Next Wednesday we once again remember one of our Days of Infamy, a day that changed our world forever. I still feel sick when I see pictures of those planes going into the Twin Towers or think of those on the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania. Back in Sept., 2001, I published in our bulletin some thoughts that a group of writers (Society of Children’s Book Writers) wrote together a few days after that horrible day. I would like to share some of these reflections once again with you….There are two possible responses to what has occurred today. The first comes from love, the second from fear. If we come from fear, we may panic and do things that could cause further damage. If we come from love, we will find refuge and strength. At this hour, in this moment, let us seek not to pinpoint blame, but to pinpoint cause. Unless we take time to look at our experience, we will never remove ourselves from the experiences it creates. Instead, we will forever live in fear of retribution from those within the human family we have aggrieved or we will seek retribution from them. To us the reasons are clear. We have not learned the most basic human truths. We have not understood the most basic spiritual wisdom, we have not been listening to God (however you view the Ultimate-Being-That is), and because we have not, we watch ourselves do ungodly things to other members of our own family, our own brothers and sisters. The message we should hear from all sources is that WE ARE ONE. That is the message the human race has largely ignored. Forgetting this truth is the only cause of hatred and war, and the way to remember is simple: LOVE, THIS AND EVERY MOMENT. If we want the beauty of the world that we have co-created, we have to become spiritual, right here, right now, and cause the positive to happen. Talk to God today. Ask God for help, for counsel and advice, for insight and strength and for inner peace and for deep wisdom. Ask God this day to show us how to show up in the world in a way that will cause the world itself to change. We should join all those people around the world who are praying right now, adding your Light to the Light that dispels all fear. That is the challenge that is placed before every thinking person. Today, the human soul asks the question: What can I do to preserve the beauty and wonder of our world and eliminate the anger and the hatred – and the disparity that inevitably causes it- in that part of the world which I touch?...What can you do today, at this very moment? A CENTRAL TEACHING IN MOST SPIRITUAL TRADTIONS IS: WHAT WISH TO EXPERIENCE, PROVIDE IT FOR ANOTHER. (This is the golden rule). IF YOU WISH TO EXPERIENCE PEACE, PROVIDE PEACE FOR ANOTHER. IF YOU WISH TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE SAFE, CAUSE ANOTHER TO KNOW THEY ARE SAFE. IF YOU WISH TO BETTER UNDERSTAND SEEMINGLY INCOMPREHENSIBLE THINGS, HELP ANOTHER TO BETTER UNDERSTAND. IF YOU WISH TO HEAL YOUR OWN SADNESS OR ANGER, SEEK TO HEAL THE SADNESS AND ANGER OF AN- OTHER. THOSE OTHERS ARE WAITING FOR YOU NOW. THEY ARE LOOKING TO YOU FOR GUIDANCE, FOR HELP, FOR COURGAE , FOR STRENGTH, FOR UNDERSTANDING, AND FOR ASSURANCE AT THIS HOUR, MOST OF ALL, THEY ARE LOOKING TO YOU FOR LOVE. (I think we should remember what Mother Theresa said when told it is impossible to feed all the hungry and homeless. How can you do it? She replied simply – ONE AT A TIME. SHALOM
Posted on: Sat, 07 Sep 2013 18:02:52 +0000
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