The Shot that Began the Great War
On June 28th 1914, a 19 year old Bosnian Serb student named Gavrilo Princip, a member of a revolutionary organization – Black Hand Gang, shot and killed the Austro-Hungarian heir, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sofia. This became known as the Sarajevo Assassination. His purpose, to protest for a free Bosnia from then occupied Austrian rule.
In retaliation, the German government encouraged the Austria-Hungary leadership to retaliate against the assassination by threatening Serbia with invasion. Russia immediately stepped in by coming to the defence of Serbia, which escalated quickly for both France and Britain to honour their prior treaties with Russia with full military support. This led to a full mobilisation of over 65 million soldiers and civilian support over the following four years resulting in over 40 million casualties including up to 20 million deaths and 20 million wounded military personnel from across the world. This was known as the Great War / World War 1 which lasted between 1914-1918.
At a time of heightened escalation, the decisions of governments determine the actions that follow on the populations of those countries. Does Humankind learn from the lessons that history provides to us? The same incentives still remain for all who choose to profit from the effects and horrors of war by capitalizing on the opportunities it presents. For those who enjoy the sun when it is cold, will also complain about the sun when it becomes too hot. There remain those in positions of power that seek to encourage retaliation through the application of darkened manipulations by calling them, good intentions. This creates a place for evil to live and thrive within the hearts of all that deem these actions acceptable, even if many lives are taken to achieve these aims.
In June 2022, I stood outside the gates of Windsor Castle, the residence of the English Monarchy – and held a prayer for the millions of Souls that had given their lives in former wars and conflicts to defend the freedoms and rights that later generations have benefited from, as a result of their selfless actions. Their lives have become embedded into the history of this Earth.
In October 2022, I stood in the footsteps of a single man in Sarajevo, who also once stood against the oppression and rulership of leaders who sought to control occupied territories for personal gain and power. His actions cannot be justified, the death of what is bad is still a death. I then walked to the nearby Sacred Heart Cathedral in Sarajevo and held a prayer and honoured the Light for the millions of Souls that became directly involved as a result of that single action taking place from this spot over a hundred years ago.
Whatever events are created around the world, we all live within the consequences of choices made as a result of actions of Others. Ideally, a set of Sacred Principles and Morals that could replace the archaic systems of monarchy rulership, governmental and military powers with peaceful and adequate administrations of fair justice, wealth creation and high standards of social distribution. But all modern societies demonstrate this is hardly easy to achieve, especially where power is concentrated and those who wield it are rarely held accountable and unwilling to relinquish power or control to the wishes of the population that they govern. As the veils of that which was previously hidden are lifted, we can easily discern that those who are voted into positions of power are controlled by higher unknown and unaccountable positions that truly govern the policies of nations and direction of economic growth which favours them considerably.
To truly live in this current world does not allow the individual to create an ego conditioned design of personally deciding what is right and what is wrong and how things should be – but to live within the conditions of the system they reside within.
Choosing where to live, how to live, what to eat, what to buy. Any set of rules which seek to topple or replace the existing authorities will always attract attention by those seeking to eradicate and remove any threat to their higher hard fought and commanding positions. To live within a system is to comply with the system but to choose which parts of the system to utilise and which not to. An Ego-centric way of living accepts that the Mind chooses to use the system when it is suited and to protest against it when it doesn’t. Either way, nothing changes as a result of the individual’s personal Will.
A Sacred Heart connection to the Earth Mother, Gaia shows us the Way – for there is no other path that benefits the ground we walk upon, the air that we breath, the water that we drink and the sun that warms us. Our Highest alignment to Divine Intention requires us to become part of the very nature that sustains and allows us to grow and thrive. For us to return to her, we must recognise that the Ego Mind that sought to create a different Way, which has only resulted in taking us away from our true nature.
Society will not change by itself, for there will always be the means to benefit from the labours of Others to gain positions of power over Others. Society will begin to dissolve into the New as the few become the many and start to lead heart based lives inspired by living as their true nature – to connect with the highest alignment of the Heart through profound and divinely inspired manifestation of the Soul integrated into our physical being.
For what we cannot see and is unknown, we call darkness and what we can see and know, we call Light – but there is a greater sacred design that exists far beyond that which we call Light and Dark and our hearts already know the Way.
Loving Blessings and Honoured Praise
Paul Dobree-Carey / Polaris AB