I have been thinking a lot about peace recently and what this word means to me. I think I’d define it, believing as I do, that as we are the creators of our reality it starts with peace in ourselves, peace with those around us and eventually peace in the world. Peace as opposed to war.
Ultimately I’d like to imagine a world with no more wars, where the level of consciousness was high enough to choose benevolent leaders and cooperation between ethnic groups, cultures, and countries.
If we stepped back just a nanosecond and thought about killing—whether it’s for land, material possessions or the need to be superior, usually to the advantage of very few—why would we allow ourselves to be manipulated into it?
But then again it needs a high level of awareness not to be ruled by our primary brain and be manipulated by fear. It also would take the courage of our convictions and finally a courage to stand up to tyrants and fanatics even at the cost of our lives.
Gandhi won his war without using violence but not without deaths. He realized his own death was a possibility. At the first attempt on his life, on the 20th of January1948when a bomb was set off that didn’t harm him, he said, “If I am to die by the bullet of a madman, I must do so smiling. There must be no anger within me. God must be in my heart and on my lips.” Tragically, he died ten days later, shot at point blank range by a Hindu fanatic.
According to David Hawkins’ map of consciousness in his book Power vs Force, The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior,where Hawkins calibrated emotions by kinesiology, Gandhi calibrated at 760. Peace calibrates at 600 and enlightenment between 700 and 1000.
To quote Mr Hawkins, “Although only 15% of the world’s population is above the critical consciousness level of 200, the collective power of that 15% has the weight to counterbalance the negativity of the remaining 85% of the world’s population.”
When Gandhi died, without his high energy violence erupted all over India.
Imagine a world in which wherever you travelled people had roofs over their heads, enough to eat, access to health care and education. A world like that would give everybody the chance to live fuller lives, with access to pleasures that elevate us: the possibility to dance, to sing, to write, to create in whatever domain interests us, to build beautiful monuments, to look after the biodiversity that exists, to find ways to live in harmony with other species without destroying them or ourselves.
To reach this level I believe we have to elevate ourselves first of all, starting with peace within. How do we go about finding the best in ourselves and living for others while taking care of ourselves at the same time?
First of all, we need to stop judging and criticizing others. That doesn’t mean we have to agree with them. But we need to know that we will have more effect on them by being an example than by trying to change them. Agree to disagree. We will save ourselves a lot of torment if we give up the need to prove that we are right and others are wrong.
It’s interesting how in times of tragedy we find the resources we need to help others. Then in our daily routines when there’s no extreme drama sometimes we conjure drama up to feel more alive.
We need to feed the child within us and constantly marvel at the world around us. We need to take pleasure in a smile, a kind word, the color of the sky, the smell of grass freshly cut, the taste of salt on a sea breeze, the beauty of an innocent baby or kitten discovering the world around it.
Know that we can learn something from everybody. We all have something to give. Life is a continual movement and exchange.
To see the world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wildflower,
To hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.
William Blake
At my age I have reached the third chapter and know the importance of living in love and happiness. To do so I believe we need to be proactive, to choose whether we are going to evolve or decline, and to forgive. By forgiving we will emerge more expansive, more joyful.
That is why I invite other mature women like myself to leave your comfort zone, to awaken to the amazing life that is yours to live, to learn to mature wisely and exceptionally, emerging stronger than ever and becoming part of higher consciousness.
The journey I propose with the Elite Membership Forum course will give you all the tools you need to live peacefully and harmoniously.
More than ever we need wise women that can play an essential part in moving towards the vision of a peaceful world, fast-forwarding it towards peace.
If you are interested contact me either through the substack or simply by email cherryl@aniane.net
