THE WORLD IS PERFECT
by Dr. Lawrence Wilson
©
January 2011, L.D. Wilson Consultants, Inc.
Most people feel the world is a chaotic mess. The premise of
this article is that there are other ways to understand and view the
world. It is a matter of changing one's view of what the world is, and
what it is for. Here is a step-by-step approach to help a person change
his perceptions.
The first step
in shifting your perspective is to give up the idea that you know the right way
to view the world. One needs to be willing to be taught anew. This
requires emptiness or not judging ahead of time and being open to learning more
about the subject.
The attitude may be expressed as: "I am not sure what the
world is or is for.Ó This clears the slate. It is necessary to keep
coming back to this basic attitude, as old preconceived notions will often try
to reassert themselves.
A second step,
which further helps to release past attitudes about events, is to say:
"All events are neutral. I don't take sides. I give meaning to
events by the way I interpret them".
This is a difficult belief as it would seem to ignore realities
such as disease, death, starvation or other horrors. However, it goes back to the first step that I really am not
sure what the world is about, so therefore I will not judge events, even though
they seem horrible by the normal standards. The idea that events, of themselves, do not have meaning is
helpful if we want to assign a new meaning to events that may otherwise not make
much sense. Surely much in our
world does not make much sense logically.
A corollary is the statement "the world is
innocent". This statement is important because we are often quick to
pass judgment, deciding who is at fault, who is responsible, who did
what. This is exemplified in our legal system, which is a massive system
for placing guilt and blame outside oneself.
However, if all events are in themselves neutral, then placing
blame or responsibility outside oneself may simply be a way to be more
comfortable, or a way to feel superior, or a way to deny responsibility or
involvement in a situation.
The purpose of the world. What if
the purpose of the world is not to make us happy, comfortable and secure, but
rather as a creation designed to wake us up, to help us to learn certain
lessons, or to be more aware of ourselves and the truth about life?
If life were totally smooth and unruffled, chances are most people
would learn less and not think about life too much. In contrast, by
experiencing challenges, health problems, personal crises, financial, moral and
other dilemmas, we become more aware, more awake and we often dig deep in order
to overcome and succeed in the world.
It is possible to view all events as precisely and exactly that
which is needed to wake up a particular person, community or nation. Each
event and situation represents the perfect grace of the Creator brought to us
for our good.
Some people will, of course, interpret this to mean they are
guilty of some terrible sin because they are ill, or poor, or appear
unfortunate. This is not so.
It is the old mindset at work. Some religions have
controlled people with this kind of thinking for millennia. They teach something like Òyou are ill
because it is your destiny to be ill, so it is too bad and you must
sufferÓ.
This is not quite true because you might choose illness to help
other wake up, for example, or to teach yourself or someone else a wonderful
lesson. There is really no way to
know this.
This means that, in truth, no situation is necessarily better than
another. It is simply a different variety of experience. For
example, if a person had been healthy instead of having to stay home and rest,
that person might have been run over by a car and killed. So who is to say that being perfectly
healthy is better? In fact,
perhaps oneÕs illness or other disability may have kept the person alive.
Another example is that some people lament that they are not
wealthy. However, in truth, if such
a person had been born very rich, perhaps he or she would have attracted a very
selfish mate who would have ruined their life. However, because the person did not have a lot of money, the
selfish people were not attracted, and this was a benefit.
I hope this kind of thinking does not seem false or silly. It is, in fact, very real. It is just another way to look at
things that can help one to be grateful for what one has and stop complaining,
regretting, worrying and fretting so much.
IS THE WORLD FAIR AND JUST?
Some say the world is very unfair because some people are wealthy,
while others are poor. Some are
smart and beautiful, while others are dull and homely looking. Some people enjoy good health, while others
are racked by illness.
However, there are lessons one can learn by being in poverty, and
others that one can learn by having a lot of money. There are lessons one can learn by having oneÕs health, and
other lessons to learn if one is ill.
Let us take just one example of this unfairness and a possible
solution. Karl Marx and later, his
student, Vladimir Lenin, believed that if they just got rid of capitalism
everything would be fair and just.
Capitalism allows and even encourages people to work hard to become
wealthy.
However, the nation, the Soviet Union, was a miserable
failure. The idea of making all
people equal doesnÕt work because people all have varying abilities and varying
desires to work hard.
No government or economic system is going to even out all these inequalities
between people. Instead, the
communist and socialist nations create a new type of unfairness or tyranny in
which a small elite group that runs the government dictates what is fair and
just. In reality, they are no more
qualified to do this than anyone else, and they always favor their friends and
political allies. If you disagree
with their ideas, they punish you, and may imprison you.
The American solution to the problem of economic inequality is to
offer everyone similar opportunities and then let people do what they wish with
their time and abilities. This is
called equality of opportunity, and
not equality of outcome. It is
much more practical and has worked well.
Today it is not being implemented as much, and the result is more
poverty and unrest.
If your mind starts in on this track, it is time to return to the
earlier steps and realize that we don't know the total picture. We don't
know the exact meaning of particular events, what they really are or what they
are for. Therefore, a much better
approach is to realize that the world is fine as it is. It offers an opportunity for people to
learn lessons, to grow spiritually and to overcome many difficulties and
handicaps. The best that a
government can do in many cases is to not get in the way of peopleÕs decisions
as to how to help themselves and others to learn what they need to learn.
A helpful affirmation. One way to affirm that the world is perfect is to say often,
"I abide in a perfectly loving universe. I can be at peace with
whatever is occurring around me".
Again this may sound fake, but it is not necessarily
so. It is simply a reminder that
perhaps there is another way to look at things.
Conspiracies are usually considered bad. However, the word conspire simply means 'to breathe
together'. It is possible to
perceive this world as a gigantic and extremely complex Ôbreathing together
processÕ. It is a coming together
of events, perfectly orchestrated at the deepest level, to heal our minds, to
wake us up, to demonstrate to us our total power and responsibility for our
lives, or to teach us how best to live.
This
means that all things are working for good, and that you are always in the right place at the right
time. It means that love is real, and being expressed through every event
and situation, no matter how brutal or negative they may seem.
What about people and events that push your buttons? As a
general principle, anything or any behavior that upsets you is worth
examining. Often it is bringing you to the edge of your fear and
insecurity.
An
excellent, though often difficult response, is to thank the person or event for
bringing this to your attention. Once you have unearthed the fear, and
exposed it as the real cause of the upset, often a similar situation or
behavior will not provoke the same reaction.
If you suppress or judge a person or situation, it may occur again
until you can get past your defensive responses. If you find yourself
seeking accomplices, people who agree with your point of view, you are probably
just defending your illusions.
When
someone pushes your buttons, try to see it as gift, part of the perfection of
the world. You are being shown your edge of fear or limitation. You are
being given a chance to let go of fear and judgment.
One may say, this is all fine in certain situations, but how about
when it involves the very survival of the body? This is a tough
one. At some point, one realizes that the body is just a form. This
may be what Christ tried to demonstrate on the cross. The Roman soldiers
could not stop his message of love, just by destroying his physical form.
In the same way, you cannot be stopped from sharing your treasure by illness or
even death of the body. The content is what matters. Admittedly,
this takes practice, but it is a good practice because we all eventually face
death.
Why not be peaceful and relaxed about your mortality, instead of
fearful, as is the American way? The author lived in Mexico with a group
of aboriginal people who had little fear of death. It was a delightful
experience that he has not experienced ever again.
Dare to try a grand experiment. Allow yourself to see the
world as perfect the way it is.
Imagine that it may be an orchestration of the grace the Creator in
order to help us wake up and learn important lessons and have certain
experiences.
When you find yourself in fear or
distress, see it as a temptation to be discouraged, and realize you can choose
again. You may not win any popularity contests with this perspective, but
you will attract wonderful new friends who also see the world this way.
And many times a few good friends and a positive attitude are worth it
all.
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