Unbelievabel,
today I got to know that Germany is worldwide the third biggest country that exports weapons. Also into countries that are against human rights. Our politicians say that they go against coutries that are against human rights. And yet they allow to export weapons to those countries. ( I am against production of wepons at all ). Thousends and thousends of people are killed through wepons that are produced in Germany and legaly exported.
Monika
Yes, governments are asleep, unconscious, and not to be relied upon. Only the eternal Self is trustworthy.
ReplyDeleteAnd so in our School we learn to go deeper into the center of true peace. We learn to put down our own weapons...
...at least we can do that...
...we can learn not to export the weapons of fear, hostility, anger, and intimidation into the world,
nor to import them into our own life. We can learn to gently refuse to entertain hostile thoughts. We can learn to live from the Center of True Peace.
And it is not so easy to always be aware of the abundance I have to decide.
ReplyDeleteI have a kind of Winterdepression!I was ill from a Bronchitis and a cold since three weeks, now I am nearly healed but I feel exhaustet everything seems too heavy for me, caring for me, for my household even reading some of my lessons. I have a big restance to life in me and feel guilty and not good enough for my relationship. I feel not understand from my psychiater who told me everyone is responsible for the place in life where he is and I should not negative thinking.
ReplyDeleteAnd everyone here is so spiritual and positive.
I have weapons in me against me.
I know I should not export this in your life.
Elisabeth
Yes, not so easy, dear Monika...and so we have the School to support us. This is one of the wonderful gifts of the school. And you are a wonderful gift to the school.
ReplyDeleteHello dear Elisabeth...yes, your insight is wise. You have weapons against yourself. That is the point. Everyone does. It is easy to see this reflected in the outer world, not always so easy to see it in the inner world.
ReplyDeletePlease do not be too hard on yourself for your depression. It is harder to rise above negativity when the body is depleted due to illness. Give yourself time to rest and heal completely. Tell yourself, "I have been ill. Now it is time for me to nurture myself with loving choices."
You are not "exporting" negativity into the classroom. You are releasing it from yourself.
In the world, people often try to appear happy and smiling on the outside. In our school, you are encouraged to give up pretenses. In our school, we learn that every person harbors darkness inside.
The ego needs food to eat, to stay alive. Useless shame and guilt are the best food for the ego.
When we bring the thoughts of the ego out of hiding...we bring them into the light of understanding.
The idea that "everyone is responsible for where they are" is perhaps a bit simplistic. And we will look at this more closely in future lessons.
What is important is that you are consciously on the Path. You had the courage and strength to show up here today in the classroom.
Your depression will pass. Please remember that it always passes. There are times when you are not depressed, when you feel happy. There is springtime and all the flowers, blue skies, and songs in the air.
Tell yourself, "I do not always feel depressed. I have forgotten that sometimes I feel light and free. Even when I cannot change my mood today, I can remember that sometimes I feel light and happy."
Negative thoughts do not make you bad. Positive thoughts do not make you good. The thoughts that you entertain and believe DO create the "ego self" that you believe you are. They create your experience of life.
Perhaps you cannot stop a thought from knocking on the door of your mind. And you CAN ask yourself intelligent questions about that thought. Is this thought really true? What do I get out of believing this thought? Is this thought helpful or harmful to me? Who would I be if I did not believe this thought?
When you ask questions like this, something wonderful begins to happen inside of you....like a tiny seed beginning to sprout in the deep dark earth....YOU BEGIN TO THINK FOR YOURSELF....or you could say....you begin to connect with a Higher Intelligence...with HEART connected to DIVINE INTELLIGENCE.
Remember that tiny seeds in the earth take time to sprout and grow. So be patient, loving, and kind with your little self.
The angels remind you, each of you who read this...You are Love and you are loved beyond all measure.
with gratitude, your teacher
Thank you, Indira. I feel relieved and better now. As I am writing I felt already a bit relief.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for this loving sentences
Elisabeth
Alas, I'm pretty sure that the US exports the most weapons to developing countries and that Russia is 2nd.
ReplyDeleteDear Elisabeth,
ReplyDeletegood healing to you that you will be in your energy again soon.
Love to you
Monika
Hi Elisabeth, I was just writing another comment and mentioned you! Anyway, I second Indira in saying that you are not always negative. I think you just forget that you are often positive.
ReplyDeleteMonika, you obviously have a tender heart. I do not like weapons production and selling either, but it does exist. That's one reason the school is so fantastic. I know I can find "like-minded" people here who are focused on Truth. That is such a relief in this dark world.
Indira -- your words always bring rest to my heart somehow. Even right now when my mind is spinning with thoughts and feelings of failure. I know I don't always think this way -- and it has nothing to do with my real life -- I mean the outer circumstances.
I will take heart in what you once said about when the light gets brighter, we have the courage to see what was always there, even if it means seeing our own darkness.
Thanks for being there, everyone, classmates and teacher!