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The [[vision]] for your world may be summed up in another question: What will the world look like when it is stabilized? (Which does not mean it is necessarily in a sustainable mode, but that it has been stabilized in [[economics]] and militarily for decades.) What would that look like? The other question that must follow is, "What can we do to bring our world now a little closer to that [[ideal]]?" Then, when you get to that ideal, you say, "What is necessary now to sustain this state?" In addition, once it is sustained, then you ask, "How can we make this a bit better? What is not quite right with it now, that we can improve?"
 
The [[vision]] for your world may be summed up in another question: What will the world look like when it is stabilized? (Which does not mean it is necessarily in a sustainable mode, but that it has been stabilized in [[economics]] and militarily for decades.) What would that look like? The other question that must follow is, "What can we do to bring our world now a little closer to that [[ideal]]?" Then, when you get to that ideal, you say, "What is necessary now to sustain this state?" In addition, once it is sustained, then you ask, "How can we make this a bit better? What is not quite right with it now, that we can improve?"
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Now, in your homes, some of you are feeling threatened by your life, and what is around you. You have many worries about things you cannot control. You have fears that are out of your reach to resolve. If this is the case, then seriously, confidently, engage your day-to-day life controlling what you can. Be at peace. Begin peace with yourself. If you cannot control what is uncontrollable, then release it. If you still want to control it, then join with others to become more powerful. However, for those, individually, who want peace now, learn peace for yourself in your life, now. Live in this moment, now. Each of you breathes, now, in this moment. You cannot breathe yesterday. You cannot breathe tomorrow. You must breathe now. This is why the [[Buhhda|Buddhist]] "practice of the breath" is so powerful. It is now. It is immediate. It has palpable results and it keeps you focused in this moment. These are worthy pursuits and practices to pursue and to emulate in your life.
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Now, in your homes, some of you are feeling threatened by your life, and what is around you. You have many worries about things you cannot control. You have fears that are out of your reach to resolve. If this is the case, then seriously, confidently, engage your day-to-day life controlling what you can. Be at peace. Begin peace with yourself. If you cannot control what is uncontrollable, then release it. If you still want to control it, then join with others to become more powerful. However, for those, individually, who want peace now, learn peace for yourself in your life, now. Live in this moment, now. Each of you breathes, now, in this moment. You cannot breathe yesterday. You cannot breathe tomorrow. You must breathe now. This is why the [[Buddha|Buddhist]] "practice of the breath" is so powerful. It is now. It is immediate. It has palpable results and it keeps you focused in this moment. These are worthy pursuits and practices to pursue and to emulate in your life.
    
What can you do to sustain yourself? What are your values that underlie the belief that you can be sustained? Are they economic? Are they political? Are they religious? Are they [[spiritual]]? Are they temporal or are they eternal? Find your centers, children. Find your center. Find and know and live with what is meaningful, what is permanent, what is sustainable for you.
 
What can you do to sustain yourself? What are your values that underlie the belief that you can be sustained? Are they economic? Are they political? Are they religious? Are they [[spiritual]]? Are they temporal or are they eternal? Find your centers, children. Find your center. Find and know and live with what is meaningful, what is permanent, what is sustainable for you.

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