Called
to Service
“The
inner work of personal transformation is not about personal healing
for the sake of personal healing alone but to ultimately become
someone prepared to take that healing to others, to become a channel
of grace in the world. Together we become the new spiritual
communities—a global 'inner net'--bonded with collective intention
devoted to uniting acts of light, generosity and humanity. This is
what it means to be 'called to spiritual service' in the world
today.”
Caroline
Myss (Caroline's Blog; “Paris”)
We
always see the events of the world in hindsight with more
comprehension than we can bring to what is happening in the moment.
We in the West are stunned by the explosion of events in Paris even
though terrorism has long since struck at the heart of many other
places—Beirut, Libya, Mali, Yemen, Somalia, Pakistan, Afghanistan,
Syria and on and on. Until the streets of Paris erupted in explosions
and gunfire, we did not “get our feet up under us,” as my
grandmother would say.
In
the face of all the murder and mayhem on both sides of a great
divide, much finger pointing and accusation is taking the place of
substantive response. Our political and religious leaders and
institutions have been of little help, and in fact, have fueled the
fires of animosity and hatred. It is time for a new approach to the
world.
We
humans overestimate the strength of guns and bombs and underestimate
the power of human light and energy. We can become, as Caroline Myss
suggests, “a global 'inner net' bonded with intention devoted to
uniting acts of light, generosity, and humanity.” We can advocate
for acts of the heart—for supporting and caring for one another—not
just our neighbors, not just our friends and families, but the people
we don't know, the refugees and the strangers.
Love
is the only thing that can transform the world in which we live. Our
governments are charged with protecting us, and their only weapons
are guns and tanks. We are the ones with arms and hearts, and we are
the ones who must gather all our spiritual powers and channel them
into healing. If all of us were praying for positive solutions,
instead of blaming and shaming, if our collective energy were focused
on creating peace, there is no power on Earth that could overcome us.
Let us unite in becoming a “channel of grace.”
In
the Spirit,
Jane
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