It's All Good

If you spend time investigating any of the strange and even disturbing elements of our present global reality, it’s easy to become disheartened or even anxious or desperate.  It’s not uncommon to feel this way and if you have, you’re not alone.  I spend a lot of time sifting through quite a bit of difficult material every day, and I still have moments when the potential future hits me so hard I lose my breath.  As I gather information for a post, sometimes I have to close my laptop and go do something else for awhile.  It can be overwhelming, no matter how many years one has been awake.  Who hasn’t thought about going back and taking the blue pill?  The red one can be bitter and acrid indeed.

I was listening to one of the alternative radio talk show hosts the other day, and he and his guest were discussing how some young people, though fully aware of the coming ‘new order’ and all its controversial agendas and organizations, agree to join the powers-that-be rather than be on what they think will be the ‘losing side.’  I’m not sure which is more difficult to assimilate:  that there are people out there that Know,  yet consciously choose to join the bad guys, and that they actually believe it will be the ‘winning side’; or that the ones who decide to remain and fight against the machine will have a very, very difficult time indeed. 

Yes, our future will be full of misery and chaos.  But we are already living in the future.  From microchipping to prophetic warnings; from droughts to floods, earthquakes and fires; from secret cabals and wars to chemicals in our food and air, our world is very quickly becoming a difficult place to live purely, simply and at peace – and it will surely become progressively worse in the next few years.  I have no illusions about that, and I spend quite a bit of time meditating on remaining in a place of serenity despite the chaos.  There are still pockets of truth and warmth, we just have to find and then protect them.

When we got married, my husband and I had this short phrase inscribed inside our wedding bands, a phrase that meant a lot to us spiritually then, and still means a great deal to us today.  It’s one of the ways we’ve gotten through some hard times.  Trust me, I know the arguments; many say, it can’t be ‘all good’ – there has to be bad to be good.  Or, then that would mean evil is good, and so forth.  Philosophically, yes, one can go around in circles on this one.  But the phrase has taught me some very simple yet sturdy spiritual lessons that have aided me in my daily life.  First, I have had to learn to trust that God, the Tao, has got it all worked out.  He’s perfectly aware of what’s going on, and there is a Plan – even if most of it is beyond me.  I can’t prove this; I just know it from my own personal experiences of synchronicity and spontaneous knowledge.  It’s not my job to worry about anything: not about money or health, not even about global catastrophic destruction or a global police state.  Worry is the opposite of faith and will get me nowhere.

Another lesson for me is that whatever seems ‘bad’ now can often turn into something good; the silver lining philosophy.  This is very much a tenet of Taoism, and even Christianity; “turn your scars into stars” is a favorite teaching I heard from a minister awhile back; the thought can give you hope even if it seems impossible at the time.  And lastly, that we all have a choice every moment to act either with love or with evil intent – this is how the wheat is separated from the chaff.  God, the Tao, wants us to choose love, to choose Him; without that choice, we wouldn’t be able to love so strongly, or Know Him as completely, because we wouldn’t know the difference.  So in the end, even evil has its purpose.  I know, it’s a difficult notion to absorb and certainly I don’t claim to be an authority on this; I’m just sharing how I get through the day.  I imagine we all have a way to explain the evils of the world so we can make it though.  Those who don’t are likely having a very hard time indeed.  Whatever works for you, I like to say.

Surfing the Tao is about how you live your life even though all this crazy stuff is going on.  It’s about being nice to your neighbor even though you just got fired.  It’s about raising your children with wisdom and respect, even though you suspect the future could be bleak.   It’s about recycling even if the End is Near.  It’s about lending a hand, teaching the truth and spreading love and awareness, lest Hosea ring true, “my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge”.  Though there are sure to be many truly bloody battles ahead of us, the most important battle is in our hearts, in our spirits; that part of us which is connected to the eternal.  Be a spiritual warrior: stay strong, stay wise, stay grounded.  Be aware but not afraid.  Know, but be at peace.  Teach, yet be gentle.  Remember, the future has already happened: it is done, and the good have won.  A better world is already waiting for us.  We just need to keep walking towards it.  As Lao Tzu wisely suggested, “accomplish the great task by a series of small acts.”  We all have a role to play in this final act; deep in your heart, you probably already know what yours is.

Love is the answer; love is the why, the how and the what.  In the end, love really will be all we need.  In the end, love will be all that is left.  Practice it now, today, and every moment.  Spread the word and have no fear, for love is not just soft and tender, but also ferocious and determined, like a lioness defending her cubs.  God is with us and He has not left us in the wilderness to perish.