselves they are
shooting at... and to start forgiving themselves and each other. The
Hebrew word for Jahve is the same as Allah in Arabic... upside down.
Or: The Arabic word Allah is the same as Jahve in Hebrew upside
down.
To find solutions to meet
the challenges in the world, we need to include a perspective where we
learn how feelings make us react and act.
The principles we draw
for you are actually very simple. When you study the Life Force closer,
you will discover that it accepts you every single moment, just the way
you are. It is neutral and accepting. It gives
us even more: Every moment it actually forgives us! If it
judged, a human being who kills another would loose his life... or die
shortly afterwards. But that is not the way it is. If we get away
from a misdeed, we can still live for many years... and seemingly live a
good life... It would be our own feeling of guilt that would
reduce our life quality. The Life Force does not judge, but gives
new chances all the time. It allows us to put things behind us all the
time. It is WE who have responsibility to choose in ways that create
good lives for all. We need to let go of things to put them behind us.
We need to forgive to allow others to do the same.
Life itself is the
greatest of all. We all need to reflect on that. What we have
found through our exploration of nature and the human mind is;
the more we live in
alignment with the Life Force, the better life becomes, both for
ourselves and our surroundings.
In other words:
When we understand how important it is to be neutral in conflicts, when
we learn how to forgive, when we understand how wonderful it is to ask
of forgiveness, when we learn to accept instead of condemning, when we
start putting behind us what has been painful. the world will move into
a new track.
The human decision to be small
and insignificant, and to put blame and responsibility outside of
ourselves, seems to be older than history itself… We can change this!
The human nature is longing for love, joy and peace. It is the
driving force in all of us. This force is going to create a new world.
Time has come when we are ready to understand that we need to do it
ourselves. You and I need to do it! It is WE who decide the
direction, in which the world move. We cannot any longer place
responsibility outside of ourselves. We need to act.
The world changes
rapidly. We create all the changes by our choices- Every human
being influence the whole. We are like drops of water in a huge
container.
We can change the world
very quickly in a positive direction when we understand our nature as
humans. We need to act, not politically, not religiously, not
economically. Those ways have been tried out long enough. The
change will come as engagement from the grass-root. The change will come
inside of the single human being. It is our conviction that a majority
of humanity wants to live in alignment with the nature of the Life Force
when they understand what they can do actively to create peace, freedom
and good lives for all human beings. We are starting a global movement
of forgiving. To get go of what has been. A movement about living
in joy and peace by practicing what is necessary to achieve it. A lot of
information is needed, but at these trendy times, with TV, Internet and
huge popular engagement, it is absolutely possible... TO MAKE CREATING
PEACE A TREND!
The fact that
you are reading this, is proof enough…