PERFUME, MUSIC AND BOOKS FOR AN ENLIGHTENED AND HEALTHY HUMANITY
In this day and age, when the values and the spiritual, moral and ethical standards of the general population — and especially of the elites in Western and Atlanticist countries — have deteriorated appallingly, it is difficult to gauge how one ought to behave and live a wholesome life.
The spring equinox is a magical moment of perfect balance when day and night share the sky equally. This moment of harmony invites us to align our lives with nature’s great cycle, and to find that precious balance within ourselves. It is a celebration of forgiveness, renewal, rebirth and hope.
Life is always full of challenges, trials, and moments of suffering and sadness. This is the lot of human life as long as we have not understood and mastered the true nature of who we are.
Certain universal principles predispose us to peace.
The first and most important of these is respect.
Respect is at the heart of many spiritualities, but it is particularly well lived and apparent in indigenous and native spirituality. I can cite examples from our peoples here in North America, but I know that these values are shared by the vast majority of the world’s native peoples.
Peace begins within each one of us. We all have a light side and a dark side, dark thoughts and bright thoughts. It is not a question of rejecting or reacting, but rather of recognising and transforming. By consciously observing the thoughts that arise, we can choose to amplify or transmute them. For every negative thought also has its bright, enlightened, liberated aspect.