Diversity is the Alchemy of Peaceful Transformation

I am coming into an understanding of diversity of consciousness, philosophy, values and at the same time I can see the purpose in the tensions in life. They either cause us to blame another or they create a journey within to smooth our own philosopher’s stone, which becomes the pearl, an outcome of beauty and value. For me, I’ve always met challenges with questions, philosophy but seldom dislike. I love diversity and it makes me a better person when I don’t take conflict personally and choose to learn from it. Life becomes a continual learning spiral. I am integrating the alpha and the omega. I love my life. I thank all those who see differently from me. I am at peace, definitely.

 

Birthing the Pearl of Diversity


A crusty hard shell,
Attracts sediment, barnacles and sand,
The cross-currents create the friction,
Rubbing, colliding, impacting, jostling
As the rough diamond softens over time,
To realise the pure white pearl,
Is who YOU are.

There are many schools of thought,
Moving along the Atlantic conveyor,
The colder denser currents sink,
The lighter warmer currents rise,
Generating momentum,
As stagnation stalls when equatorial,
Contrast fuels diversity,
Expanding a universal city of ideas.

Please gently take my hand to understand,
Through my eyes I see peace,
Through your eyes you see bus-i-ness,
But what if we close our eyes for just a moment,
Can you see peace as your pearl?
Can I see bus-i-ness as my shell?
For which comes first?
The interior or the exterior?
For both are inextricably linked.

Why not work together for the power of One?
For the earth is the mother of pearl,
A blended world of harmony,
Re-birthing diversity within unity,
Generating future currents on time.

I see your happiness as my happiness,
And if I have caused you friction,
I ask for forgiveness,
As I wasn’t able to reverse the polarity,
So I gently take your hand to understand,
That the pearl of unity in diversity is living in peace.

I was searching for my moment of truth,
To discover that truth can only be found in the moment,
And as the crust, barnacles and sands fall away from my past,
The sand in the hour glass empties,
I open my eyes to a new horizon at last,
Filled with rainbows and the promise
of the fool’s gold in the end,
For the rain shadow has been steady,
And I am Future Ready,
I am ready for my future,
To share the heart of my joy with all,
As the emerging pearl of my true beauty.

Mohandas Gandhi

“Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.”

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