1. Seeing Beyond the Headlines
Crumbled cookies. Spilled milk. Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Most of us panic, complain, or point fingers when things go wrong. The mess in front of us becomes the focus, and the one who "made" the mess gets the blame. But how often do we stop and ask, "What is this really calling for?"
I once attended a talk by Byron Katie at a Unity Church, and she dropped a bombshell that shook my perspective: More than the Jews, Adolf Hitler was the real call for love. Now, hear me out. Most of us view the Jews as victims of an incomprehensible evil, but we’re stuck at the surface, focusing on the effect rather than the source. The real issue wasn’t about Jews or Hitler — it was about the mind, the thinking that leads to fear, hate, and violence. You can’t solve anything at the effect level. You can only solve it by addressing the mind — the source.
Think about today's fallen icons: P. Diddy, Bernie Madoff, R. Kelly, Bill Cosby. We look at them and say, “I would never do that!” We compare ourselves, thinking we’re better, that we’d never stoop that low. But this kind of judgment is nothing more than a way to dodge our own inner work.
What we don’t realize is that our murderous thoughts are no different from their actions. And I’m not talking about literal murder, but the kind of thoughts we harbor daily: resentment, jealousy, anger, or the desire to “see them get what they deserve.” These thoughts are just as destructive as physical violence because they keep us stuck in the past, reliving a hurt that has no power to touch us unless we let it. It’s a mental prison.
So we attack. We project. We hold on to these stories of betrayal, greed, and harm, never realizing that what these people truly need is correction, love, and compassion — not punishment. The world needs to stop attacking at the level of effects and look deeper into the source — the mind, the consciousness that chose fear over love. It’s the mind that must change.
Let’s face it, we’re addicted to replaying the past. We want the satisfaction of seeing someone pay for their crimes. Yet, we miss the opportunity to heal, to correct the mind that created the chaos in the first place. Instead of asking how they could, ask how can I choose love in this moment?
The media loves to focus on the scandal. Turn on any news channel and you’ll see the same thing: P. Diddy under investigation, a Hollywood star in scandal, political corruption exposed. But what’s always missing in these conversations? God. When we need God the most — to have a different perception, to see with Christ’s vision — we forget to call on Him. And when we don’t need God, we use Him like a genie: “Help me get that job,” or “Help me meet the right person.”
But real spiritual work isn’t about those trivial things. It’s about calling on God in the moments of darkness, in the moments when the mind wants to run wild with judgment and fear. But we don’t. We stay spiritually deprived because we believe we can solve the world’s problems with more punishment, more hate, and more division. Just look at social media, it’s a battlefield of hate, judgment, and condemnation.
Here’s a bold truth: You can’t change the world, but you can change your mind about it. Stop blaming God for the state of this world. God knows nothing of this world because it is the ego’s creation. We thought we had a better plan, and here we are, living in a world of chaos. The only way out is to wake up to the truth: there’s only one plan that will work, and it’s God’s plan. Until we embrace that, the suffering will continue.
So the next time you hear a scandal, see a fallen celebrity, or feel the urge to judge, pause. Ask yourself, "What is this really calling for?" Because whether it’s Adolf Hitler or P. Diddy, the real call beneath all the chaos is always the same: a call for love. We are the ones responsible for answering that call — not with judgment, but with compassion, understanding, and a willingness to see the truth beyond the headlines.
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I am sorry.
Please forgive me.
Thank you.
I love you.
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