An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
~ Martin Luther King
Peter didn’t mince words in describing what he visualized regarding the future of humanity. I hope his prognosis is not so scary that you’re inclined to stop reading now! Actually, he outlines a very optimistic scenario from his elevated perspective, which can also be ours.
Deal ye one with another with the utmost love and harmony, with friendliness and fellowship.… So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth. ~ Bahá’u’lláh
I place the future in the hands of God. Accept today’s idea, and you have passed all anxiety, all pits of hell, all blackness of depression, thoughts of sin, and devastation brought about by guilt. Accept today’s idea, and you have released the world from all imprisonment by loosening the heavy chains that locked the door to freedom on it. Release the future. For the past is gone, and what
There are so many human efforts to bring peace to the world: disarmament conferences, peace vigils, demonstrations for peace, organizations devoted to peace, and even war as a means of supposedly bringing peace. But how simple, how personal, and how immediate Mother Teresa describes the way of peace. Just start by loving your own family and those in your home. This is where peace begins: in my heart, in your
Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement…get up in the morning, and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible. Never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
The thought I have planted in my mind these days is that Love’s presence permeates everything. There is no other more powerful thought to shift my perception when it wanders into the fields of separation.
A mystery that is not ours to understand weaves the web of life. And much of what happens we have no control over. What is within our control is what we do with our
I treasure timeless gems, like this quote from Erasmus that reminds me of our mystical power to dispel darkness by bringing the light. When we are plugged into the unified field of Love and Light, our flame of holy remembering is lit, our mystical power activated, and we have our shine on.
There is a psychospiritual disease of the soul that originates within ourselves, and that has the potential to destroy our species or to wake us up, depending on whether or not we recognize what it is revealing to us. Indigenous people have been tracking this ‘psychic virus’ for many centuries, calling it ‘wetiko’ in Cree (windigo in Ojibwa, wintiko in Powhatan), a term that refers to a biologically wicked person
I was raised in the Presbyterian Church, and after graduating from college, I enrolled in Princeton Theological Seminary to study for the Presbyterian ministry. After graduating from Princeton, I found a church in Tacoma, Washington, that wanted me as its minister. But then, for various reasons, the committee of ministers that had sponsored my candidacy did not think I would be a good fit for the ministry and declined to
Prayer is my ideal remedy for anything that troubles or unsettles my mind. It is also where I turn when I feel joy and upliftment! My conversations with God are about anything stirring in my body, mind, heart or soul. And they always begin with a genuinely felt gratitude that I have a wise and loving creator to turn to and rely on. Experience has taught me that there is
I think we’d all agree that these are chaotically wowser times we live in. Even when we remember we are a spiritual being having a human experience, we can’t afford to fall asleep at the wheel while navigating the jungles of time and space. I have found great value in Chögyam Trungpa’s suggestion to live life as an experiment. After all, our life is our canvas! I enjoy experimenting with