If one walks out of their home into the streets of a city can he/she feel the tenseness in the air. Can we feel the anger around us and the frustration within many over the condition of our world and the condition of others? “Your life is like a ship, sailing in the world, sailing in the physical environment with all of its challenges and influences, and also sailing in the mental environment with all of its challenges and influences.” Yes the world is changing but I feel that we too are changing within because we are connected to the change taking place in the world. For in many areas we are the reason for these changes and we now must suffer the consequences of our errors.
To know and to feel this change we are all beginning to feel and go through, we must also feel and recognize the condition of our world and our environment. Our environment is indeed failing and if one is not in denial and can look out objectively and honestly you can see this and feel it within. Yet, how many of us can look out into the world and see its true reality instead of only seeing what we want to see based on our own judgments and preferences? The signs of the world are everywhere if we have the eyes to see and the ears to hear and if we are being honest with ourselves! Self honesty is so important to cultivate in order to see the true reality within yourself and the true reality in the world! These signs of the world are here telling us great change is here and on its way! Do we see these waves of change? Can we see them? Do we see the one Great Wave that is here already in the pandemic? To see the realities we need and must see now as a race we must activate our own authority and claim it for ourselves! We must become the captain of our ship! This is no easy task.
“Then there is the captain. The captain is you. It is even greater than your mind, for you are greater than your mind, for the mind is the crew. You are the captain. If you do not direct this crew properly, it will become chaotic and disorderly, and everything will begin to become inefficient, and breakdown will follow.”
“Beyond the captain, there is the Great Authority that gives the ship its purpose, its destiny, its cargo. Your task is to carry out the mission that is assigned to this ship in these waters, in this world. Without the greater purpose, well, the captain and its crew will not have a greater sense of purpose, and disorder will follow most assuredly.”
“For the captain to really be the captain, the captain must know the cargo and the destiny as well as all the variances of sailing the great seas of life. You must have a foot in both worlds, you see. You must be able to govern and manage the ship and also carry out the greater purpose for the ship so that it can be successful in its voyage in life.”
I feel that human nature can change because we have the tools to change how we think through great practice. We have the capacity to change the way we look at things! And of we change the way we look at things, the things we look at change! This can be applied to anyone everywhere. This can apply to everything! It just takes practice and the willingness to be honest in order to see the need for change NOW! This is up to the individual! This is up to you!!