THE LIGHT WITHIN DARK TIMES
Today I am reflecting on the increasing ‘dark times' that the world is entering with another war in Israel with the Gaza terrorists were killing and kidnapping on Oct. 7.
The war in Ukraine is entering its second year with little chance of peace. Europe and USA are losing its grip on unity and what was once a strong democracy, is disintegrating. In Germany neo-Nazi groups are reviving the old “Reich” and so on.
In times like these, I turn to my Mentor Michael Meade, that for years now, has been bringing hope by speaking out in his podcasts. He makes me believe that it is possible to open our hearts and enter in contact with our spirit and soul to bring the creation of a new world and feel that the light is in all of us. Here is some of my favourite words of encouragement:
“Each soul
has treasure buried within it; yet each heart must be broken for the inner gold
to shine forth. The heart can be the place of great pain as well as the place
of our greatest coherence. Something must break us open to let the spirit that
brought us to life emerge more fully. Only the broken heart was seen to have
the potential for wholeness. Once wounded, the heart releases a spark of
consciousness that has the potential for true transformation.
As nature
and culture rattle and old forms crumble, a crisis of imagination occurs, and
we are called to see the world with different eyes. Finding and following a
genuine vision requires an open heart as well as an open mind. Thus,
transforming our lives involves a genuine “change of heart.”
While the
heart fosters feelings and love, the heart within the heart is also the seat of
imagination and the place of wisdom. What was known as the “eye of the heart”
sees with a kind of vision that opens to revelations about us and the world.
The divine
word set within the heart’s core is the source of vitality, true resiliency and
continuous creativity. Yet, for the heart to open and the spirit of change, to
enter us, we must let go of our perceived(false) ideas and restrictive
attitudes.
Love is the
divine spark in each heart, intended to illuminate the true path of one’s life.
Such a path with heart reveals who we are in essence and how we are aimed in
life. We are each intended to serve something greater than ourselves; when we
serve in that way, we become truly whole-hearted. To be fully alive, growing
the soul and incarnating spirit is the only thing that satisfies the longings
seeded in the garden of the heart.”
So, in a sense, to really change, to transform, we have to let
go the belief as to who we are, in the sense that we believe our own story of
how we were wounded and how we were traumatised. Later in life, what
originally protected us; that is, the attitudes and the practises of the ego.
This will shatter and limit our lives unless we learn to let go. We have all
this gold within and that's the core of so many stories found around the
world. That is a common fact: that life will break us down and break us open
and then there's a psychological fact that we have inner resistance against
change when what we really need to do is change and transform if we are to grow,
if we are even to sustain ourselves, if we are to find meaning and purpose. And
that is a path with heart!
