Belief and Listening to Wisdom
By Ronnee Ruselle
The guides once told me that it is those who doubt what they claim to believe who yell the loudest. Those who truly believe in their hearts what they know is right have no need to yell because they are content. Those who do not truly believe, feel the need to believe so strongly that they must gather others like themselves around to support them.
False Belief & Security
They showed me an image of a man standing on a box in a park talking to a bunch of people. Amongst the bunch of people who were listening were some people who had a strong and comfortable belief system. This could have simply been a belief in their own personal strength, but whatever this man was peddling, they did not need it as they were secure within and so they left. Others in the group who felt they needed something listened to this man. They felt that this could be the answer they were looking for. Within these people were a range of different feelings. For some it was doubt, for others it was self pity or a sense of being lost and needing direction. Some just wanted something to believe in as they did not believe in themselves. This man influenced their thinking and these people allowed him to. They were too afraid to disagree because they felt that they would appear different and this insecurity allowed them to be swept along. Because they had people around them who seemed to know what they were talking about and seemed to be filled with conviction - the same conviction the talker seemed to have - each one felt that they could trust the people around them. But even more importantly, they felt like they belonged. They had a need to belong to something - anything - that could make sense and for the moment, they temporarily threw aside their inner voices and followed the crowd.
Then in order to make their false security complete, they had to quieten down the people who felt secure within themselves because these people were a threat and therefore they turned on them, ridiculing them, criticising them and basically excluding them. They felt better because there was nobody around to make the doubt that they felt deep inside become obvious to themselves.
This did not have a bad effect on the secure people, but they did stop sharing their wisdom and their truth and the people who became followers became slowly more and more disillusioned and corrupt as they searched for that elusive inner peace - a search which took them around in circles and down roads that they would never have previously followed because they became more lost and within they felt it. The guides made it clear that the secure people were the minority and that because of the noise and attention created by the insecure people, others who would normally seek them out could not see them.
True Believers
The guides tell me that the truly secure people don't have a need to yell and to force people to change. They are happy to share their beliefs when asked, but will not seek to encourage others to their way of thinking. They will simply enjoy their beliefs and respect those of others. They have no need of groups or organised belief systems because they are secure in what they already have.
The secure person will not force ideas or rules upon you that should be only your choice to make. They have no need because they are happy and content. Insecure people who feel that they have no control over their own life will attempt to control those around them and this can be anyone from family to entire countries full of people. They will repeat themselves over and over until the people around them conform to their idea of how they should be. They will sometimes use negative methods such as ridicule and criticism to make you behave in the manner that they see fit. They will praise their idea of a perfect person in an attempt to make you wish to seek that praise and therefore act in the same manner as their ideal person. Ultimately, it's all control.
Such people are easy to find. They're forever talking, talking, talking. They're forever getting louder and louder and influencing society. Look at our world. Who are the ones who yell the loudest or the most impressively through media etc.? Who influences us most as a society? Whatever they're saying cannot be right because we are less settled than we perhaps ever have been.
How to Find Balance
The guides say that we need to listen within. This is where we will find our belief system. Our ethics and our belief of what is right are our foundations as individuals. When we explore our ethics and our morals and we then live by those, we feel balance. The guides told me that they will teach us how to live a life where we never again need to explain ourselves, where we never need to feel guilty and where we can stand up proud and believe in ourselves. What a beautiful thing that would be.
This can be achieved by understanding and respecting how nature works. The following are some guidelines that I've learnt over the years that help you to attain this wonderful state of existence if you observe them.
- Nobody has the right to inflict pain upon another.
- Every living thing is equal and entitled to respect.
- If you are tempted to do something that you may feel guilty about later - don't do it.
- Be true to yourself.
- Don't give at a sacrifice to yourself.
- Life will never give you a situation that you cannot handle.
- Always choose the 'right' direction or answer over the 'easy'.
- Listen.
Most of these things will be explained in more detail through the website at some point.
Listening within ourselves is not as difficult as people may think. It simply means we need to stop and be quiet for a while. Our brains will run through our thoughts as they always do and once those have been exhausted we will reach other information within ourselves. Over time, we will not only learn who we truly are, but we will feel more secure in our place in the world and within ourselves. This is how we deal with pain and this is how we learn about ourselves. Our lives are so busy running here and there that we don't get time to learn about ourselves truly.
Listening
Then when you have achieved that, listen to nature. Stop and take time to sit in your garden or in some place of nature and 'feel' what is around you. Listen to what nature tells you. Does it need your help? What animals are in your garden? What can you do to help nature along and attract even more of nature and its' beauty to your location?
In order to survive on this planet, we need to listen to those who really know the planet - the tribal elders and wise ones who originally lived in tune with nature; indians, aboriginals - the name makes no difference. They were the ones who looked after our planet. They were the ones who understood the true nature of life and the earth. They moved in time with nature - they felt its' flow.
It's time that they received the respect they deserve for they are the ones who succeeded where we have failed. We have very little success to speak of in relation to the earth in modern day society except that we successfully in a short few hundred years have managed to destroy an entire planet that nature took billions of years of careful growth and change to create. Our planet is the most beautiful work of art. Let's be a part of it instead of its' invaders. Listen to the elders - the wise ones who know the planet. They will help you to care for it. They will also teach you wisdom. Let's turn to them for help. They have been speaking, but we have been listening to the louder voices of government and businesses who speak through greed.
Accepting Differences
Are you one of the crowd who is too afraid to look at the truth? Are you easily influenced by society or afraid to be yourself and be honest with those around you for fear of not being accepted? What are you hiding from those around you? What is it that you believe that you do not admit to? How do you differ from those around you that you do not have the courage to admit to? What rules do you follow knowing that in your gut they do not ring true? What talk do you listen to regularly whilst keeping your mouth closed as to what you feel is truth?
There is no need to fear. It's illusion. The worst that can happen is that others do not agree and if that's true, then so be it. It's nature. Your beliefs are your essence - the very heart of you. Are they so unimportant that you would sacrifice them so?
The truth is that if we all stood up and were proud of our differences whilst accepting them in others, we would soon see that we are supposed to be different and that it is necessary for balance. We can't be clones and the beauty of us is that we all think differently. We don't have to agree with others, but they deserve the right to believe what they wish without our condemnation and so do we as individuals. Once we all see how different we are and accept that this is okay, our beliefs will change and no longer will it be wrong to not conform. It will become normal to be different and isn't this just truth?
Achieving Inner Peace, Wisdom & Direction
So, if my assumption of what the guides tell me is true, it's time for us to grow up and move onto the next stage of evolution. We do this by listening and acting. Start by listening within and learning about yourself, learning to love yourself and be proud of yourself, learning to take care of yourself and ensuring that others respect and take care of you as well.
Then move outside of yourself and listen to the world around you. Listen to your family, friends, associates. What do they need? What can you do to help them, to heal them whilst ensuring that you remain true to the person you have discovered by going within?
Then see what the elders and wise ones have to say and listen to the planet. Hear what the weather and earth changes tell you and you will know your path. You will feel secure in your place and your world knowing what you have to do in order to have peace and beauty in your life.