Hope, Compassion, Acceptance, Duality

The acceptance of duality as the way of the world is what keeps it in constant turmoil. All problems are created by seeing people as separate and opposite from you. When anyone focuses on the differences between them and another person it will automatically create fear. Anyone who sees the world in terms of duality, such as good and evil, light and dark. positive and negative, and religious and atheistic will always lack the spirit of compassion. The key to life is to recognize all duality in life as simply different perspectives of the greatness of God. The world is wonderful precisely because of the tremendous variety that exists. It is the ebb and flow of opposites that makes life interesting and exciting. Therefore, the only hope for the future of the world is to recognize that everything in this world arises from a common source. When this premise is accepted, then it is easy to accept all other living entities as part of the same family tree, no matter how far removed or how seemingly different they may appear. When you see everyone as equal in spirit, then it is natural to have compassion on each and every living being. You no longer fear them, but rather recognize that they share the same hopes and fears as you do, regardless of their race or religion. When this attitude of acceptance and compassion for others replaces the current mood of fear and suspicion, then you will know that there is great hope for the future of the world.