I came upon this quote on the internet - "People who pursue intrinsic values — self-acceptance, making the world a better place, helping polar bears — are much happier than people who chase popularity, money, and image."
What a general remark to make! I say, different strokes for different folks. There is nothing wrong with wanting to feel popular, it's a part of our human-ness, and there's nothing wrong with wanting money, it enables us to enjoy the good things in life and also to do a lot of good.
Not everybody is into making the world a better place or helping polar bears, although it is a noble thought. But cluttering our minds and lives with thoughts of 'saving the planet' serves no purpose and actually exacerbates the situation.
If you understand the principle of "what you think about, you bring about" you will realise that, thinking of our planet as being "broken", just enhances mass-consciousness of this fact and causes more 'action' of saving (the planet) which sets an on-going circle into motion of enhancing mass-consciousness and 'saving'.
Activism might seem like the answer, but the truth is, activism is fighting a losing battle. When GreenPeace heads out to stop the slaughter of whales, for example, they once again send out vibrations into mass-consciousness that something needs saving.
Every activist vibrates, deep down from within their heart and soul, pain, anger, a feeling of helplessness and a desire to 'save'. This vibration, which is a feeling of what they DON'T want, goes out into the Universe and MORE of what they don't want comes into being.
The only way we can 'save the planet' is by everybody doing their little bit by leaving as light a carbon footprint as possible. By vibrating what we DO want. By living simply and by eliminating all but the essential, which turns chaos into peace. By each person taking responsibility for their style of life. It's not about money and living simply is not about believing that there is a shortage. The Universe is infinite in its supply of resources. Here we are, on the same planet that we've been on for more years than we have the ability to count. And just in the last 400 years, look at the difference in our economy. And it's the same exact planet. Nobody has been trucking in or piping in any resources from somewhere else. There are not more resources present today. Nor any less.
There is no shortage. And any attention to shortage of something wanted will always produce negative emotion within us because our guidance system is letting us know that we have strayed from our broader basic understanding of abundance and Well-Being. Whether we are focused upon the shortage of money—or resources—that feeling of decline is contrary to our broader understanding of the Eternal nature of our Being.
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