A Global Approach to Worldpeace?

Spirituality
#1

Great questions Techne.

I personally don’t think it requires a lot of politics. Simply because if the people change globally, so will their demand for their government. All parties may exist exactly the way they are by name and philosophy for example, but if the world evolves, so will they and their actions automatically, to match the new world. I think if people start taking care of themselves spiritually, the political side of things will balance out naturally as well, we do not need to focus or micromanage that. I think we just need to keep our focus at awakening to global peace and awareness.

Yes there are many global approaches going on already I agree. I am not saying there should be one organization that brings about a global approach. I think it is the responsibility of every individual towards himself and this world we live in. So a global approach to me can have multiple forms, but does have a few characteristics, for example:

[B]1) [/B]It should be easy and simple to understand for the masses and not only appeal to those who are interested in meditation and yoga for instance, but it should also be formatted in such a way that corporate business people with no experience or interest in anything spiritual will recognize the truth and practicality of what is being said.

[B]2)[/B] Also it should not create additional beliefs to live by and it should not condition people into additional principles. We all have enough of that already. I think we need more emptiness, clarity; less beliefs. So a global approach to me would be for example a teaching that is applicable regardless of circumstance, beliefs and way of life. Someone who is meditating 3 hours a day should be able to apply this Self-Awareness just as much as someone who is living a busy life chasing material goods.

[B]3)[/B] I think it should not be a teaching that says: “First you should do so much of this, change your body, change your mind and practice this and that without doing such things, and then after 20 years maybe you can see who you are.” A global approach needs to be quick, fresh, about Here & Now Self-Awareness and it should be accessible by anyone at any given time. It should not be caught up in beliefs of cause and effect, because our true being is not in any way dependent on cause and effect. We can see it immediately with the proper guidance, words, references etc.

Pandara:
Yes I agree with your teacher. However, often the actual threat of destruction - if convincing enough - can also bring forth that transformation, rather than evolution perhaps. I think that is what is happening these days. More people are waking up worldwide, because the world is getting more chaotic and busy. It is also much smaller thanks to new and quick ways of communicating (internet etc.) So even though the world may be on the brink of destruction always, I personally feel there is a difference. There is a global event/transformation going on at a rapid pace. One that could use as much guidance and support as possible from people who reside in the peace of their being already.

Love & Awareness,
Bentinho

#2

I try and remain optimistic, but in a world such as ours, throughout all of civilization nothing has really changed other than the technology used by society. We have always been self destructive and people have alwaysbeen selfish animals, that is what i see us as, animals with a conciounce, getting back to that natural balance that we lost with concious is what I see as my goal

#3

That sounds like a beautiful goal GreenTea :). I wish you the best of luck.

I know the world is a chaotic place and the pace and stress of everything seems to get higher and higher by the day, for most people. But there is also a movement in another direction. That of awareness, of becoming more aware of what we are doing and what we are. There are much more stimulants now than a thousand years ago, but there seems to be an increase in readiness as well. People are more ready to receive, to open up. Everybody, at some level at least, has had enough of suffering and desires something more graceful.

They just need some guidance, like we all need, needed when we are/were searching for that something special, that sacredness. That’s why I would love to bring something accessible to the world.

#4

A message from a great scientist

A human being is part of a whole, called by us the “Universe,” a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest- a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us.Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.

     Albert Einstein

IMHO once people do understand this, there are no more wars.

#5

A quote I found recently by Thomas Merton:

"[B]If men really peace they would ask God and He would give it to them. But why should He give the world a peace which it does not really desire? For the peace the world seems to desire is no peace at all.

To some men peace merely means the liberty to exploit other people without fear of retaliation or intereference. To others peace means the freedom to rob one another without interruption. To still others it means the leisure to devour the goods of the Earth without being compelled to interrupt their pleasure to feed those whom their greed id starving. And to practically everybody peace simply means the absence of any physical violence that might cast a shadow over lives devoted to the satisfaction of their animal appetites for comfort and pleasure.

Many men like these have asked God for what they thought was “Peace” and wondered why their prayer was not answered. They could not understand that it WAS answered. Their idea of peace was only another form of war.

So instead of loving what you think is peace, love other men and love God above all. And instead of hating the people you think are war-makers, hate the appetites and the disorders in your own soul, which are the causes of war."[/B]

Reading this the first time cleaned the lenses on my ‘real-vs-unreal’ telescope. What are your real motivations for peace? For charity? For sharing? For love? I participated in elementary school for the food drive for the homeless shelter, because they offered a pizza party to the class who collected the most. How about the tax write-offs? Maybe it’s guilt? A feeling of obligation? A friend last week complained to me about the inconvenience it was to be nice to her elderly neighbor so that he would let use his weed-whacker… but she gives free dance lessons to children because she wants them to be inspired towards freedom and love. I’m not judging, we’re all on our own paths- but how many of us will praise freedom and love but practice it in only those areas which give us the greatest benefit? I know that I have, and I have become conscious of it.

Perhaps he is right in speaking that the destruction necessary for transformation is the destruction of our preconceived ideas about who we think we are and what we think we want. If the ‘idea’ of peace is taken away, the truth of it may have a chance to shine through.

If we have such a hard time with, “Love Thine Enemy,” we should be saying, “No one is thine enemy!”

On that note, I recently started lighting three candles before my yogic practices:

One for grace to my loved ones who have taught me so many things,
One for grace to my enemies who have taught me so many more things, and One for everyone else too.

My best friend next to me just read this quote and stated that, “It is beautiful, but she is unsure whether she should feel uplifted, or absolutely depressed”.

What do you think?

#6

suryadaya, I absolutley love this quote.

And I am convinced that depression is inevitable when one learns the truth about oneself. It is normal to feel small and weak when the heights we were supposed to achive are opened before our eyes.

It is depressing to realize that people are blind, selfish, prone to passions in spite of their best intentions, and this happens after recognizing these faults in ourselves.

#7

I hear what you say and I agree with you on this. I think we tend to just follow different ways of raising awareness about it. :slight_smile:

#8

Which is great :slight_smile:

#9

suryadaya: Your friend should feel encouraged, because The Answer is more simple than we can be tempted to make it – don’t worry about “peace”. Just love people, and it will grow. (Don’t be distracted by the word from its meaning.)

benhito, you say “. . . if the people change globally, so will their demand for their government.” Why should people change globally? (Let me illustrate this question a bit more.) I acknowledge there would be benefits in changes that lead toward peace; I understand the teleological cause. But the immediate cause is lacking – what would convince a person, let alone sufficient people globally, to change?

Some folks have gotten it right, and some folks have noticed that they haven’t yet and so they’re trying something else, and some folks haven’t gotten it right and they won’t be noticing any time soon. This last group is the big speedbump on the way to global peace and shared prosperity so let’s talk just about them.
What I was trying to get at in my original question is, what kind of effort would it take to “guide” this third group of people who haven’t noticed they should accept guidance – and would any effective effort be logically coherent with its stated goal? I believe it would not be, and that the chaos we blithely accuse as the source of pain and anger is the cradle of a squalling baby. Human freedom is the only way for humans to choose well, because it is the only way for humans to choose. And genuine Peace, the real stuff, must be chosen in all cases.
So we each live our lives and teach and learn together as best we can, and that is the global solution. It’s not very quick to work because some of us are working against it – but ‘it’ wouldn’t Be if we weren’t free to work against it.
Let’s see if it passes your criteria:
non-spiritual people should recognize the truth and practicality of it when stated: “Your actions are effective. When you do something it actually happens.” Sounds darn pragmatic when I put it that way.
should not create additional beliefs: I hope not. This is a basic tenant of the intuitive physics we learn when we throw a block across our crib as a 2-year old.
should not be caught up in beliefs of cause and effect: darn. Failed there. This is a bald-faced statement of cause and effect. Maybe you were referring to afterlife consequences that not everyone believes in like heaven and hell, so I still have hope.

So, tear it apart. Where am I wrong? The global solution is in play and has been from the beginning of the global problem.

#10

Techne, you ask intelligent questions, which is great. However, I cannot say I know the way to world peace, because I feel that will unfold itself as we go. All I wish to create, is the intention to do so and perhaps form some basic vision to work from. From that point on, there is no telling how things will work out or how they should be taken care of. I have no details preset construction that is solid and deals with all the details. I do not wish to get lost in details and individual cases, they will sort themselves out. I just wish to be and inspire this intention and furthermore I wish to spread the simplicity of enlightenment, through showing people effectively, right here right now, that they can experience their presence of awareness.

So when I said: “Not get caught up on beliefs of cause and effect” I meant that beliefs about our being and our road towards our true beingness, should not be elaborated upon. In my immediate experience, freedom of mind is immediately accessible. The experience of awareness that is beyond (yet embraces) all forms, is only to be found right now. You cannot discover it in the future, or “after having taken care of this and that first.”

You are ready now. You were born ready, we all are. Therefore, we need a simple ‘teaching’ or vision that can make anybody experience their awareness right away. That’s what I envision as a global approach to world peace, because it effectively rids one quickly yet naturally of the tendencies of striving towards future-goals.

You may now think, but what about this goal of world peace you are having? Is that not based on future beliefs? Well as I said, it is not so much about the projected goal, it is about creating it right here and now as effectively as possible. It is about the intention, followed by the guidance/teaching. It is about living it. And the only time we are living, is now. Any efforts made on behalf of our beliefs of future liberation, are futile. We will never be liberated in the future, or “after first having done all 8 steps of patanjali”, or buddha or whatever or whoever. I am not saying we do not need some sort of practice or process of getting to know, or getting familiar with awareness and allowing it to take over our experience, but that approach should always be performed individually for each man himself in the present. It is by becoming as present as possible, again and again, that we free ourselves. It truly, scientifically, technically is not possible through any other way that through presence (Now).

You said:

should not create additional beliefs: I hope not. This is a basic tenant of the intuitive physics we learn when we throw a block across our crib as a 2-year old.

I do not get your point. Are you saying you hope not that we create additional beliefs? Or are you hoping not, that we won’t make any additional beliefs, or in other words, you do hope that we create additional beliefs?

What I was trying to get at in my original question is, what kind of effort would it take to “guide” this third group of people who haven’t noticed they should accept guidance

I am not about convincing people into dedicating their energy and attention towards their presence of awareness. I cannot make that choice for anyone. I just wish to be that guide for those who do wish to transform their life into presence and beingness. That third group, is not as big as you might think. Everyone is searchying for the same thing, even those who don’t have a clue about it at all. They will make their choice in their time. If we just focus on being all we can be for those who wish to be and share a common, practical, simple and Here & Now approach to freedom and peace, it will spread faster than fire. It will cross all three groups and have an impact consciously, subconsciously and collectively. It will even make some of the third group instantly belong to the first. Because some of the third group are more ready and receptive than those of the second. I think most of the third are more receptive and ready that those of the second, to be honest.

Hope this answers your questions.
Love,
Bentinho.