{"id":2746,"date":"2019-01-14T02:03:14","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T02:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rogergabriel.com\/?p=2746"},"modified":"2019-01-14T02:03:14","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T02:03:14","slug":"the-mumbai-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rogergabriel.com\/?p=2746","title":{"rendered":"The Mumbai Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mumbai Opportunity –<\/b> written for the tenth anniversary of the Mumbai, India terrorist attack.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are only two emotions, fear and love. \u00a0All the emotions we judge as negative have their basis in some fear, whether superficial or deep rooted and everything wonderful in our lives stems from love.<\/span><\/p>\n

Everything painful, toxic and life-damaging comes from fear, whereas all pleasurable, beautiful, expansive and life-supporting emotions come from love. \u00a0Fear constricts, limits and distorts, while love expands, opens us to infinite possibilities and leads us on the path of Truth, happiness and wholeness.<\/span><\/p>\n

When our emotions are filled with anger, hostility and revenge, we create pain and suffering for ourselves and attract similar qualities from those around us. \u00a0By transforming our fears into love,<\/span><\/p>\n

we radiate peace, understanding and compassion and our world becomes filled with love. \u00a0When we project love, we will receive love.<\/span> \u00a0<\/b>\u00a0All fear is in the mind, the heart knows only love. \u00a0Begin to think with your heart and love with your mind, transforming your fears into love.<\/span><\/p>\n

To experience emotional wholeness, we must take responsibility for OUR emotions. \u00a0Emotions are a choice. When we blame others for how we feel, we give them power over us. \u00a0Take responsibility and take back your power. The Upanishads tell us Ahum Brahmasmi, I am the Totality and yet so much of the time we choose to live in limitations. \u00a0As the poet Rumi said, \u201cWhy live in prison when the door is wide open?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Everything in life can be seen as a problem or an opportunity for growth. \u00a0When we stay focused on the problem, we remain stuck in the same habits and concepts, repeating the same mistakes. \u00a0Albert Einstein said, \u201cWe can never solve a problem at the level at which it was created\u201d. We have to look for the opportunity to rise above the problem. \u00a0As horrific as the Mumbai attack was, we have to look for the opportunity. It is understandable to feel angry and seek revenge but that lowers us to the level of the terrorists and is never the solution. \u00a0What can we learn from this act, why did it happen, what changes need to be made?<\/span><\/p>\n

All healing begins with forgiveness. \u00a0If we don\u2019t forgive, we are always the ones who suffer. \u00a0When we don\u2019t forgive, we feed the other person with our energy. \u00a0Forgiveness is all about you. Forgiveness is the door to your emotional freedom. \u00a0The first step in forgiveness is to separate the person from the act. We can never forgive acts such as murder, rape, terrorism but it\u2019s always possible to forgive the person who committed the act. \u00a0Start with understanding, how much pain, how much confusion must this person have been suffering to commit this act? No happy, healthy person commits heinous crimes. Can we feel some compassion for this person? \u00a0Now by forgiveness, I\u2019m not suggesting that the person should go unpunished. Whether by the judicial system or ultimately by the Laws of Karma, everyone should face their crimes. However, forgiveness gives us back the ability to live, love and celebrate life once more.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ultimately, everything is a reflection of the collective consciousness of the world. \u00a0Nothing exists in isolation and we all contribute, even if only in a small way, to everything that happens in the world. \u00a0If the collective consciousness is fear based, we will continue to live in a world of war, terrorism, greed and suffering. \u00a0It\u2019s up to each one of us, we are the change we want to see.<\/span><\/p>\n

Critical mass is a term borrowed from nuclear physics, which states that when a certain number of items or in this case people, adopt a similar way of thinking and acting, that way of thinking and acting is automatically adopted by the whole community. \u00a0The author and visionary, Deepak Chopra, who I have had the honor of working with for the past 30 plus years, says that if one billion people shift their thinking from fear to love, we can raise the collective consciousness of the entire population of the world to one of peace, harmony and joy.<\/span><\/p>\n

One billion people, that\u2019s the population of India. \u00a0For thousands of years, India has lead the world in many ways, particularly spiritual. \u00a0Now perhaps is India\u2019s greatest opportunity. If the whole Indian population changed its thoughts, words and deeds to reflect love, understanding and compassion, even for one day, we could just maybe change the world – forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Namaste<\/span><\/p>\n

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