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A blog about leaving the rat race...and loving it.

  

    
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 Capitalism,
while a
productive and practical system
at many levels,
has a soft underbelly
where
the ignoble among us
feed.

It is 2012 and...

"Our love is kept confined, entombed:
A Golden Bird in a darkened Room."
- from "The Great Legacy."

Today, in our busy world, we face not a wave, but a veritable tsunami of negative energy. From the self serving wickedness on Wall Street to the selling out of political systems to private interest, to the mindless killing of innocent people abroad to the unconcionable rape of the earth for oil;  from the frightening number of people living in poverty to the rising tide of disaffected youth, to the mindless violence in our theaters and homes, one shudders to imagine the damage to our collective social fabric...and to the world we are leaving to our children. 

But, take heart. There is hope.  For buried in our basic natures, of each and every one of us, are seeds of possibility.  They need only to be awakened to take root and grow.

O, little creature formed of joy and mirth: go love without the help of any thing on earth. – William Blake

For we are, you see, born with love in our hearts.

   Wild, sweet, enduring, overarching, inexhaustible and enormously powerful, love and only love, in its myriad forms, can save us and our planet from the dark forces of untrammeled greed that threaten to engulf us all. 

   So go ye forth, wrapped in a garment of good intent and love, unconditionally, the world and everything in it, spreading joy as you might scatter seeds, for only then will roses of compassion grow where once stood fields of thistles.

     
“We cannot all do great things but we can do small things
                with great love.”     -Mother Teresa

Know that even the smallest act of love is cloaked in majesty and has a great and mystical power to disarm, to salve, to sooth, to dissipate negative thoughts and energy; to find forgiveness in an unforgivcing land and to enhance the way people value themselves and each other.

And know as well, and this for good reason, that even the smallest act of love sends ripples of loving energy out into the world in ever-expanding circles, where that love does great good in ways and in places one might never imagine, frequently returning to the sender in the form of someone else’s loving energy... concealed in an unmarked package.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.      

                    -Leo Buscaglia, American author

...to speak of love openly, publically: one way or the other its simple, warming light must find its way into the boardrooms of the nation: it must have a seat at the table, a voice in our debates, a vote at our polling booths. It must be as a lamp in our lives: as a lens through which we view the unfolding world before us so we might make decisions in the best interests of the most people. We must be not afraid to ask, "Where is the love?" in open debate...or, if need be, to shout the question from the highest hill.

The time has come for each of us to speak its name and feel its sacred power; and to encourage others to do the same.                           

   For we see before us in our day a rising tide of anguish and pain brought about by those  who, under various guises and deceits, manipulate to their own advantage the levers of state, or corporate or clerical control, leaving a host of badly wounded souls in their wake.

     Love and only love can rise to their defence.

So let us go forward with renewed compassion, deepened patience and in a spirit of forgiveness for those who have wronged us, for often, they know not what they do.  For it is the collective will of the people, united in a spirit of good will, each working in their own corner, each in their own way that will make it possible for us to find our way back to the garden. And then...

The day will come when, after harnessing the winds, the tides and gravitation,…we shall harness the energies of Love.
And on that day, for the second time in the history of the world,…man will have discovered fire.
                        – Pierre Teillard de Chardin 

               Click HERE for Pillar Number Three: BEAUTY
                or read on for "A Few Words of Encouragement"

                    A Few Words of Encouragement

   Now it is quite reasonable, quite understandable, that you might think the task of bringing this love back into our troubled world is too much, too formidable a task; that the road is too long, the mountain too high, the whole task insurmountable.

   Just remember: the longest journey begins with a single step.

   Let not the hollow claims or threats, the dire predictions, or the false promises of the so called authorities sway you from your appointed mission to bring love and human decency back into our wounded world at any level you can.  Focus your mind at all times on your mission and remember that... 

              One word frees us of the weight and                  
                pain of life: that word is love.  –Sophocles 

Remember too that with each of us making even a small contribution... 

             Many hands make light work,  – Old Chinese Proverb

Or think of Bishop Desmond Tutu who has seen such movements evolve:

"Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world."

Or if you prefer a more time-tested source, consider the words of Lao Tzu, written some 2,500 years ago:

             Accomplish the great task
                 by a series of small acts.

So with the blessings of those who have gone before you, go ye steadfastly upon your journey, planting seeds of hope and light wherever and whenever you can, dispelling the darkness and setting love free to fly to every far corner where it can do its cleansing wonders. And blessings be upon you if you do.   

   "My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better      than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world." -- Jack Layton, Canadian Politician, 1950-2011

               
                     Click HERE for Pillar Number Three: BEAUTY
               

"Example is contagious behavior."
- Charles Reade

And remember: the children are always watching....

 
For More information, see “Small Things with Great Love” in this document.

   Where, in our world, does that warming human connection go as our children mature? Does that precious little loving soul fall prey to the 35,000 seductive commercials that it sees every year?  Does the violent entertainment in our theatres present a more alluring ideal?  Or is it the brave new world of video games?  Maybe it's the nonstop violence that passes for news on our television sets: the "entertainment" of our day.

Where, in fact, is the little child that was once…you?  And here is a good question: why is it that our greatest teachers always implored us to return to seeing the world “as little children?”
 

Know then

  What happens to many of us in the western world, these days especially, is that the centre of our being, the true “us,” the loving soul or essence that we are born with that is at our core, our centre… becomes  enclosed, encased, much as an onion is, in layers: layers of foreign ideas, of fears, and of unfulfilled desires that harden into what we call our ego.  This is the face we present to the world. The ego is fired and forged on the hard anvil of our lives’ experience, beginning in the vulnerable and malleable years of our early childhood.  This “ego” eventually becomes our public face, our persona, and determines our behavior with respect to others, the breadth and depth of our self-esteem, and how fully and comfortably and lovingly we are able to live our lives.

   Some of us love fully and well.  Others, wounded in their vulnerable childhood years, hardened by later events of their lives, learn not how to love, nor do they experience the joy of giving, so theirs are lives governed by much darkness and negativity...and often excessive self service.

what is necessary is an understanding of this fact so we can forgive  also know the fire is still there as embers.