Neale Donald Walsch - The Essential Path: Making the Daring Decision to Be Who You Truly Are

Lets not dance around this. We have a big problem here. On Earth, I mean. And its touching our lives every day. Individually and collectively.

Theres no reason to move into a dark or depressed state over this, though, because the solution really is just one decision away. And its not even a difficult decision to make. We just have to choose to make it.

Many people agree with the decision intuitively already. They simply havent implemented it in their lives as a practical matter, probably because theyre waiting to see if anyone else agrees. But the time for waiting is over.

The problem now confronting us is becoming pervasive. Its evidenced not only in the worlds governments and the worlds corporations and the worlds social or religious institutions. Its affecting all of us. In individual homes all across the planet, were feeling the effect.

So whats up? Whats the problem? Lets lay it out in direct terms.

Humanitys biggest problem is that humanity doesnt know what humanitys biggest problem is.

We can see the effect of this problem all around us, but we dont seem to see the cause.

Now, you have a real problem when you know you have a problem, but dont understand what the problem is. You dont know whats causing the effect that youre observing every day. And humanitys confusion about this has gone on for so long that its now created a condition. A condition thats threatening to become permanent.

Heres one way that it shows up: Perhaps more than ever in recent times, were hearing folks say that if we do have a problem right now, its only because of those others who are creating problems. We didnt have these problems before, these folks say, and we want to go back to the Good Old Days.

And just who, exactly, are those others to whom these folks are referring?

Its those unwanted immigrants, those unsatisfied minorities, those unhappy women, those right-wing radicals, those left-wing nut jobs, those unacceptable gays, those uninformed students, those dumb conservatives, those empty-headed liberals, those unmotivated government assistance recipients. Its those others who just keep making things difficult.

A well-known political strategist in the United States, Brad Todd, crystalized all of this in a tweet he posted in mid-2018: Is the American Left willing to live with and among the American Right? Or are we at culture rupture?

And the phenomenon is not limited to the United States, but is emerging all over the world. Newspaper columnist Paul Krugman put it this way in an opinion piece in the New York Times written at about the same time: The real crisis is an upsurge in hatredunreasoning hatred that bears no relationship to anything the victims have done.

I resonate with the urgency of Mr. Todds questions and I concur with Mr. Krugmans observations. Suddenly it feels as if we live in a world of us vs. them. People around the globe are lining up on one side or the other, and the middle ground seems to be disappearing.

Not everyone may feel this way, but everyone can feel everyone who feels this way. So its affecting all of us. Each day its producing distressing headlines, angry blogs, name-calling speeches, childish rants in tweets, bullying diatribes, finger-pointing tirades, and violence-laden outbursts.

And while we may not know the