This day I would like to share with you, dear friends around the world, my comments to a person who wrote for advice.  She said, “Thanks for your words of inspiration. I'm going through a difficult time right now. I dropped out of a meaningful group.  I'm changing so much and so fast I need time by myself to figure things out.  I feel like I turned myself inside out.  I made a complete circle, and feel like I am right back were I started.  Although, I'm a totally different person now.  What's next?  All I can do is pray for guidance.  Thanks again.”

                  My comments to her: “Taking time for ourselves can be a grand opportunity for healing.  There are times for reaching out to others and times when inward contemplation will bring the highest rewards.  You are very close to your inner being in a deep desire to experience inner peace and I trust your recent decision is the best for you and all.  When we feel we have gone through a whole circle I invite you to consider the possibility that we are moving in a spiral … each cycle being wider than the previous one and we become a different person continuously, ever with more experience and understanding.  What is next?  Perhaps this is a time to let go and flow with the call of your inner being.  Patience is important.  My suggestion would be to take whatever time may be needed, knowing that answers will evolve at the right moment.  I see you are flowing with life.”

                  One of my recent mottos has been, “Trust. Be. Rejoice.”

               Touching core values, a dear friend recently shared inspiring words from our common poet friend who made his glorious transition to spirit a few years ago. In joyful communion with the Divine, I share it with you today.

Peace, It's Wonderful

{An excerpt – initially published in “Shards”}

Communion is silence,
The language of the spirit,
of God.
In the depths of quiet seeking
All becomes clear.
 

   Jonas Mather
shared by Patti Hudson, Pennsylvania U.S.A.

                Owen Waters, a spiritual researcher and author, speaks about his perspective for spiritual service through healing. In his own words, “ . . . By spiritually uplifting the world, you spiritually uplift yourself. People used to gain spiritual growth by becoming isolated from humanity. They would meditate in a remote cave or join a monastery in order to free themselves of the distractions of the world. However, with today’s emerging heart-centered consciousness, everything has changed. Instead of isolation from humanity, the key to progress is now service to others and that means living in the noise and information overload of the modern world.

               He believes every person has the ability to call on the power of spiritual energy to transform the world into a better place.

              This is part of his technique, “With every inbreath, see your lungs being filled with the vibrant white light of universal life energy. With every outbreath, recall your visualization or repeat your intention in your mind and send the power of this love and light out into the world. See this energy as a beam of brilliant white light coming from the focal point of your heart energy . . . Perform this as a series of inbreaths and outbreaths for as long as you wish, then relax and spend some time in the afterglow of a spiritual mission well accomplished.”

Here are more details about the Healing technique he proposes.

                As we give value to our experiences we encourage our own development.  They are symbols of our inner being.  The experiences we acquire through life become a source of personal counsel to guide our way and open up horizons for richer expression of our inner potential and personality in service to all.                

               These are my commitments as I move through life appreciating experience.  Through an expanded vision of humanity as ONE I acknowledge the ultimate good in all experience.  Today I am determined to find a constructive use in all that happens and see all situations as opportunities to expand understanding.  In the peaks and valleys of my journey I consciously focus on the way my choices affect my experience and shape my destiny.  In the face of sorrow and pain I stand serene.  I see the best in all things.  I welcome and accept experience as a source of prosperity and fulfillment and joyously listen and learn from others and share the fruits of my inspiration in the awareness of the present moment.” 

                I would love to hear your commitments.

     We are having the privilege of witnessing history today through the power of peaceful social transformation as group consciousness rises in need of social change conducive to facilitate the exploration of inner potential, a renewed sense of individual and group balance, an expansion of individual responsibility and commitment, and the opportunity for more fulfilling lives in pursuit of ideals.

     Mahatma Gandhi’s Prayer for Peace comes to mind in the context of recent social events, “I offer you peace.  I offer you love.  I offer you friendship.  I see your beauty.   I hear your need.  I feel your feelings.  My wisdom flows from the Highest Source.  I salute that Source in you.  Let us work together for unity and love.”