Many years ago as a teenager, I was on my own pondering about the world and why so many horrible things were going on, why people behaved so badly to each other etc. etc.

I had the idea that what we needed was one "universal government" who would be responsible for organising:

• Housing Programmes
• Food & Water Programmes
• Family Programmes
• Health Programmes
• Environmental Programmes

and I wanted to be part of this work, then life took over...

Now as I look back and again ponder over these things, I have learnt that there are so many "programmes", governments, groups, United Nations, UNICEF and many other groups of people working to deal with these problems without much success. 

I have also learnt that everyone (without exception) likes to believe that they are "right" and judge others according to their own viewpoint.  To quote from Neal Donald Walsch's book "Conversations With God", he quotes God as saying 'there is no right or wrong, there just is...'

I have also been learning about Universal Laws and certainly don't claim to be an  "expert " but one of the laws I have been thinking about recently is the Law of Opposites (or Polarity).   As I write this, I have looked at the different viewpoints as to the Law of Opposites and the many explanations and I can never see a perfect world where everything is just "good" because it is the very fact of having things "bad" that help us to become better as people.  

It is the "bad" things in the world that give us reasons to strive for a better world in the first place, to want to relieve the hardships and wrongs that cause people to suffer - for without these things we would just live a very selfish and mundane life.  Therefore, this Law of Opposites/Polarity is as essental to our wellbeing as the Law of Attraction and the many other Universal Laws.

Let me give you some examples.... every single one of us has our own ideas of what "paradise" or even "heaven" means to us.  To some, having large amounts of money, a luxurious home, car, jewellery etc. would be "paradise/heaven", others would be happy having a loving family even if they lived in one room.  

Some would be happy living in a small house, the idea of having to look after a mansion would be "hell" - the housework, needing servants etc!  I hope you are with me so far.  Some are happy living on their own, others need to live with someone and so on...

However, what every single human, young or old, needs the following to live (let me know if I have missed anything):

1.   Fresh water
2.   Fresh food
3.   Shelter (whether this is one room or several)
4.   Good Health
5.   Clothing
6.   A form of currency
7.   Skills
8.   Education
9.   Some form of transport
10. Love of self and other
11. A belief in knowing they can be the wonderful person they were meant to be

I think that believing in a God or Higher Power etc. is a very personal thing and shouldn't be imposed on anyone.  

What we do need though is to change is how we think, how we deal with each other, how we deal with the problems we face in our daily lives and if a religious believe encourages us to do this then that could be considered a good thing.

We need to consider whether our daily challenges bring out the best in ourselves or perhaps the worst?  When mankind decides to change how we interact with each other then we will really see a difference in the world.  We are just getting glimpses now of what could be but I think enormous changes will happen very quickly and soon.  All over the world, people are getting fed up with the old way of living with mean-spirited and self-serving individuals ruling over them.

My observations of live around me have led me to suspect (I cannot prove anything yet) that every generation lives  in a world that has the past, present and future all around them and I think this could be what eternity means.  This is why some appear to have everything and others have very little, why there are groups and communities working well together and others fighting each other.  I believe some live as they would in the "old world/system/past" and others live as if in the "new world/system/future".  I have come to think that there are parallel worlds and that we just move into the next as we go through life and when we die we do the same   Many are already living life in their paradise or heaven, others have yet to achieve this although they feel that may have done so in a spiritual sense but not necessarily in a physical way.

I'm keeping an open mind and observing.  For me, I want to live as if I am already in my "paradise/heaven".  Every day I intend to do my best and be the best I can be - how about you?

Susan
2nd October 2011