More Individual, Regional, Oneness
After posting yesterday about this continuum or wholarchy that builds from Individual, Local/Regional, Regional/National, Global to Spirit or God, I was struck by the miriad conflicts we continue to feed, often with great intentions and limited awareness: Local v. Global, Global v. AntiGlobal, Local v. Regional, Individual v. Local, Freedom v. Terror, Dollar v. Euro, Dems v. Bush, Dean v. other dems, on and on and on… This v. That. And then I come across the following: At the end of a talk someone from the audience asked the Dalai Lama, “Why didn’t you fight back against the Chinese?” The Dalai Lama looked down, swung his feet just a bit, then looked back up and said with a gentle smile,”Well, war is obsolete, you know.” Then, after a few moments, his face grave, he said, “Of course the mind can rationalize fighting back… but the heart, the heart would never understand. Then you would be divided in yourself, the heart and the mind, and the war would be inside you.
I think it must be the heart that really understands the pulsation and rhythm that lets individuals, localities, regions, and nations all play together in one world under so many gods.