Judith Kopp
How can peace on Earth be created? From a spiritual, heart coherent perspective peace is not created by forcing every mind to agree or demanding that every leader, nation and group reach the same understanding at the same speed. Peace on Earth begins when enough people stop transmitting inner war into the shared human atmosphere. Peace begins when enough people learn to feel intensely without becoming intense, to witness conflict without becoming conflict, to speak without hatred, to act without separation from love by remembering that every person is a part of Source.
Heart coherence is not merely a pleasant feeling in the chest. It is a sacred alignment between body, emotion, mind, soul and Source so that each person becomes a unified instrument through which peace can move into the world. Heart coherence is a peace technology, and it is ancient. It has existed for centuries in prayer circles, sacred song, meditation groups, communities gathering after storms, elders blessing the young, in the simple moment when one person chooses love over an old pattern of negative reaction.
Every heart coherent act is planetary service. When you feel agitation rising and bring your hand to your heart and breathe until your mind clears enough to choose wisely, you are serving. When you pause and ask to be guided by love before reading a headline, you are serving. When you sit in silence and bless those you do not understand, bless those you disagree with, bless the children of nations you’ve never visited, bless the animals, the waters, the forests and the future generations, you are serving. The world has trained many of us to believe that service must be visible to be real. Recognize instead that invisible service is often the foundation of visible service. An overt peaceful action born from an incoherent heart carries tension. A quiet peaceful action born from a coherent heart carries Source Love Intelligence.
We look at the world and see millions vibrating in confusion, argument, grief, reaction, and our mind may say that our individual heart coherence is too small to matter. Consider, however, that something deeper is at work. One deeply heart coherent person can counterbalance a vast amount of agitation because heart coherence belongs to a higher order of positive energy. A single candle in a dark room does not need to argue with the darkness. It simply shines brightly according to its nature and the darkness dissipates. A single peaceful person can soften a troubled family. A few forgiving words can end a pattern that has repeated for generations. So call Light into the warmth of your heart, and allow that warmth to extend to all humanity. You are far more powerful in heart coherence than you are in reaction. You are far more useful in love than you are in overwhelm. You are far more connected to everyone than you have been taught to believe. Remember this. Choose heart coherence again and again. Become an instrument of peace.