‘When you hold on to nothing, you are open to everything.’
~ M. L Adams
Tag Archives: Peace
From above
We all can be the judge,
To see the seeming differences that appear to separate us
Yet in doing this we forget,
We are the only one
That in any or all differences
It’s just a different way of dance,
To see the truth in all
Is the only way above
Where all perceived differences
Become clear illusions
It’s here there is only truth;
Where all that matters is love ❤
~ M. L Adams
I am
I am life expressed in all its completeness,
I am beauty, I am love;
I am nature
I am life expressed in all it’s is’ness
I am you,
I am me; I am everything
It is here and now you will see me,
Look around, look within,
I am here; I am everything 💗
~ M. L Adams
In Sunlight
Bathing,
In the sunlight
Of love ❤
~ M. L Adams
Finding Truth and Peace
With the recent Paris attacks as well as others around the world I felt the need to share this with the hope it may touch and help some, please do share if you find it helpful.
When events like this happen it makes all of us question, how can we find truth and peace? When Gandhi stated ‘be the change you wish to see in the world’, there was so much wisdom in his words, because it always starts with us, always.
When we can move beyond our own divisions and see the truth in ourselves and others, this creates ripples throughout the world.
Truth is a word that’s often associated with right and wrong and sometimes used to create further division. Here I’m not speaking of this, instead I’m speaking of the truth that is and exists in everyone, in all of us and everything.
To look on a surface level when we live in a materialistic world can be easy to do and a natural default, however we are far more than this. When we look beyond this surface to see the truth, we can see it in everyone.
There are no opposites, there is no division, it’s all made up. Beyond this illusion there is only love and its all there is, its our creative energy and it’s the truth of what we all are.
No matter what illusions may come about in the world of perceptions, opposites and divisions, this truth even though we can’t see it is the real power precisely because it’s all that is and just because we can’t see it, it doesn’t mean it’s not there.
Never lose faith in truth and peace, there is always hope, its in the smallest things.
When we connect to our true reality and more of us do so, all divisions and oppositions become meaningless and powerless. This may appear hard to do , yet it is only love that is our natural state and fear is illusion in this reality.
Fight only with love, we are all one. Let’s all choose truth and peace. May peace and love be with you and your loved ones today and everyday ❤
“Love is what we were born with, fear is what we learned here” ~Marianne Williamson
The field beyond
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing
and rightdoing there is a field,
I’ll meet you there
When the soul lies down in that grass,
The world is too full to talk about
~ Rumi ~
Just to be
Sometimes just to be,
Just to love;
That’s all you need
~ M. L Adams
The Power of Kindness
How much of an effect can we really have?
I have always believed quiet strongly in the power of kindness but I must admit that recently I had become quiet disheartened about the level of effect this can really have and feeling despondent about the lack of response in my own efforts with others. I quickly then found myself being sucked in by negativity around me and the building up of it, no matter how I tried to change my focus this seemed to be taking over in all directions.
I found that when we feel powerless to change something this is when its hardest not to be taken over by the negativity, especially when its something that really matters to us. The war happening between Israel and Gaza at the moment is a perfect example. The sadness associated with it is something many of us are feeling right now and the question is, can we really do anything to help..?
In a world where we have many quick responses, it is something I think we have become accustomed to look for, yet the small actions we take can sometimes take years to have a full effect. Many of us want to help now and to make a big difference but I have realised that whatever little we can do and whatever ripples we can make is better than no ripple at all.
I have learnt through being on the receiving end of deep kindness, that the power it can have to completely change an outlook is one that can take someone that is ready to give up to someone that will do whatever it takes to continue.
It can be easy to get caught up in our own world and think we cant make a difference, but we do. That one smile, or one kind word or one pound donation can make the world of difference and I have rekindled my belief that the power of kindness is not limited at all, nor by any distance.
By knowing this and taking small actions to make a difference in anyway we can, each act create ripples that could continue way beyond us and even if we do not know about it we can be sure that a difference is made.
We only have to remember how those who have showed real kindness to ourselves and those we know have made a difference to us. It is not always about what we see, it’s sometimes the effect we do not see.
It also becomes not just about the effect but about the cause that re-awakens within us. Kindness in itself seems to act like a shield creating more joy for ourselves and those around us, the more kind acts we make the more effect we have, even when we do not see it.
I for one intend to use this shield of kindness far more and im eternally grateful to those who have shown great kindness to me when I needed it most. We all need kindness and to never forget to always be kind to yourself too.
Never forget this power you have within you
It costs nothing, yet creates something
Something so Powerful, So Transformative, Something far more than the eyes can see
This power that exists within you
Will transform the world, one at a time
This power that is within you is so limitless,
Limitless to all those you reach every time
Believe you make a difference, That you really do,
Each little kind gesture,
Means all the world to those you reach out to
Oneness
All beauty exists here and now,
Beneath all form of shadow and doubt
Beneath all fear and false pretence
Lies this beauty in complete oneness
This truth we can easily forget,
It’s who we are at the core of everything
We lose this knowledge when we focus on gain,
In greed and falseness that only lead to pain,
We cover this truth with all we think is beauty
Forgetting all we really need already lies within
Here is the source, our real true selves
All the beauty we need; all the real wealth
~ M. L Adams
Let’s never forget all we really are ❤
The Game
What is this game
where we have to lie and cheat,
To compete and defeat
Fighting hard to succeed
Life is for living amongst one another
Not against each other
To live in harmony with each other
Not to fight one another
Not to play this game who is better than who
Who can win or who can lose
But to live together in this world;
In harmony with each other
To bring peace to the world
It starts with each one of us
There is no need for this way
Let’s put a stop to it now;
Let’s put an end to this game
To the anger and to the shame
To find real peace and love again
To live in love and wonder; that is real gain
~ M.L.Adams
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