MEDITATIONS AND VISIONS

January 29, 2006

In my planet meditation last night, the main theme seemed to be "judgment". I saw how I judge some things to be 'negative' and others to be 'positive'.

I saw that if I judge things as positive in the world, then automatically that implies that the opposite exists.

As I did this, an image of our planet rose up in my minds eye.

Our beautiful world, a globe, revolving in front of me, a few feet away, and quite big. I saw her oceans, her green, her rock shapes rising out of the water. I saw colours. I saw the multitude of people on the planet. I saw myself. I saw pockets of war and famine, areas of light and life.

I could sense myself wanting to judge the war as negative, the oceans as positive. I wondered if there was another way, where there was total unconditional non-judgment. I've heard about this place, and sometimes I've actually experienced it. It was easier to sense this other way with the planet in front of me - me seeing it a with a little distance, and yet also seeing myself and all the people on it too.

I was both the watcher and the watched.

And then I saw my my desire for there to be harmony in the world. No war, no torture.
I brought my attention to myself, as being the only place to start. If I am judging things 'out there' to be negative or positive, then I am doing this with myself.

Can I hold a space of non-judgement, a place of presence, of being totally 'with', and yet at the same time taking practical steps to bring more light for myself and for the planet?