For Sunday October 21st, 2012

Hello all, here's a quote from Mary Ann Williamson sent in by Ceri Booth:

I think about how "temporarily inaccessible to the power of the Atonement" (ACIM) a heart must be, to think it right to shoot a little girl because she says she wants to go to school. 

But it's not like with the Nazis during WW2, where if you simply got rid of them, the phenomenon they promulgated was for all intents and purposes gone. We can't just kill enough Taliban and make it all go away. There's an ideology there -- deep and entrenched and being taught to thousands of children -- that bullets alone cannot destroy.

That's why, in answer to those who think we should keep the subject of spirituality far away from politics, I think the exact opposite. We didn't say, "Spirituality has nothing to do with AIDS," and we shouldn't say, "Spirituality has nothing to do with war." There HAS to be a spiritual solution to this, or the tragedies will only get worse. We are burdening our military with a mission that we should all be contributing to. That

's why we need a holistic politics. Military might is like allopathic medicine; it needs to be backed by psychological, spiritual and emotional support.

So let's do something radical: let's meditate today, and pour God's light on every extremist of any kind. Let's remember that that which is not love is a call for love. Let's spend a minimum of five minutes every day, pouring the Light and Love of a Divine Creator onto those who we are tempted to fear, or even hate. Imagine extremist groups, then send love to them like the medicine it is, to heal their minds and restore us all to sanity. For only love has the ability to cast out fear. Let us pray for a divine intercession from a thought system beyond our own. We cannot do this by ourselves. For true peace on earth, we need a miracle. Amen

 

 

"Life is not measured by the
breaths we take, but by the
moments that take our breath
away"

Thank you for being part of my life!!

Have a Blessed Day! Ceri

May we sit this Sunday for those whose hearts are closed; for those whose thoughts and emotions run without guidance; for those who, like ourselves, have weaknesses and vulnerabilities. May we sit for God's Light to come down and illumine the future of all.

Thank you,

Richard