Eternal Hope

There is a way in which every man, woman and child on the planet can have plenty; plenty of love, plenty of money, plenty of food, plenty of good health; in fact, plenty of everything we need to enjoy a good life.

This plenty or abundance emanates from the source of all things and is available to us all, right now. So, why then is there so much suffering, so much poverty, so much starvation? It is this way because we doubt and fear, unwilling to trust in the most powerful force in the universe, the eternal everything that is and never dies. Some call it “God” or “Allah”, some “the One”, “the Source” or “the Universe” but whatever label you use is not important: what counts is the belief that we are and always will be loved, protected and provided for.

This belief is fundamental because without it this force cannot impose its will over our own, both personal and collective, for it has granted us free will. The collective belief now is that poverty is inevitable and abundance for everyone is beyond our reach. This collective expectation, coupled with enforced beliefs in systems of religious faith, of government and of finance, fuels the situation to ensure that we are kept in our place, in the dark, a ‘reality’ perpetuated at the cost of the many for the benefit of the few.

This tragedy of modern existence is but a mirage in an empty space from which anything you want can emerge. So, why have we let this mirage prevail for so long and what may be done to change how things are?

It is easy to say that it is the fault of this and that, but it does not help one bit. All there is to do is to believe that something else is possible and not to let go of that image, that belief, for a minute: a dogged belief in a better world, one without exception, will call it into being, given time and patience. Of that there is no doubt, yet doubt we shall from time to time as we wade through the quagmire of modern life, until the hope that springs eternal finally forces its own way through and brings an end to the saddest time in human history.