And the world spins madly on....

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Comment by alex on April 22, 2009 at 5:55am

I'm starting to resonate with your posts....bizarre...anyway - I know what you mean about it being hard to provide love to the people who you speak of. I've always felt that in order to be able to help someone - you need to first have all the love in the world for yourself and the beautiful being that you (and everyone) are. Only from such a place/state can you start to be able to help others. For instance - for a healer to heal another, they need prior heal themself....so my 2 cents would be that firstly take care of yourself so that you may then take care of others (sorry if I'm repeating myself a bit). Of course if someone feels it necessary to try to tear you down, then, if you are in a place of strength, no worries...though if it is something you're not ready to handle, then just let them be....someone or something else will be able to help them at another time.
"Is leaving the answer?" If a situation/person does not honour you for who you are (and this affects you) - then I feel leaving is perfectly fine. Important to respect yourself in all of lifes situations above all. Often in life there comes a time when a given space no longer serves your needs and you have a knowing inside that it is time to move on - if that's the case, then go for your life :) however, it's important to also know when you're running away from things - in which case...perhaps it's best to understand what's going on for you before leaving.
I know it may be hard to watch people "hurt themselves" or even grow as the world around them spins madly on. Trick perhaps is not to get too caught up in the outside world - not to let it control who you are, what you do and where you're going. You know all these things inside of you and if you take a moment to sit, be still and surrender to your inner wisdom, you'll find all the answers, peace and stillness are only a moment away. Easy to get caught up in the world around us - what's more important is to know the world within us and to come forth from there. Then the outside world is just that. And you can grow to your hearts content.

Comment by Burke Bryant on December 29, 2008 at 10:13pm

Great post. I too used to sit and ponder that very question, and experience that same resltlessness you speak of. It used to wake up inside me at the end of every year. My solution was to befriend it and travel. My fear perhaps in life is not doing everything I want to do. I'm referring to travel and spiritual development in this sense not money or materialism. Some of the best help I have found for the world, and my peers alike, is my own personal development in areas of traveling, spirituality, and lifestyle. From what I achieve, others natually seem to take notice of. To lead by example seems to be extremely poweful to say the least. I gave up changing others and focused on my inner self. Those that are ready, I assure you, will find you and ask the pertinent questions needed for their own change, and at the right time. Keep up the great work. -B