One hears people say again and again, "If God exists, and there is indeed a divine order, how
can it be that so many terrible things happen on earth?" You all know, you have all learned that
human beings forge their own destinies. That you have to carry such heavy burdens is the result of
breaking spiritual laws, often unconsciously. Still, this will not sufficiently explain to you events like
wars, in which, through the decision of a few, many who seem innocent have to suffer a heavy fate.
To this I reply: First of all, even in mass or group disasters, an individual will never need to
experience anything that does not fit into his or her own destiny. Second, every person, except
those very few who have already reached a higher state of purification, is also sharing the
responsibility for wars and other mass disasters. Not only the politicians or those few who visibly
and publicly shape world history are to be made responsible for wars, but every single person who,
with impure thoughts and emotions, pollutes the cosmic "reservoir," and this, one day, must have its
effect.
Each thought of hate, of separation, of egoism, of injustice, of discrimination, of wanting
more for oneself than for one's neighbor, in short, each thought that breaks God's laws, is a building
block in that enormous spiritual structure -- war -- which must first be formed in spirit before it can
manifest destruction on the material plane. If only a small part of humankind sowed the seeds of
peace, wars would not exist, in spite of a few unscrupulous politicians. Most people, including you,
my friends, harbor thoughts of anxiety, and if not thoughts of hate, then of mistrust and separation,
such as between one group and another -- and all of these violate the law of brotherhood. Each
thought of this kind, each emotion is a significant contribution to the outbreak of war.
This does not apply to thoughts and feelings only, or to individual reactions to general
political issues and opinions. Even when people are free of false reactions concerning society in
general, but react in their private lives in erroneous negative ways, this energy will contribute to
precipitate a war or another mass catastrophe. Only when you purify yourself from within, cleanse
your emotions and thoughts and so best fulfill your destiny wherever you are placed, can you
become also a carrier of peace. Indirectly, by living spiritually, people can do more for or against
war than politicians or statesmen, my dear friends.
Question yourself honestly, feel into it, examine yourselves when you send out -- perhaps until
now unconsciously -- such "poison" that aids and abets the powers promoting war. Look at some
of your fellow humans with whom you might have difficulties. They might have hurt you and you
cannot get over it or understand it. Yet try looking at the issue from another point of view. Try to
see that the other person has perhaps reacted to you only from blindness, ignorance, and a great
inner insecurity, erroneously attempting to protect himself. Consider how often you have had a
similar reaction yourself and may have wounded a fellow human being, not because you wanted to
but because in your own blind insecurity you thought that this was the best way to protect yourself.
To the extent you do this yourself, it will be inevitably done to you by others, although not always by
the same person. To the extent you recognize and understand this state of affairs, you will recognize
the so far inexplicable behavior of the other for what it is, just in the way I have explained here.
With this understanding the hurt will leave you and then the understanding for the other party will
increase steadily because you have experienced it yourself and it has become part of your
consciousness. From the understanding comes empathy and that is the way of love. With it you
build your happiness, you gain knowledge and wisdom, you fulfill your life and so contribute to the
cause of peace. Complete this little task, my friends, every single one of you; take it seriously, not
superficially, and then you will feel a great liberation. You will free yourself of a burden.
(This is from the following link)
http://www.pathwork.org/lectures/P012.PDFIt's so difficult not to hate the people who are directly responsible for the mess in which we find ourselves today in the US, but hating apparently only makes the matter worse, according to this spirit guide.