There are some who believe it is unrealistic to be
happy these days, much less to even focus on being happy. Are they right, or
are they missing a significant point?
An article I wrote asking if we’re too busy to be
happy received this (unaltered) comment from a reader: “no, I am too realistic to be happy! can you be
happy, when Russia invades Ukraine Russia
I felt it was
important to give genuine consideration to the commenter’s ultimate concern and
his obvious frustration or upset. I wanted my reply to honor his feelings, and
perhaps even assist him, if he’s open to this. So rather than send him a direct
reply, especially since I believe his feelings may be shared by a number of
people, and certainly by all of us at certain times in our lives, especially
these days, I decided to do it this way. Maybe he’ll see this and read it as
well.
Dear Commenter: Thank
you for reading my article and sharing your honest thoughts and feelings about
it. You brought up some valid points, which I’d like to respond to. The first
thing I’d like to comment on is that I am not a philosopher. I do make an
effort to consider and evaluate everything by using my whole brain—when I
remind myself to do this for my and for the benefit of everyone involved (more
on this in a bit). I’m not a saint, but I am spiritual-metaphysical, which
helps to keep me balanced as often as possible, and sane, especially during
times that seem to lack sanity or rationality.
About being an alien
to Earth, the scientists and researchers who don’t mind bucking mainstream
(controlled) science are willing to say that the evidence clearly indicates
that none of us originated here, and that there is evidence of our DNA having
been altered; and in fact, I recently heard someone on TV say that our DNA has
altered by 7% from even 5,000 years ago. I’m not being facetious with this
comment. This is the science that’s not being promoted to the public. We, and
our history, appear to be so much more than mainstream would like us to
believe.
Significant as the
events you mentioned are, there are even more events happening, which fit on
the scale from minor to severe, than many of us know about, want to know about,
or are fearful to believe or imagine really goes on, or can hold in our minds,
much less our hearts. Taking all of this into account, it can seem unrealistic
to focus on our own happiness at such a time as now. It’s more than tempting to
become overwhelmed by all that’s happening, but that can lead us even farther
away from where we are meant to go, which
is into higher consciousness and awareness, so that we can be better humans
than we sometimes or currently are, and be more effective about addressing
what’s going on and do so in the right way.
Perhaps it’s the word
“happy” that you disagree with, and that’s understandable. Perhaps if you
consider exchanging “happy” with “possessed of and motivated through greater
conscious awareness,” that might feel better to you or seem more realistic
(more on this in a bit, as well). Happy, after all, is just a word with as many
meanings as there are individuals to perceive and experience that feeling. And
as odd as it can seem to some of us, there are those who only feel truly alive
when they are upset about something or with someone.
About being lied to: It’s helpful to us to
remember there’s a great deal of information, misinformation (poorly
interpreted information), and disinformation (deliberate confusion of
information by making just enough of what’s shared true to get people to
believe it or making just enough of what’s shared false to convince people to
disbelieve it) out there. It all seems like chaos. I recently heard someone say
there is no chaos, only a pattern that is not understood, like an ant making
its way across a colorful carpet. To the ant, the colors may seem to have no
rhyme or reason; but if the ant could look at the carpet from far enough above,
it would see the colors form a pattern.
The reason why much of what’s happening is
happening is being addressed by a number of reputable people, people who pay
attention to the patterns most of us ignore or are unaware of or simply choose
not to believe could be possible, despite evidence. By reputable, I mean these
people’s efforts, experiences, and proven results as researchers over many
years or decades have demonstrated that their information is worth giving real
thought to; although, mainstream wants us to believe them to be insubstantial
or delusional, as though a good deal of what’s going on isn’t crazy in itself.
I offer this disclaimer, though: Do properly vet whoever’s information you
check into. And, there is inner knowing within you about anything; and there
are evidences all around you.
There are a number of things we can do to become
better humans and to be more effectively part of the solution. We can start
with the natural laws of the universe, which are not manmade, but are of the
God Mind or One Consciousness that created everything in existence, or more
precisely, thought everything into existence. The natural laws are these. The
Law of Mentalism: Thoughts are formed before any manifestation, therefore,
thoughts create things and conditions; The Law of Correspondence: The above is
like or similar to the below, and the below is like or similar to the
above—they mirror each other; The Law of Vibration: There is no non-motion or
complete rest, everything moves, everything vibrates; The Law of Polarity:
Everything has a dual nature, that is, has its pair of opposites, however, the
opposites are identical in nature (e.g., temperature), but different in degree;
The Law of Rhythm: Everything has its tides, its ascents and descents; The Law
of Cause and Effect: Every cause has its effect; every effect has its cause;
The Law of Gender: Everything and everyone has masculine and feminine
principles; and then there’s The Unifying Principle that encompasses
and binds the 7 Natural Laws together: CARE. It’s up to each of us to consider
what each of the laws mean and how they operate within our lives. It’s up to
each of us to examine how often we use or practice the unifying principle.
It’s up to each of us to understand how our brain
works and how it’s supposed to serve us. We need to understand that the left
brain is logistical, is the center of the ego or personality, and is where all
thoughts about physical reality are addressed—from a limited perspective. We need to understand that the right brain is
where our creativity, intuition, emotions, esoteric understanding and
experiences happen and reveal themselves to us, and where we process thoughts
about the non-physical aspects of existence—from a more expansive perspective. We need to understand that our pineal
gland is there to balance thoughts between the left and right brains so that we
don’t get stuck in one side or the other. Why do we need to understand this?
We can easily get stuck in the left brain, where
lack is perceived and is where most of the people causing the problems in the
world operate out of (the absence of heart
is obvious, or should be). It’s where we process thoughts about all that’s
going on in our lives and in the world around us, from a limited perspective.
When we do this, we forget about the Truth
of our spiritual natures, which reminds us or demonstrates to us, or can, who
we really are and what we are really capable of. But neither is it helpful to
get stuck in the right brain and take no positive or right action.
I’m not saying we should not be concerned about
what’s going on—I certainly am. But I am saying that existing in negative
energy, in any of its forms, is contributing to the very circumstances and
events going on in our lives and the world today (reread the natural laws).
What are our thoughts mostly about? We are focused on the effects rather than
the causes, and we seem to be stuck in this loop. Whether we believe it or not
or wish it weren’t so, we are an integral part of what is going on all around
us.
We go along with choices, rules, and actions that
make no sense or that harm us or others in some way. We go along with fighting
each other rather than telling those who decide on or choose wars (for profit
or control or whatever their own purpose is), often decided on before any
reason is created and is then presented to the public to garner support, to go
find a remote field where they can’t harm the rest of us and fight among
themselves, because the rest of us choose to experience as much peace and
harmony and mutual support as we can create for us and our world.
Krishnamurti said: “It is no measure of health to
be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” You can’t get people to ignore
natural laws and the unifying principle of care unless you convince them they
have reason to do so. This means fear, divisiveness, and outright animosity or
hatred has to be instigated and promoted. Unfortunately, there are a large
number of us who don’t question this enough, who buy into such promotions,
often under various labels, and then do what’s expected of us or behave as is
anticipated, rather than examine what matches natural law and the unifying
principle of care and what doesn’t.
Ultimately, it goes beyond the question: Do we
have a right to be happy or to focus on being so, especially these days. It’s
actually more about being in a positive
vibration as often as possible—because we are far more than this physical experience, even though we don’t
often act like it and sometimes don’t even believe it. We are not as powerless
as we tend to believe we are or have been taught to believe we are. If we want
to shift anything, we have an obligation
to put ourselves into a positive vibration as often as we can so that we alter
what we can. We have an obligation to change our visualizations, actions,
emotions, words, and thoughts to ones that create harmony and well-being for us
individually, as well as humanity as a collective of individuals. You cannot
improve anything by energizing it with negative energy. You can improve
anything by restoring true balance, and true balance starts and ends within
each one of us. That’s not my opinion, that’s natural law.
For me, moments of happiness—and happiness can be
quiet and calm just as it can be exuberant—are a form of appreciation: to and for the One Consciousness; for the gift life
is; for free will, as challenging as it can sometimes be to exercise it wisely
and compassionately; for the ability to choose love or kindness over any form
of hate or mean tendencies; for moments when spirit is put before ego; and so
much more. Such moments remind us all who we are and how we can be; and
possibly, hopefully, deter us from living from our baser nature aspects and instead
choose to live with higher conscious awareness.
So, yes,
Commenter, I can choose to be happy or rather feel moments of happiness and
inner peace, even with all that’s going on. I feel it’s not just my
responsibility but my duty to help hold a more loving vibration on this planet—especially
now. This doesn’t mean I ignore what’s going on, but does mean I can apply my
energy about it differently, from a more spiritual perspective, while I make my
own type of contribution, which is writing what I do, and anything else I
receive inspiration to do, including being an example whenever I can,
especially when I can move myself out of ego and into love, compassion, and
collaboration. To be and do otherwise is to become part of the problem rather than part of the solution. It’s a
good practice, one you’ll appreciate.
Practice makes progress.
© Joyce Shafer
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