Reflecting on the truth
We often speak on this website how synchronicity speaks to us both in our personal lives and on the world stage. Sometimes synchronicity is a bitter pill to swallow, but I ask you, if we know something is blatantly wrong, should we not bite the bullet, see ourselves clearly in the mirror, and drink that bitter pill down anyway? Particularly if it leads to greater realisation, honesty, healing and truth? The synchronicity I'm referring to right now is the shooting of 13 people in an American Army base by an American solder, an Army Major no less. So how can reflecting on this bitter pill help to heal?...

Deep heartfelt condolences
Before I continue my article, I would like to extend my condolences and deep soul compassion to the families of the bereaved and I'd invite everyone reading this to look deep in your heart and unleash that much needed vibration of love.

To me, love is synonymous with truth. They are one and the same thing. To invite a higher level of truth begets a higher level of harmony, which in turn begets higher compassion and understanding, from which begets a greater sense of unconditional love. So where is the higher love here? As painful as the event might be, what are we all being shown?

Jumping to conclusions
President Obama has said we shouldn't "jump to conclusions". In actual fact, in my spiritual life, I've found the exact reverse is true. My heart simply KNOWS what's 'right' and what's 'wrong' (put more accurately, my heart simply knows my higher truth). Processing it through the mind only tends to put a spin on it. There is the tendency to 'white wash' what has really happened and create what the false self - our conditioning - wants it to be.

This is where synchronicity is so powerful because it is unbiased, objective and when we have the courage to bring the truth out into the light, it will undermine any agenda we try to manipulate and create. So let's look at the synchronicities here.

Synchroncities speaking
First, the person who committed the shootings is not a private. He is an officer. A Major no less. Someone responsible for giving leadership. Someone given responsibility to make a decision in the fog of war. Someone entrusted with people's lives.

Secondly, this officer is an army psychiatrist. Someone who is responsible for helping people see the sanity in conflicts like that in Afghanistan. If there is one!

Thirdly, this officer is a Muslim. One born in America who had sworn allegiance to defend the American constitution. One that supports freedom for the individual. Yet he was being compelled to go to an unjust war that he didn't support.

You see it is just such events like this which jump right out at us. They are inescapably "Sacred Contracts". Events designed to capture our attention; writing written on the wall so boldly we just can't ignore it, unless that is, we try to paint over it with an 'acceptable' fuzzy coloured gloss.

Winning hearts and minds?
The shooting has come right at the time when President Obama and the British Prime Minister are contemplating sending even MORE troops to Afghanistan. I very much believe the incident is begging the question "where on earth is the sense in that"?

Supposedly America and Britain are fighting in Afghanistan to clear what had been a training ground for terrorism. Yes this is the official line. Can you believe that? Can you accept it? That these administrations could actually contemplate for one moment that invading a country and terrorising its people is actually going to solve terrorism?

Of all governments, The British learned this on the streets of Northern Ireland; that violence only begets more violence. Having spent decades of trying to fight the terrorism and discovering that it simply CANNOT be defeated by militaristic might, the only truly successful way was to win the hearts and minds of the people. This was when the fuel supporting the terrorism eventually dried up and peace was restored.

And of course so called 'super powers' have learned this many times before in places like Vietnam and indeed Afghanistan. It would seem President Obama and Gordan Brown are still reading from the same, old and weary, blood-stained script.

So how can we lightwarriors make sense and meaning of all this? How can we help the situation?

Well here's my point of view. Some people might feel to protest. And if this is in your heart, I would encourage you to do so. However, I also feel that at the moment, the ground swell of public opinion isn't strong enough to come out and really do something physical to stop it. I remember being in a massed throng of over a million people who marched on London to object to Tony Blair's invasion of Iraq. It still didn't prevent him taking us to war (but that's not to say it won't work in the future).

However, this does not stop us holding the truth in our consciousness. However unpleasant such events are, our invitation is to contemplate our truth about them; then to let go of any anger, resentment and judgment and to find in our hearts understanding for ALL protagonists. In this way, we honour those people who died to bring us the message in the first place.

Finding the disharmony inside ourselves
You see we are all one. The place of disharmony and unrest we see outside of ourselves is really, actually, truthfully INSIDE ourselves.

It reminds me, I once experienced a truly great healer who had gone blind at the age of 30. It was then he discovered his truly miraculous healing powers. Without even touching me, he was able to diagnose energetic blockages which had built up within me over may years of sporting and other injuries.

He asked me to locate the pain I was feeling and bring my attention to it, then to describe what I felt. It began as a tingling sensation in the centre of my chest which grew in strength until it felt like a burning shaft of light melting away much of the energetic dross that had gathered over the course of my life.

When I asked him how he did it, he said... "I located the pain you feel inside of me and then healed myself". I was open mouthed, dumb-founded, literally blown away by it!

Arm yourself with the Sword of Truth
Later I realised that we can only heal in this way if we are ready to. We have to let go of our attachment (our judgment of the experience). So our first real healing "weapon" is the Sword of Truth; one that cuts through the illusion, denial and self deceit. One that unveils clarity in our hearts. And in my truth, this will be the energy that will really change our world for the better of all.

So my invitation to lightwarriors everywhere is not to fight, not to get angry, but not to simply turn the page either. To go deeply into events like these because they were sent for just that purpose; to go deeply into them, unveil our truth and hold it in our hearts tenderly like a vulnerable rose, but also firmly like an unshakable passion. If we feel tightness, anger or frustration, let's bring our attention to it and open, expand, release, let go.

Looking for the miracle inside ourselves
Rather than projecting love and thereby disempowering our own energy, let's feel ourselves expanding to embrace the disharmony of others and heal it within ourselves, then bring our healing attention of love to it. This is exactly what we now do here at Openhand during our courses, retreats and when we work one-on-one with people.

If we all do this, I firmly believe it will be the most powerful way we can continue to break apart this old world consciousness that is still sending people to senseless wars.

What we need is the power of a miracle. To unveil the truth, remove judgment and attachment within ourselves so that our hearts can fill with the loving consciousness of the universe and then embrace the whole of humanity with that energy...one loving cosmic embrace. Yes we need a miracle. One that we each hold the power to deliver. So let go, expand, open your heart, open you hand...

My love to you all.

Chris Bourne
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