On “Being Peace”

By:  Reverend Trish Hall, Centers for Spiritual Living Metro

It serves no purpose to deny what is happening globally and locally. Unless we acknowledge that there is a problem, we are powerless to make changes. How do we walk the tightrope of being fully engaged, committed to transforming the problem, yet not lose ourselves in the problem so that we become a force of separation?   The passion that ignites our desire to manifest a world that works for everyone, can all too easily become divisive rather than unifying.  Spirit stirs us to recognize that which needs to change, to seek solutions, to be impassioned to cause change, and to do so in ways that unite rather than separate us.

We receive conflicting messages:  we must “feel it to heal it,” yet warned, “That which you focus upon expands in your experience.” Recognizing what needs to be changed demands that we look objectively at ourselves and circumstances.  Simultaneously, we must feel it and sense it deeply, in order to muster the energy to be a cause for change yet not get so consumed by it that we lose perspective and become ineffective.  We must place our focus on healing – to call forth the Divine Truth that shifts human experience at the level of cause.  Divine Truth does not deny circumstances. It provides the means to effect lasting change of circumstances.  It diminishes the human propensity to get distracted and waste energy on behaviors that widen rifts and entrench the sense of separation.  It calls us to be healers – unifiers that dissolve the sense of separation.

So what is “healing”?  The simple answer is to make whole.  We must reunite our divided nature, releasing our fixation on what is wrong with the world and opening to pure potentiality – to accepting responsibility for doing our part to heal ourselves and the world.  Sometimes in the midst of chaos, it is hard to see “Truth beyond appearances.”  Sometimes, it is hard to remember when surrounded by alligators, that we are there to drain the swamp – to remember it is the Truth that sets us free from the alligators.

Ernest Holmes declared, “We have within us, a power that is greater than anything we shall ever contact in the outer, a power that can overcome every obstacle in our life and set us safe, satisfied and at peace, healed and prosperous, in a new light, and in a new life.”  Simply because we have it is no assurance that we use it for good purpose – that is a matter of choice.  How then do we choose to be?  Do we use this power peacefully, as compassion, healing of strife and global chaos or do we remain imprisoned by beliefs that global peace is not possible because it has not yet been experienced?  Do we take responsibility for our past mistakes, learn from them, and redirect our thoughts and actions?  Do we uproot our misplaced faith in the inevitability of that which is not desired, or do we embrace the power within and be catalysts for change – catalysts for peace?

It is time to subdue all inner conflict by giving no further attention to the many distractions – the side issues that divert us from the fulfillment of our goal.  We achieve this by engaging all our thoughts and feelings in constructive, creative, and productive consciousness – by being peace. 

Please consider joining us or the annual World Healing Meditation that commences precisely at 12:00 AM GMT (7:00 AM Eastern) on December 31^st.  You can do this individually, or in-person groups or join the Heart of Peace Initiative which provides an hour of inspiration including affirmations, meditation and readings focused on the realization of global peace, healing all aspects of the world, revealing peace at:  facebook.com/events/716551799681145

This blog post is the expressed opinion of its writer and does not necessarily reflect the views of Tysons Interfaith or its members.