Break the Illusion Blog by Davey Wavey

So, how can you make the world better?

My pick is Stephen.T’s comment:

Stephen.T // Mar 22, 2008 at 12:17 pm

give more, expect less and shine your light for the world to see.

A beautiful response. One of many great comments – a big thanks to all those who participated in the contest. Stephen.T won a copy of A Heart Full of Peace by Joseph Goldstein.

When I ask myself, “How can I make the world better?” I get caught up on the word “better”. I can’t imagine a world better than the one in which we already live.

Sure, a world void of famine, hunger, war, violence and hate would be great. But I think we can only arrive there once we’ve learned the lessons that our more hurtful world has to offer. Those lessons are being offered up every day. This is part of the journey.

In my own life, I’ve noticed that I attract so called “negative” situations into my life until I learn the lesson being offered by those situations. Strangely, once I learn the lesson, the negative situation stops occurring. In the same way, we can learn from the plight of today’s world to make a more loving tomorrow.

And it doesn’t get better than that.

As we all learn to respond with compassion, love and peace, we evolve the collective consciousness of humankind. And indeed, we are moving in the direction of enlightenment. Slavery is becoming less common and is generally rejected by most societies. Women are gaining rights that we once commonly denied. Torture and cruel punishments are no longer commonplace.

Yes, people are still enslaved, tortured and women are denied rights – but there is a clear trend in the progress of humankind. It’s a trend towards enlightenment. Slow but steady.

You’d never know it by watching the news.

But it’s true.

Just look at the 100+ comments you all left.

And when we get there, it will be beautiful – but I’m pretty sure it won’t be any better than today. Just as my life today isn’t better than my more ego-centered adolescent years. I honor those years as part of my journey. In another 20 years, I’ll reflect back on my 20s and probably feel the same way. I won’t be in a better place, just a different place.

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