Seeking Spirituality

I have no idea where you are spiritually. Because you are at this blog, I’m assuming (a dangerous thing to do) that you are interested in spiritual growth and becoming all you can be in this life.

Based on this assumption, I want to tell you about an absolutely awesome book that I’m reading. It’s called “A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose.” It’s written by Eckhart Tolle (“The Power of Now”) and is one of the most thought-provoking books I’ve read in a long time.

If you are interested in living a truly fulfilling life, connecting to higher consciousness, finding a peace that passes all understanding, and playing a role in the spiritual evolution of our planet, then I highly recommend you read this book.

I do want to qualify my recommendation, however, by saying that if you are just starting on your spiritual (not religious) pathway, the contents of the book may be difficult to grasp. Only you can make that determination. You may want to read some of the 563 (at last count) reviews on Amazon.com before you make a decision.

I would also like to mention that this book was one of Oprah Winfrey’s Book Club selections.

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We say we want peace.

We want wars to stop. We want families to stop fighting amongst themselves. We want people to stop hurting other people.

In other words, we want everyone to ’just get along.’

Yet with all this talk about peace and getting along, we continue to separate ourselves from each other. We continue to fight for power and control. We continue to insist that our way is the ‘right’ way or, in the case of some religions, the only way.

Although many participate in (so-called) peace rallies and marches to call for an end to conflict and war, true peace is much more than ending a war.

True peace is best defined as a “harmonious balance between human beings, the rest of the natural world, and the cosmos.” (Wikipedia)

To take it a step further, I believe true peace comes when we join together in Spirit. That is, when we recognize that the God-Force is within each of us and see ourselves as one body, not separate individuals intent upon having things ‘our way or no way.’

I’m not saying we have to agree on everything. What I am saying is we need to accept each individual for who s/he is and stop trying to mold the person to be like us … to think like us … to believe what we believe.

No one has ever truly been changed by persuasion or force. We may ’prevail’ in an argument or, on a greater scale, in a war, but all that has been gained is a temporary truce, at best.

We need to become conscious of how we treat one another — even how we talk to each other. Is there love behind our actions and words? Or are we simply trying to sway the other person to our way of thinking?

Isn’t it time to put aside our prejudices, our mistrust, our need for power and control and become one with the Higher Purpose that created this world? Isn’t it time to seek harmony? Isn’t it time to unify our collective energy and bring about the peace that we all so ardently seek?

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