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Thoughts on Relationship and Balance
The Peacemaker gave teachings to rekindle the fire of clear mind and remind the people of their spiritual responsibility. These teachings are like a roadmap; they guide us to live each day in full recognition of one's relationship with the world. We are reminded that the power to manifest peace exists in each of us. Our thoughts and actions contribute to create a world of peace. Thoughts weave patterns which be come the texture of our lives.
Take a good look at your life and remember that it isn't just the life of your mind, but the life of your heart. Not just your achievements and bank account, but your soul. What is the texture of your life of your heart? What is the truth of your life in your heart? Are you Happy? Are you Joyful? What are the illusions that you have created and are maintaining that are in your life? How can one transform those illusions so that they fade and disappear like dew upon the grass?
One of the teachings offered by the Peacemaker is called "The Family of Life". This is one method that can be used to help stabilize the mind, the heart in times of confusion. It was understood that the practice of sacred relationship is practice of good relations with all in the family of life. So to re-establish the good heart, the happy heart one could do the work that was necessary to come into right relationship, into sacred relationship with the family of life.
This starts at Home. In your own heart. In your own truth and integrity. You know if you are lying. You know if you are honest and if your not honest then you have already started the work to hide that fact from yourself by creating more lies and false thoughts based on illusions. This continues until your whole life is built upon a very shaky foundation.
In today's world most people never get beyond this 1st of 13 steps in The Family of Life teachings.
A few years ago after a healing ceremony an individual "woke up" to the basic fact that they were living a lie. Their life was built upon a lot of beliefs that they had chosen so that they could be right about the way their life was going. In doing this they had made their parents as enemies, their spouse as unsupportive, their children as not respectful and on and on and on. Their belief about who they thought they were was based upon a lot of false facts that they created so that they could continue to live a life of denial. When they stopped and looked honestly at their life, what a shock they had. What could they do?
With some help they decided to start at the beginning, always a good place to start. So they had to decide what was their intention and motivation. And of course, they had to have the courage to do what must be done. So they started with looking at the first step in The Family of Life. Or how to become a human being and not just another person, now to explain that: in the time of the Peacekeeper it was understood that often there were two basic types of five fingered ones. There were Human Beings and people. People ONLY think about themselves first. Human Beings think about others first.
So their intention was to be a Human Being, or one in the circle of life. Here at the self (1 in the Family of Life) one must understand and learn to live with integrity. To love one self, to recognize that one's life is infused with the truth of the choices they make in thought, word and actions and that those choices bring about the skilful means for living in today's world.
It has been about five years now that this individual has been working with step one in The Family of Life teachings. It is WORK. It is easy to loose your way and when you do lose your way one must always coming back to the beginning. One must remember to remember that the foundation of life is built upon the truth and that that truth is to love yourself and be in integrity so that your self will be aligned with sacred principles of life.
By holding fast to this bearing in life the storms of job lose, illness, death, major health and welfare problems for the children, and instability of income have been weathered and allowed them to come again and again into calm seas. They now know that they will never flounder again in the seas of life and that they can progress to step 2 and 3 in the The Family of Life teachings.
The teachings of the The Family of Life are no longer teachings; they have become a way of life for this individual. They are lived and are being carried forward by a 25 year old son and 15 year old daughter because these children have experienced the living truth in the ancient teachings of The Family of Life.
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