Sabine Lichtenfels - in the Name of Grace
To all Peaceworkers,
Over and over again, the most difficult work for the people who are dedicated to peacework is the work on themselves.
You can change the world only as much as you are ready to change within yourself. How often in a day are we caught in dualistic patterns? Consciously or unconsciously blaming others for our difficulties? We feel that it will be - and indeed must be - an enormous transformation that will bring us closer to the much longed for peace.
Initially this insight may not be the most comfortable of insights and we prefer to pass on the guilt to corporations, governments, religions, the husband or the lover or anyone of a number of world views. When I read the following text of empowerment I am particularly touched, since I know the background in which it was written. It is a quote from the book "My Burning Heart" by Satprem. He discovered an immense inner freedom, while he was in the concentration camp Buchenwald. This discovery bestowed on him an overwhelming force to survive. He discovered the truth of life beyond all morals and world views. May this text of empowerment inspire us and help us to penetrate the walls of our self-made cages and to recognise the freedom of life.
Text of Empowerment:
Satprem: "My Burning Heart"
Yes, all of a sudden, I felt a fantastic joy. All of a sudden, I was as if above it all, almost "laughing." As if, all at once, I came out of that devastation into a place that was... "royal." I was no longer a prisoner, I was no longer assaulted, I was no longer... I was above, looking at all that with... almost with laughter.
All of a sudden, I emerged into something that was extraordinarily pure and strong – STRONG, you know. STRONG – nothing could touch me anymore.
A force – a force, you understand. Something that made me suddenly invulnerable. And nothing could harm me.
That was my first contact with... how I understand what every human being IS, in fact, because when you touch that core of BEING, you touch what is everywhere. Whether it's another person, a plant or an animal, you are in touch with the very being of the world. And the very being of the world is something that's full, powerful and... "regal."
Sentence of Empowerment: You can only change in the world what you are ready to change within yourself.
With best wishes!
Sabine Lichtenfels