The Merciless Prosecutor

I was hearing a story about someone I know peripherally, whose behavior in a particular situation did not meet my criteria for proper comportment for a lady. In itself, this is a ridiculous admission, almost Victorian. So, let me go on. This woman’s choice and ultimate action, as far as I was concerned, was immature and self-defeating, throw in a little de-basing. She obviously lacked self-esteem and I could hear myself tsk-tsking in my head as I made a non –vocal judgement about her. How could she do that and at her age…….!

I know better than to voice a judgement, because words have a specific frequency when uttered, and my words would have been all low. Bad enough I was thinking it, but I wasn’t about to wear a hair-shirt or flog myself in punishment for being the silent prosecutorial witness. We are everywhere (prosecutorial witnesses), and the courtroom is in our head. Our egos carry us on a relentless search for guilt, rather than for justice and compassion. In some fundamental way, it is easy for us to find others wrong, and do the silent tsk-tsk. After all, we wouldn’t have acted in THAT WAY! We wouldn’t have blown the situation, only to feel the sting of it later on. After all, we have too much wisdom, too much self- respect. Does it make us feel better to experience another person with feet of clay, and see them suffer? It must, because most of us do it all the time, in various degrees. We make judgements based on our own frailties, and the programs that run our lives.

Let’s face it. We are all interconnected, whether you get that statement on a visceral level, or have heard it said and are still pondering the stunning truth of it. Notice that the merciless prosecutor is an aspect of yourself, and when you come to this realization, your perspective takes a 180 degree turn.

The Blueprint

Imagine the challenge of changing our world so we can live in peace and prosperity, and turn history around. Imagine we are set upon a new path of evolution. That’s what many people will be trying to accomplish as government representatives, economists, environmentalists, scientists, and strategic thinkers converge in Paris at the beginning of December. They will be meeting to discuss ways to head off environmental and economic collapse among other things I’m not privy to. It will take some kind of miracle to make this jump but miracles do happen. Ironically, as the excitement has been building about this upcoming conference, the heinous acts of terrorism masterminded by ISIS just took place and claimed many innocent lives.

What quantum leap will transition us from these acts of terrorism perpetuated by people with the most dense level of consciousness? How can we miraculously end these horrendous acts of aggression and expunge the thought forms of hate embedded in these people that are so lost and far from understanding love and compassion.

Perhaps we all need to pray for the success of the Paris conference, and perhaps we should call on God in our prayers to help us come up with the answers to the many problems that confront society today. There is a blueprint for our salvation and we all must look into our hearts to find it.

Enhancing Compassion

Sometimes our lives take control of us and our compassionate nature goes into dormancy.  At least, that’s how I feel sometimes.  And, there’s a little bit of guilt attached to that.  As an example, at the supermarket check-out line, I found myself annoyed by a woman in front of me who was trying to swipe her credit card, but made several unfruitful attempts, each time having the patient cashier explain.  My immediate reaction was to roll my eyes and moan a bit so I could be heard by the poor lady.  And might I add, I had thoughts that were rather disharmonic.  Come on, I told myself.  Breathe.  It’s only 5 extra minutes out of your life and perhaps this woman is learning disabled or worse!

I’m talking about compassion here.  I read, in a most interesting book called “How God Changes Your Brain”, by Andrew Newberg, MD, that “the more you activate your anterior cingulate, the more compassionate you will become!”  It’s easy to do, too.  “Simply focus on compassion or an image of peace, as you breathe deeply and relax. Hold the thought for at least 12 minutes a day, and in a matter of a few months, you’ll begin to build and strengthen new neural circuits of compassion.  These circuits will interrupt the neurological tendency to shy away from people who appear to be different than you.”  It might even help when you’re ready to explode on a supermarket line!  Fear, anxiety, and irritability will decrease, and a sense of harmony will take its place.