Today marks the beginning of a much need campaign in our country – to stop the violence against women and children. While our government means well with its intentions, I believe it is only propagating more violence. The slogans: “FIGHT to eradicate violence against women and children” only resonates with more violence. We have to stop the violence, period. If there is anything I have learnt on my profound healing journey, it’s the power of the mind to attract more of what it focuses on.
I believe we have to shift our consciousness to one of peace. Let’s surround ourselves with an energy of love and peace as we help those in our community that are violently abusing their loved ones. Violence in the home sets the foundation for a violent and abusive society. Young girls and boys that are exposed to violence in the home grow up believing that violence is a “normal” part of being human. This cannot be furthest from the truth. The divine energy within every one of us is in harmony with nature when we feel loved and protected. The role of the father in the house is protection. I believe that the greatest gift a father can give his child is to love his or her mother.
Our greatest enemy is our ego. When our ego is challenged we became angry and often this results in violence. Ego stands for Edging God Out. Becoming violent is wrong in itself, however when we become violent with our words and actions towards the people we profess to love the most in the world, we darken our spirit on a deep level. The people closest to us are a gift from our creator. We say thank you for this gift by showing love and appreciation. Our family are the people that guide us and nurture us on the journey of life. Our job is to simply love them all the time in thought word and deed as we enjoy the gift of having them in our lives.
Is morality founded on the bedrock of objective reality or on the shifting sands of personal opinion? The principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behaviour seems to take on a new meaning behind closed doors. Hurting those that we love with no concern about the consequences is something only psychopaths do, yet it is happening too often in our society. We have to actively discourage abusive behaviour.
Now here is something I invite you to consider: how much of abuse do we inflict on ourselves daily with our negative thinking about ourselves. I believe this too is an act of violence. We have to become actively conscious of the thoughts and words in our head. Are we building our confidence and self-esteem or are we tearing down our confidence and lowering our self-worth with our negative thinking? Change starts with us. We have to become kinder to ourselves. We have to consciously use only positive enhancing words when we think or speak about ourselves. When we love and respect ourselves with absolute passion, we give other people permission to love and respect us too. We are here for a reason. The whole world needs our unique and beautiful light. Let’s not cover up this divine light by thinking less of ourselves. You were born to shine. As we step into the sixteen days of activism today, may we actively discourage abusive behaviour in our own mind first and fill our mind with hope, gratitude and love.
