CHAOS AND DISORDER – CREATION AND TRANSFORMATION
Dear Reader,
I am pleased to write about the way ouir world today is moving and shifting from CHAOS TO TRANSFORMATION. My mentor, Michel Meade has a very wise essay and here uis a quote:
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 a genuine path in life requires an opening of the heart as well as
having an open mind. Ancient notions of a sacred or holy heart referred to the
“heart within the heart” as the source of boundless imagination, true
resiliency and continuous creativity.
The human heart bears an inner flame that can burn with
intense passions, but that can also illuminate paths of healing, compassion and
renewal. Yet, for the heart to open and the spirit of change to enter us, we
must let go of received ideas and self-restricting patterns and attitudes.
Transforming our lives requires a genuine “change of heart” as our greatest
obstacles secretly aim at a revelation of the heart within our heart.
The heart is a measureless territory that keeps trying to
open us to greater awareness and deeper understanding. For we are each intended
to serve something greater than ourselves, and when we serve in that way, we
become truly whole-hearted, and what cures the human heart can help heal a
broken world. Here, we may pay attention to the amazing work of our brain.
Apparently, our brains don't fully distinguish between
something traumatic happening to us directly or something we observe that is
harmful to someone else. To our brains, a threat is a threat, whether we are experiencing
it personally or are witnessing it on a personal device. Because humans are
essentially social and typically empathic creatures, the same instincts that
help connect us to each other can cause us to feel stress and pain by watching
almost any kind of traumatic event.
A key issue is that in consuming mass media coverage of the
flood of traumatic events that now plague the world, we cannot simply resolve
the sense of threat and fear of harm that penetrates us and causes our brains
to trigger our fight or flight responses. Our body remains convinced that we
are in some kind of danger, yet we can neither completely escape by flight nor
effectively engage in a fight. As the world becomes more and more chaotic and
this process repeats, we become intensely activated, but with nowhere for all
the energy to go. We can feel increasingly on the verge of overwhelm, as well
as physically and emotionally worn down.
Psychologists who were consulted offered helpful suggestions
such as setting boundaries on news consumption, calling friends or family
members who can have a settling effect on us or spending more time in nature.
However, the report also included the statement that under the pressure of
repetitive traumatic stress, a person's worldview might radically change. This
greater fear involved the sense that, in the midst of all the chaos, people
would conclude that life has no real meaning or purpose. However, the idea of
an altered worldview can also be seen as our psyche’s instinctive way of
seeking genuine healing and finding meaningful ways to change the course of
both our personal and collective lives.
Ancient wisdom, along with ideas of depth psychology, suggests
that in order to truly change, we must start right where we are and accept the
mess we are in, if we are to find deeper understandings and wiser ways of
being. For it is precisely in the dark nights of the soul that we can
experience revelations of both our deeper sense of self and the regenerative
energies that are essential aspects of both nature and the cosmos.
Chaos as disorder and cosmos as regenerative order are the
two huge energies that continuously make, unmake and remake the world. As
things fall apart, the knowing self within us moves closer to the surface and
seeks to become more conscious to us. Seen through the lens of the deeper sense
of self and soul, the traumatic events that we experience and/or witness are
not simply intended to defeat us or overwhelm us or make us numb, but rather,
they are secretly intended to awaken us to a greater understanding of our own
inner capacity to change and be part of the life-enhancing, life-creating
dynamic through which chaos turns into cosmos, through which we can
individually be redeemed from our own darkness and also find ways to contribute
to a re-imagination and re-creation of a more coherent, inspired and
interconnected sense of human culture. The current war in Ukraine shows the
reality of this essay:
The War in Ukraine: A Struggle for Sovereignty and Global Stability
The war in Ukraine, which began with Russia’s full-scale
invasion on February 24, 2022, stands as one of the most consequential
conflicts of the 21st century. Rooted in decades of political tension,
historical grievances, and competing visions of national identity, the war has
reshaped global politics and tested the resilience of democratic values in the
face of authoritarian aggression.
At its core, the conflict is about Ukraine’s right to
self-determination. Since gaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991,
Ukraine has sought closer ties with Europe and the West, aspiring to join the
European Union and NATO. Russia, under President Vladimir Putin, viewed these
aspirations as a threat to its sphere of influence and national security. The
annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the ensuing conflict in eastern Ukraine were
early signs of Moscow’s determination to keep Ukraine under its influence. The
2022 invasion, however, marked a dramatic escalation — a full attempt to
subjugate the Ukrainian state.
The war has exacted a staggering human cost. Thousands of
civilians have been killed, millions displaced, and entire cities reduced to
rubble. Despite the destruction, Ukraine’s defence, led by President Volodymyr
Zelensky, has been marked by remarkable unity and determination.
Internationally, the invasion sparked widespread condemnation, leading to
unprecedented Western sanctions against Russia and massive military and
humanitarian support for Ukraine.
Beyond its immediate borders, the war has had profound
global implications. It has disrupted food and energy supplies, deepened
geopolitical divisions, and rekindled fears of large-scale war in Europe. Yet
it has also reinforced the importance of international solidarity, the defence of sovereignty, and the resilience of democratic ideals.
Ultimately, the war in Ukraine is not only about territory —
it is about the future of international order. Whether Ukraine emerges as a
free, independent nation or falls under renewed domination will shape the
world’s understanding of freedom, power, and justice for generations to come.
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