The Way to BE … (05/31/15)
Infants only see the Divine all around them — they have neither fog of ego to pierce nor haze of convention to peer through when looking at those they meet. They always see the other for who they truly ARE — a direct manifestation of God; a conscious facet of the Universe; a potential Friendship waiting to bloom; the Prodigal Son returning home; a long-lost Lover who has returned from afar …
Of course, as we grow older and “learn the ways of the world”, we start to divide the people we meet into categories — stranger & friend; enemy and ally, dangerous & safe; good & evil … And if we are not careful (indeed, if we are not consciously Care-full) this is where our development gets stuck; bogged down in a dark and dreary world that our own fear-based biases & our own culture-instilled bigotries have filled with “liars” and “criminals” and “terrorists” and “those damn Democrats” (or Republicans, for that matter).
Of course, as many are now rediscovering, there is another Way to Be; another life in waiting — a Life of Courage & a Life of Joy; a Life of Service & a Life of Peace … And to re-enter this realm of Light & Goodness — the very same Kingdom in which we all used to revel & celebrate as infants long ago — all that is required is for us to have the Humility to see ALL the others in our lives as Children of God …
… and then the Courage to act accordingly.
Amen … Let it be so.
(~ inspired by Mike Dooley)
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