A Chariot of Compassion

The death of Queen Elizabeth has swept the British into a symphony of intense sadness and grief being experienced in what looks like a unified field of emotion.  Waves of grief and melancholy rock the nation symbolized by  unending queues of mourners and thousands of bouquets of commemorative  blossoms lining the gates of Buckingham Palace.

Centuries of tradition have provided

the British with a “chariot” of compassion to carry their intense feelings of bereavement.  And they are united here in this endeavor.  United in a very special way…a unification that does not naturally occur between the opposing political parties of their nation or between the opposing  political parties of any nation which always seem to be locked into a battle for power and supremacy.  

Which gives rise to the question…

Is it our nature to engage with others so that we emerge the victor?  Or is it our conditioning that encourages this quest for power?

And let me pose yet another query.  Is it possible that our true nature is what we are seeing expressed by a nation united in grief…a coming together for a shared moment of compassionate experience which transcends the passing and petty profits of emerging victorious in favor of the ideal of caring for the common good?

The answer to this question I think can be found by observing what each occurrence produces. 

I believe there are two things engaging us in life. There is “love” and there is  that which is “on its way to love”. 

What we see occurring in the expression of grief by the British nation to me signals “love”.  On the other hand, the battle for power throughout the world and resulting disregard for others, prejudice, racism, violence, etc.  must, therefore, be what is “on its way to love”.   It is not love but it is meant to find its way there because love is our true nature and love is how we ideally enter the world…invincible and ready to engage everything we see.   The dysfunctional and destructive behaviors we see expressed  come from fear and they have  a long way to travel because painful experiences line their  boulevards.  And that pain needs love to mitigate its suffering.  And it is not simple or  easy to express love when we encounter this behavior but we can access it when we open our hearts to the pain experienced by others.

The United States does not carry a tradition of external royalty as the British do which could help bring us together in a common expression of caring and love.  What we need is a spiritual vehicle which will inspire us to share this universal aspiration.

If our Past conditioning has  somehow encouraged the formation of opposing forces and the resulting negativity of survival of the fittest, could the Present conditioning of a world that is now emerging… transcending our past instincts of survival and blossoming now into a much better version of ourselves encourage us to find expressions of our true nature?  Have we forgotten that, despite appearances,  we are always moving in a forward trajectory?

Can we access the hopefulness that the Universe wants us to become stronger, more resilient, more satisfied?

Can we begin to anticipate, to expect this transformation?

If we pay attention to what makes us feel happy, joyful, satisfied, (the path to love),  I think we will be able to see our way.

Is the British monarchy here to point us in the right direction?

                      Marie Helena 

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