What would love do?

The more I have traversed this self and spiritual development pathway, the more I have had an ability to see issues from multiple sides, multiple points of view and with greater understanding. Some days seeing multiple sides feels a blessing and other times less so, depending on the issue and who's involved.

What I am super aware of right now is that there are loud voices on each extreme of an equation, both fighting in their own way for freedom, health and community. Both seem conflicting and divisive, but each going about, in their own way, healing in the best way they know how.

Some days it feels like we are stuck in a binary duality of right or wrong, yes or no, anti or pro, black or white, with us or against us mentality, that it feels quite a distance from community and unity. I often hear both sides of the coin shouting, name calling and shaming, and at times the chasm between the 2 sides feels like it may never be bridged. I have, however, been rejoicing when those of opposing opinions are able to have adult debates without the above tactics - unfortunately to date I have yet to see that tip into a majority of the conversations and I also have faith that this is where we are going.

I know that we are moving forward, closer to an Age of Light and Love. We are supported by something much greater than ourselves, by something larger than anything we could conceive in our wildest imaginings. All is as it needs to be right now.

Right here.

Always.

Yes, it feels bloody hard some days - as the saying goes, we're all in the same storm we just have different vessels taking us through it.

It can feel easy right now to get carried into an extreme that closest fits our personal narrative, but for me. personally right now, it feels like I would be choosing sides because I think I have to, it would be based on fear and division and not on the community that I so desire.

So, what do I do. Right now when things feel tough, I sit back and ask myself "What would love do?"

And the answer I get - Generosity. Believing that all people, no matter who they are or where they've come from are doing the best they can with the tools they have available to them at the time. I don't believe anyone is intentional in their harm of others.

The more light that we shine, the more shadows may appear, which means greater healing and acceptance can be offered - for until we see shadows, we cannot share the light with them (and that goes for internal shadows too!).

There is always another angle to a problem, always another view point, always another perspective from which stories can be told and information can be garnered.

So, in this information laden world, how can we find our truth? The one that resonates for us with the information we have?

Turn within.

Feel into it with our heart, soul, gut, feet on Mother Earth, connected to ourselves and our beingness.

Our answers may be different to other peoples, can we be ok with that?

There is a saying that I first heard from Eileen McKusick, founder of BioField Tuning - "The truth has 144 sides".

If we can open to the possibility that other truths than ours exist, we can open ourselves to curiosity, awareness, compassion for others and for questioning both our truth and theirs to gain more understanding from which we can discern our truth.... and perhaps our truth will change over time too. Who knows?

Maybe if we can open to the idea of multi-faceted truth we can put down our judgement, stop trying to convince others of our rightness and that our truth is the only truth, and feel our truth from within rather than from without.

And, ask questions to understand other's points of view if it feels right to do so.

When discovering my truth, here are some of the questions I may start with:

Is it true? Could it be true? Does it feel true?
Could there be another angle of truth?
What feels right for me right now?
What's in my Highest Good?
Could I, with a different lens, life perspective or upbringing see how I too could see that person's point of view?

And most importantly, the one I mentioned earlier - "What would love do?".