Why I'm starting PeaceCause.org
Author's note: This email was sent to the FTE members on the day of the London Bombings, 07/07/2005
I've wanted to get everything in order before sending out this update, but present
events have simply made that impossible.
In FTE
(Fading Toward Enlightenment), I wrote, "The less there was of me,
the more there was of Her." "Her" being that part of ourselves that can
only be called "the Divine." That part that comes forward in us, as our
egoic-self weakens.
Let me
explain the events of the last week and I think you'll understand, though I
don't necessarily expect you to believe.
Since
publishing FTE, I have been very uncomfortable with the selling / publicizing of
it. I'm just not crazy about self-promotion. Nonetheless, I've sent out the
requisite review copies and am getting some wonderful feedback (I got a great
letter yesterday from the editor of Christian*New Age Quarterly
who loved it). But when it comes to pounding the pavement, I'm getting
lousy results. In local bookstores it is almost impossible to pin down the
decision makers, and my book signing was a complete bust. My savings are
dwindling and I'm on the verge of cashing in my IRA. Still, like they say, if it
was easy, everyone would do it.
Then I
had an epiphany - just do what you do best: Write and take pictures. So I
decided to start writing articles and creating Flash movies and sending them out
on the Internet and generating interest with the credit lines (and swear off
these damn run-on sentences).
So I'm
creating my first real Flash movie called "Finding Your Purpose" http://fadingtowardenlightenment.com/Flash_FindingYourPurpose.htm
(WARNING: this movie takes forever to load on dialup - I'm still
learning) and I realized that my Purpose, as idealist as it sounds, is to raise
awareness of how important "Personal Peace" is in stabilizing "Social Peace". In
other words, World Peace will never be accomplished without a foundation of
Inner Peace. I told you it's idealistic.
So for
the last few days I've been kicking around the idea of starting an online
movement and thinking this is a stupid idea. Inner Peace appeals to seekers, not
"normal" people, there's no way I could ever get this off the
ground.
I tossed
and turned all night last night. I want to do this, a part of me feels I
was made to do this, but my rational side says it's too idealistic, it's
just too weird. When I got out of bed this morning and heard the news of the
London
bombings, I immediately got online and reserved the domain http://PeaceCause.org - a name that I had spent
the last 3 days deciding on. Apparently, She had been prepping me for today.
"The
less there is of me, the more there is of Her." FTE was about me and my
quest for Inner Peace. I honestly don't know what I'm going to do next, but I do
know that it's no longer about me. I know that I need to take things to the next
level. I know it sounds crazy, but I
think I'm going to let Her make the decisions for a little while. Kind of get
out of the way and see what She comes up with.
I'll
let you know more when they let me out of this padded room.
Wayne Wirs
Author/Photographer of Fading Toward Enlightenment