The World Is on Fire—and It’s Also a Mirror: Finding Peace in the Chaos

Some days, the world feels unrecognisable.

We’re witnessing war, collapse, polarisation, anxiety, and fear on a massive scale. People are overwhelmed. Families are fractured. Social media has become a battleground. Our nervous systems are overstretched. And it’s hard not to wonder: Where is this all going?

It’s tempting to point fingers. To blame the system. To blame each other. To retreat or rage.

But something I keep coming back to again and again is the idea that the chaos we see in the world isn’t just “out there.”

It’s also a mirror.

As Within, So Without

The violence, the division, the rigidity, the fear—it’s everywhere.
And yet, I’ve seen those same patterns alive in me too.

In my own all or nothing thinking.
In the ways I’ve cut people off for not aligning perfectly with my views.
In the times I’ve felt at war within myself, my body saying one thing, my mind saying another.

The macro reflects the micro.
The collective mirrors the personal.
The world is a fractal of our inner terrain.

And that might sound overwhelming at first because it puts some responsibility back in our hands.

But it’s also where our power lives.

Inner Peace Is Activism

I used to think that inner work was private. Separate. The older I get, the more I see that how we tend to our inner world ripples outward.

When I soften instead of shut down…
When I stay present instead of react…
When I choose curiosity instead of certainty…
That creates a small but powerful shift in the field around me.

Microdosing has helped me with this in ways I never expected.
It hasn’t made the world less chaotic but it’s made me more anchored. More discerning. More able to hold the discomfort of not knowing, not fixing, not fighting.

And in that space, healing becomes possible.

Practicing the Middle Way in a Polarised World

We are being constantly pulled toward extremes.
Online, in politics, in health, in identity—everywhere.

It takes real strength to stay centred.
To sit in nuance.
To say “both” instead of “either.”
To humanise the people we’re told to hate.
To acknowledge the complexity of what we’re facing without becoming paralysed.

For me, this has become a spiritual practice.

I still get it wrong. I still polarise, react, retreat. But now I notice it sooner. I come back quicker. I pause more often. And I keep asking: Where am I at war within myself? Because I know that’s where peace needs to begin.

The World Needs Regulated, Resourced People

It’s easy to feel powerless in times like this.

But you tending to your nervous system is not irrelevant.
You speaking gently to yourself is not insignificant.
You choosing to breathe instead of lash out is not meaningless.

This is how worlds change.

From the inside out.
From the nervous system up.
From the heart first.

If the world is a mirror, then peace must begin somewhere.
Let it begin in you.