We increasingly talk about all of us being connected 'As One',
on a planet where we are all clearly inter-connected and highly
interdependant on each other.
If Oneness is not something you are comfortable with, we are
asked by all of the major religions in the world to 'Love thy
neighbour as thy self', or something very similar. The key words
here to recognise, are not just to treat our neighbour the way
we would like to be treated, but to treat them 'as ourselves',
which is also saying we are all One.
But several people have told me how very difficult, or even
impossible it is, for them to go to the next stage, which is to
forgive and love our enemies!
Well, a wise man once told me that if you take your worst
enemy, and if you found that you are both locked in a jammed
elevator for 24 hrs, and you got the chance to hear your
enemies life story, that you would see that person completely
differently. He said that you would forgive, and perhaps even,
love thy neighbour as thyself.
What does this say to you?
It tells me that much of our world's problems, locally and
globally, are a result of a lack of communication of information
about each others situation and position. Our true reality.
Our life stories. Our loves and fears. Our beliefs and dreams.
So, if we experience a difficult problem with a neighbour, we
should perhaps remind ourselves. 'they have a life story to tell,
they want to be loved and love too'.
Another wise management consultant once told me, at the start
of my consulting career, 'take any problem that's presented to
you and you will find that the root cause is lack of communication
of information'. Increase the communication of information,
improve the frequency of communication from 'infrequent and
one way' to 'frequent open two way' communication, and the
problems will simply, and naturally, fall away'.
I think that if we really did believe that we are all One
interconnected and interdependant humanity, that we would
naturally want to openly communicate, inform and help
one another.
Isn't this the real challenge for the evolution of humanity
in the 21st Century?
Ron Young
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