All the solutions to our problems that exist within the structures of our problems are bound to fail! As Albert Einstein said "No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it!" This begs the question "What is the highest level of consciousness?" I believe the answer is, the highest consciousness is that of love. I believe that love is the wisest and most powerful level of consciousness in existence!

However, most people would accept that the mind is where solutions to our problems are to be found. If we study hard enough, then the mental disciplines known to mankind will solve any problem; that sounds quite correct doesn't it? Yet, Einstein, the cleverest man who ever lived, in the above quotation seems to disagree. What about the idea of instead going to the highest level of consciousness for the solution to our problems?

Making the ten inch drop our head into our hearts I believe can change everything for the better. Why not ask, regardless of the problem this question: "What would love do?" What would this higher level of consciousness do in a time of conflict? Churchill's belated solution to the conflict of WWII was to talk to enemies, he said: "Jaw, jaw is better than war war!" Love wouldn't try to resolve any disagreement by killing people!

In its clear description of love, the New Testament of the Christian Bible tells us: "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails!"

It continues by saying: "For we know in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part will disappear!" It is in love's higher consciousness that we can find all the answers to the problems that our feeble minds do not have the ability to end! I believe in the completeness of the solutions that love holds within its power. Think of all the problems caused by pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth. Love is the answer!

Whether we speak globally or personally of our problems, regardless of the challenge being in the macrocosm or the microcosm, love is still the answer! No, it is not a case of morality, love, self sacrificing love (the Ancient Greeks had a word for it agape) is most certainly the answer. That is why I believe in a Love Revolution, where those who instigate it, would make sure all their actions within that revolution would be based on agape.

I am a Love Anarchist, because in my view there would be no need for rules, law makers, police, courts or prisons if love ruled supremely over all of our lives! The challenge is to live in this old system of things before love arrives in fullness and power. For its arrival is inevitable if humanity is to survive! To see love in all its fullness on planet Earth we need to personally become a part of the preview of this life's coming attractions!

So how about trying out the higher level of consciousness to solve your problems. We must pray with Francis of Assisi:  "Make me a channel of your peace: where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. I believe if we live from our hearts every day, that such a life of love is possible.

If you feel inspired by my words, if you are someone who would like to discover (yes it's already there) the great love you have inside your heart, that agape love that can heal the world, please send me a personal message. It's time to stop existing from one problem to another and to become one who acts sovereignly in your life, from a place of love. To stop living in fear, because a better world is not now that far away!

Written by Barnabas England 4th November 2023

Photograph Kathryn Waldrom