The answer is love. No matter the question, or the problem that needs solving, the real answer is always love.

At this time of truly being honest with ourselves, we step off the flat page into 5D living, to become a true authentic expression of ourselves. We cannot buy into any messages of separation or judgment in any form now. If we can rise up to see things from an eagle’s eye view, perhaps we could see that we are entering a new phase with a bigger, brighter perspective that allows us to navigate quite a bit better. Yes, we are still clearing out old emotional stuff and absorbing more and more light like a sponge. If you really feel into the light right now, you will begin to feel the bliss energies. This is part of the change that is going on within us, that broadens our outlook so that we may affect changes on a larger scale. The way we solve problems will undoubtedly change toward working together with a common aim.

We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break, our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature. -Abraham Lincoln

Systematic change happens when people form bonds over a common cause that they feel strongly enough to stand up for what is right. This all starts on a person to person level though. Usually problem solving has become a competition over whose solution is better and who gets the credit. But when the people who have skin in the game demand change, there can be no more fooling around. Problem solvers must join forces and see things from the same side and take aim at the problem together, instead of eachother. There may need to be some acknowledgment of how the problem got that way and some personal responsibility taken. Shifting to a common ground basis for problem solving requires that the better angels of our nature take over. When we can cease to take things personally and approach things with compassion, then compromise can occur and getting to the root cause of the problem becomes entirely possible. The key is understanding the other person while maintaining our own self-respect and keeping healthy boundaries.

When I became a Shamballa Reiki Master over 20 years ago, I was given the five principles of Reiki. I have tried to live my life by them. I’m not sure they have anything to do with problem solving, but I just thought I would share them.

1. JUST FOR TODAY I WILL TRUST. All things happen in accordance with divine will. I will listen to my I AM presence, my Higher Self, and allow my life and work to unfold within God’s plan.

2. JUST FOR TODAY I SHALL WORK HONESTLY. I love myself enough to know that my actions affect others. Doing one’s work honestly means being truthful to one’s self. If we create harmony in ourselves, we help to create harmony in the world. If we co-create love and balance, we will have it in our own lives. Mastery comes from honest effort in our daily lives.

3. JUST FOR TODAY I SHALL ACCEPT MY BLESSINGS. This means that I will look at my life and see what I really have. We are the light of God on the planet, allow it to manifest through you in truth, beauty, harmony, love and abundance.

4. JUST FOR TODAY I WILL BE AT PEACE. To be angry is to be controlled. Anger is limiting and brings imbalance. It must be transmuted into love and balance. Smile and receive a smile. Love will radiate love in return.

5. JUST FOR TODAY I WILL RESPECT ALL LIFE. We have been given everything we need to live in harmony and respect. Until we respect and love ourselves, we cannot respect and love others and be in harmony with the divine plan. Realizing all living things are really our brothers and sisters, we as healers are instruments of the divine plan, and must show others the way forward in love and compassion. The Earth is a living, loving being. By facilitating Mother Earth’s healing and wholeness, we ourselves become whole.

I don’t know if today’s musings are helpful or not. But I hope they inform and/or inspire. Your presence here on the planet during this time is no accident. You are needed and you are appreciated for every way you tip the scales of Light into the positive. I’m so glad you are here. The kindness you share, the love that is in your heart, the good work done by your hands. You are loved beyond measure. You ARE love. If everyone truly knew this, there would be very little blockages to solving problems together and perhaps less problems being created in the first place.