Have you ever been around someone at work who’s really high strung, stressed out and goes a mile a minute? And have you noticed your energy after being around this person for a while? Maybe after you left the vicinity of this person, you noticed that you were moving at a faster rate and felt anxious.
On the contrary, have you ever been around someone so peaceful and centered that you felt more peaceful and centered? (I feel more centered after just listening to an audio of Eckhart Tolle).
We reflect one anothers energy.
So its important that we project into the world what we want to have as our experience. If we want calm and peace, its important to project that energy.
From the perspective of Eckhart Tolle (Author of Power of Now) if I am reacting to a situation, I am unconscious.And that same unconsciousness is the cause of all violence and suffering.
So when I hear about a negative event on the news, which is the result of unconsciousness, and I react to it by getting all wound up (which is also unconsciousness), I am only adding to the problem .
The change in our world will come from a shift in consciousness (from unconsciousness to consciousness). Lasting, true change will come from a shift in our energy.