Is Everyone Wrong?

Making The World A More Loving Place

Note: I’m super excited to be co-hosting Becoming Free: Living Beyond Your Limitations and Choosing Freedom workshop on Sunday, August 11th from 9:30am-5:30pm at the Buttermilk Mountain Lodge in Aspen, Colorado. Cost is $250. In it, you will have a chance to explore and move beyond the limiting beliefs that block you from what you truly want. My co-host is the amazing & inspiring Olympic silver medalist snowboarder, keynote speaker, meditation guide, and Spiritual Psychology facilitator, Gretchen Bleiler. Respond to this newsletter if you are interested in joining us or for more information!

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There are certain experiences that go along with being on this planet, and those are all on purpose from a spiritual perspective. You can make your world a better place to live in, but you can’t change the nature of the world. It is literally setup this way for a reason. It is perfect as it is, even if you don’t like it. As you change how you relate to the world, your world seems to change. If you relate with an uplifted attitude, it actually uplifts the conditions of the world.

It seems that no matter where you turn these days, whether religion, politics, or science, there’s someone proclaiming the message that the end of the world is near. The most agreed upon idea, the zeitgeist of our times, is that the world is going to hell in a hand-basket and on a fast train to ending. Of course, if you do what our group says is the solution, whether that be eating fake meat or joining our church, maybe the world, or you, can be saved. Some believe it’s already too late. 

I may be out in the cold on this one, but I'm here to tell you that everyone is wrong. Every single person saying the end is near is wrong. The scientists, the experts, the politicians, the religious zealots, the doom posters on social media, and the talking heads peddling fear on TV are all wrong. This is not the end of the world. Not even close. 

It’s not even a new phenomena for large groups of people to believe the end is coming, and for the experts of the day to give all the evidence as proof of this narrative, but evidence is not the same as proof. The popularity of these ideas goes in waves throughout time. And there are always people profiting in money or power from peddling those ideas.

The truth is that there is so much good right now. Historically speaking, the current time period is actually really, really good. Things are amazing and the opportunities are incredible, and life is actually really good as a whole for the people on the planet, and especially for those who seem to be complaining the loudest.

By noting how much good there is, especially the overall conditions of the world from a historical perspective, I’m not saying that there aren’t major challenges. Many people are facing a great deal of personal difficulties, and there are some places that have particularly horrible conditions.

I’m not saying Jesus isn’t returning, maybe he is already here, or maybe he never left.

I’m not saying that there aren’t going to be earth changes or climate changes or pole shifts or solar flares, obviously there always has been and will continue to be.

And I’m not saying that empires won’t rise and fall, that wars won’t be waged, or that disease and famine won’t rear their ugly heads. This has been the news of the day for millennia.

You can want a vibrant ecosystem with less trash and poisons, especially in our food, air, water, oceans, forests, and soil without believing it’s the end of the world.

You don’t need to be emotionally manipulated to desire greater peaceful relations, freedom, and wealth.

Personally, I would like to leave this planet a better place than I found it because of my personal values, and that I know that there will be many future generations who will benefit from the good I do today.

All of the positive changes that people profess that they want start with raising consciousness. From higher consciousness comes creativity, connection, compassion, loving, caring, one accord, health, happiness, abundance, and sharing. That is the only foundation for making positive, lasting improvement of the lesser conditions we see in the world.

If you or your group is trying to make changes but are angry, depressed, or upset and aren’t inspired, loving, and grateful for the awesomeness of today, then maybe there’s better company who you can create positive change in your life and in the world with.

If things are actually really good, then what is the problem? People’s attitudes. Plain and simple.

As you uplift your attitude, you uplift your reality.

If you can accept the nature of the world, there’s a much greater opportunity to actually create something good. When you realize how awesome the spiritual perfection is, and the great opportunity for spiritual growth here is (because of the challenges), you can be grateful for every day and every experience.

If you think you can force the world to become your idea of paradise by trying to control the nature of people and the world, you will create a hell of your own making, because paradise is an inner reality.

The ultimate thing you get to choose on this planet no matter what conditions you find yourself in is your attitude. You choose your attitude towards life. You decide whether you judge something that happens to you as bad, or for your greater upliftment, learning, and growth.

And hey, if I’m wrong and the experts are right, and the end is near, but you followed my suggestions and had a great attitude, at least you will have enjoyed it up until the end. It’s a win/win path.

Go ahead and do what you think is going to make this world better, but it’s not going to hurt to be happy while you do it. 

The truth is, there will come a day that will be the end of the world for you. It’s called death. Since most people don’t know when that day will come, the very best thing you can do is to have a great ride and share it with others, making this world a more loving place to live.

A pause in the high country where a river runs.