Two words spring to mind this International Peace Day - Recollection and Reconnection. Let's re-collect who we truly are, and let's re-connect with the divine source of life.
While the world seems to be spinning out of control, and crisis follows upon crisis, we can at times feel hopeless about what's going on. But there's really no need to.
If we take time just to stop in our frenetic lives, and re-collect the disparate parts of ourselves into an integrated whole, we will feel more at ease with ourselves. If we can re-connect with the heart - the centre of our being energetically - then we can maintain a more balanced life.
Peace starts with each one of us. By stopping, and using the technologies of meditation, yoga or prayer, we can be in touch with our deepest roots and open our hearts. Starting with ourselves and offering ourselves compassion, we can live more authentically and easefully. We can then extend that compassion beyond ourselves to all those who are in pain and suffering.
At our core we are whole beings, and when we act from that core, we are more able to be of use to others and to serve the cause of world peace.
By cultivating peace in ourselves, we can help in the process of changing the culture from one of competition and aggression to one of co-operation and peace. Only with conscious evolution can the world become more peaceful.
