How to Navigate a World in Turmoil

There is so much happening in the world today.
We scroll through headlines, watch the news, and never quite know what’s true. Yet it seems: upheaval is everywhere.

Are these events leading us toward something positive? Or are we hurtling toward disaster—an Armageddon of sorts?
No one really knows. Perspectives differ wildly, and predictions are as varied as the people who make them.

We are the world

Some assume that because in Amonines we live a contemplative life, we must be disconnected from the world—that we neither watch the news nor care about what unfolds.

But that is not true.

We are deeply involved. When we read about pain and suffering, our hearts are touched just the same.

How could it be otherwise?

We are the world.

Seeing Differently

The difference lies in how we relate to what we see and hear.

We do not take every story at face value.
We question, observe, and try to look beyond appearances to what is.

What is the enemy? Why do we call them so? Where did they come from, How did they become so? And what would it take to turn them into a friend (again)?”

A way of thinking we learned from Yoginâm.

Consider:

A country decides it must defend itself from an enemy. Huge sums are poured into weapons, soldiers are recruited, and people rally behind the idea of war. Many say, “What choice do we have? We must fight!”

But is this the only narrative?

We don’t accept such narratives as absolute truths. Why? Because we hold to a transcendental Truth—a Certainty that transcends all stories and lies within us.

This Certainty, untouchable and unchanging, anchors us even when everything else falls apart. It allows us to question the “truths” of the world without fear of losing our footing.

Becoming the Change

Many ask:
“But what can I do? How can I help? This must stop!”

We agree. Action is needed. But not necessarily on the barricades.

True change begins within.
It begins with becoming different beings—by awakening and allowing ourselves to be Guided.

“You are not separate from the world. You are the world. And when you transform, so too does the world.”

The Light of Nâm

We place all things within a wider perspective: the Light of Nâm.

But isn’t this just a way to avoid responsibility?
No. It is precisely the opposite.

When you realize that everything is resonance, you discover a profound truth:
We are not passive observers waiting for systems or leaders to change the world.

We are the change.

A Revolution of the Heart

When you read of war or genocide and feel horror, grief, and compassion rising in you, this is not passive.
It is an active resonance —a revolution of the heart.

It is a profound step to affirm, even in the face of suffering:

“What is, is what is, as what is.”

To discover Abbah in Asha—or, poetically, “The Beloved in the Face of the Beloved”—in all things, is to contribute to a world in transformation.

When enough people embody this resonance, the world cannot help but change.

A Pathless Path

For this reason, we are deeply grateful:

To be Guided on this pathless path of transformation.
To facilitate a place of retreat where others, too, can find their inner Guidance.

We are convinced:

A better world begins with becoming a better human being.

What such a “better human being” might look like is wonderfully expressed in Yoginâm’s poem 'Beautiful Human Beings'.

Oh, beautiful human beings,

This is the song of my advice:

Discover oneness in multiplicity

And love it unreservedly

Discover multiplicity in Oneness

And serve it unconditionally

Discover freedom in beauty

And follow it unabashed

Discover tolerance in openness

And walk in its footsteps

These are the principles of Love

These are the precepts of wisdom

These are the preconditions of bliss

This is the Way of

Beautiful human beings

Love each other

Because you are One

Serve each other

Because you are One

Destroy the boundaries

Because you are One

Abandon all judgment

Because you are One

This is the way of

Beautiful human beings

Yoginâm, The Eye of Beauty, 2013