“Everything that is in the heavens, on the earth and under the earth, is penetrated with connectedness, penetrated with relatedness” Meister Eckhart, German mystic (1260-1327)
Everywhere we look we see images of violence, in our homes, on our streets, in our schools, and in our weather!! We see it in advertising, in films, in the news. We see it in strife within companies, communities, and nations, and between them. We find it expressed physically, sexually, emotionally, and psychologically—and Now in the chaos of OUR WEATHER. It is everywhere and we feel powerless in the face of it.
Let’s just stop it. Let writers and actors and all those who portray violence. Let the media stop presenting stories about it. Let parents and teachers and brothers and sisters, men and women and children STOP. Let the political economic, judicial and religious institutions STOP.
Let us all spend time in silence, stillness, meditation and prayer each day, drawing on the spirit within us to lead us into kindness, openness of heart, goodness, well-being, generosity and good will.
AMEN SO BE IT.
1 comment:
Perhaps if we can stop following this shiney object and reduce the anger and negativity we will provide space to the balance of the goodness, the blessings, and the moments of grace in our lives. Unfortunately I do not have enormous faith in the ability to move away from the temptation to move toward the "shiney object" that attacks us and seems to hold the promise of a type of power that let's us feel like we are fighting back. Remember the explanation of right and left handed power? We are somewhat instinctively drawn in to fight back,and that is right handed power. The results of following your advise to be more disciplined about consciously stopping and taking time to meditate, pray, reexamine things. To focus our efforts on the connectedness of all creation, is if you will including ourselves and find ways to redirect are energy to restoring and rebuilding. Now that is the way to "fight back" or using our power to support all creation. Nothing God calls us to is easy but it is not so complicated that we can not learn to lead with the power of love.
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