Even If You’re Against It, You’re For It
May 2, 2007 at 2:50 pm (Forgiveness, Law of Attraction)
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. –Mother Teresa
On her blog, Sanctuary for Change, Susan Hanshaw has an interesting post where she discusses the role of forgiveness in the manifestation process. She states that our choice to forgive helps drive the outcome we desire even though the actions we are forgiving seem counter to our desires. Her post made me think of a recent conversation I had with a friend about some of the events of the last few years including the war in Iraq.
The conversation began because someone had given my friend a sticker that looked like the U. S. flag and my friend didn’t want it. When I inquired why she didn’t want it, she promptly told me that she was not proud to be an American because of her intense disagreement with the war. My question to her was, “So, you are saying that you are not proud of your country and your heritage based on the fact that you disagree with the policies and decisions of it current leaders?” She indicated that I was correct in my statement.
Since I personally believe that my country and my heritage represent much more than the actions of a particular set of leaders, I was somewhat shocked at her stance. That’s not to say that I always agree with the decisions that are made on my behalf. In fact, in recent years, I have more and more found the issues I feel strongly about to not only be divided among the political parties, but many of them are often seen as polarizing issues for one party or the other.
Since I know that Law of Attraction says that whatever I give my thoughts to is what I help manifest, I choose to only think about those issues that are important to me while giving no thought, and thus no manifestation energy, to those which are the opposite of what I want. Taking a stance and giving my thoughts against something, like a war, for instance, does nothing but give more manifestation energy to that which I don’t want simply because I’m still thinking about it. Taking a stance and giving my thoughts for something, like peace, is a much more productive way of addressing an issue. Either way, I am helping to manifest it. Mother Teresa lived in this manner. When asked if she would march against the war in Vietnam she said, “No, I won’t but when you have a march for peace, I’ll be there.”
Today, I am choosing to think about peace and love by remembering that “we belong to each other”. How about you?
