If you are still reading at this point, you are one who can see the potential of this concept. We live in a fast paced world where people feel compelled to be so engaged in what they are doing they think they do not have a minute to spare for anything. How often do you sit impatiently waiting for a page to load on your computer screen? We have acquired this belief that what ever we want has to come instantly. People line up for instant lottery tickets, when just a few well intentioned ideas could yield them riches if backed by some consistent actions. Now you ask them to envision peace for another. Give up one minute of their day, and do it for someone they do not know and will never receive credit for helping. Why?
Peace is our natural state of being. We come into the world peaceful and joy seeking. We can reach that place of peace anytime, anywhere. We also can connect to others, just as we are connected now. Every thought of peace, is more peace on the planet. When we try to envision another expressing more of the peace within themselves, it raises their consciousness of peace. It also raises our own. That's big!
If we desire something, it is available to us. We sometimes have to see what the desire is. I want to have this, then I will have peace of mind on this subject. Often we get this thing only to insert another this. The desire is in reality peace of mind, which eludes us only because we place before it things that do not have the power to give lasting peace of mind. All we have to do is look around and see others with the very thing we want who don't have the peace we desire. Peace is a goal in and of itself, and it is available to all who seek it. All.
So, why try to give it away? Because in giving it away we become more consciousness of it's presence in us and in all. We receive more abundantly what it is our very nature to desire.. It becomes much easier for us to reach a peaceful state of consciousness. We start to be better able to maintain that state of consciousness. We start to have a richer knowing of the peace that indwells all. Our focus on our daily pursuits becomes clearer. We do for the joy of doing. People like being around us more because this expanded consciousness of peace radiates where ever we go. The key to maintaining these rewards is to maintain our seeking of the higher goal, peace.
Can you give one minute a day? Can you take time out, one minute to hold the vision of peace within one other person on the planet? Holding it for your family, friends and loved ones is a wonderful thing. Jesus said, "even the plublicans do that." Holding it for one you do not know on a personal basis expecting no reward is consciousness raising. Try it. Try doing it everyday for just one week.