There are two ways to read this perspective:
Substitute 'I' for 'you' and read it as if you wrote it. See what resonates, and what does not; and what you choose to respond to
Realize that it is only 'my' perspective, even when it seems didactic.
For I will not write if I am not certain, but I will not mistake certainty for the ultimate truth!
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I woke this morning, with some thoughts; and those I always share in writing. That is my discipline. In the past few days, they have often been of the Gaia community.
That in itself, if I think of the perspective of my life today, is amazing and shocking; because there is so much I will not be writing that is of real importance in my life; and so much that I will be writing that is not really important. What I will be doing, in each case, is sharing - to anyone who can connect fully to listen. In the end, only those who can sense all, will be able to know 'me'.
But that takes a leap of listening - both to what is written and what is not. What is felt and what is not.
I have found that communication between two people is often on the surface, and uni -or two-dimensional.
We stop at the surface of words. Not the ones we hear or read. The ones we listen to or understand. Will I remember when I am writing, that the other has limited time or talents as well? That there are those who are seeking, and those who are giving? That I can choose what is for the benefit of my life and leave aside what is not? Each requires courage, because we're answerable to that inner voice.
I am often told, both online and offline, that I have a peaceful presence. That causes people to either be drawn to me or stay away. When drawn to me, some forge a heart connection and I sense easily the peace radiating from their inner self.
Others feel they can 'take' that peace by interacting with me. I see that there is a waiting for words, for a gesture, for a tone of voice. I usually connect to people in a way that I have learned with light-work, both offline and online. Heart to heart, and intuition to intuition. Keeping the energy clear, with breath, and removing hooks when I see them. Hooks do not help anyone - the one who needs or the one who is giving. It prevents each from being whole, healed. And this is an ongoing exercise in the human life.
With detachment that comes from deep connection, with the heart-mind, we not only hear each others' words, we also sense that inner essence. To the extent that we can go inward within ourselves, we can go inward within the other.
From this perspective, we look into the other, and keep looking till we find only what we are seeking - light, or dark.
Please know, inherently, there is nothing that the human mind thinks of as 'bad' that is in either - light or dark. If we see just what is, and not what is meant to be; everything is just what it is meant to be. Or not.
How high, how deep, how whole a perspective can I bring into my daily conversation; into every minute of awareness, while asleep or awake? That is what I watch.
But there is another step, and that is where the incredible colors of communication come in.
How does the other see themselves? For this to be seen, we need to connect, not attach, to each other's energy. That is the
love connection - not the feeling of love that is attachment, but the being of love, in which there is just - connection, so deep that the boundaries of you and I are lost. From the heady hum of that connection, the mind sees- ah! one aspect is not yet seeing the essence; and we are brought out of that connection.
This is the region where conflict arises. Between the forces seeking to be filled and the force seeking to be. How does one interact in this situation? From the conflict to the conflict, or from peace into the conflict?
I have done both. The path of the conflict- to -conflict is one of the primal forces of the universe, and it is ever in evidence. Planets disintegrate, meteorites dash into each other, there is fighting. Destruction and creation, once again neither inherently 'bad' or 'good'. Just what is.
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I am taking a break from this, because after all, there is only so much time I have to write on the internet; there are the parents to enjoy and serve; the office to go to; family matters, other groups and places on Gaia.
Do I always remember, when seeking something that not only I - but others - have a choice? Do we always exercise it mindfully? Each moment, we can choose - do we go outward from peace or outward from conflict? Do we seek balance or imbalance? Do I seek to destroy what I admire, or to learn from it? Do I choose conflict so that I am seen to engage, or do I respond to the whispers of those who are silent in distress, in beauty, or in unanswered words?
These are the rhetorical questions within us, where the real conflicts take place, the real courage to face them, and the real source of peace.
Internally.
I choose to speak from a space of peace to that peace within you.
I choose to connect the light within me, to the light within you.
Today, I am choosing harmony. And I see, that you are too.
Internally.
Namaste.
What is your perspective?
[cross-posted from Gaia Networking]