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June 30, 2005
What is idealism...
What is idealism, after all, but a message from the Real to the real? It's the force that inspires us to improve the world with deep inner knowing that something better is possible. An ideal is a pure idea that becomes miraculous when blended with human imagination and effort. Great ideas need not languish in the realm of abstract possibility; they are meant to be embodied. Through the willingness of people and the grace of God, they become part of our earthly experience whenever
From Every Day Grace
Posted by mwblog at 01:25 AM
June 28, 2005
We cannot get to our knowledge...
We cannot get to our knowledge because the world is too loud. And we tend to make it louder as we cry out in pain, pretending we are singing. We add to the world's cacophony because we don't know it's our job to turn down the noise and listen to silent symphonies.
From A Woman's Worth
Posted by mwblog at 01:23 AM
June 25, 2005
Please give my life some sense of purpose.
Dear God,
Please give my life some sense of purpose. Use me as aan instrument of your peace. Use my talents and abilities to spread love. I surrender my job to you. Help me to remember that my real job is to love the world back to health.
Thank-you very much.
Amen
From A Return to Love
Posted by mwblog at 07:17 AM
June 21, 2005
The highest, most spirit-filled...
The highest, most spirit-filled religious consciousness is a living water. The container through which that water is poured into the world is not the organization of a religion but the human heart. Love is the religious experience.
From Healing the Soul of America
Posted by mwblog at 08:18 AM
June 18, 2005
As we meditate and pray...
As we meditate and pray, we begin to awaken. As we read good books, we begin to awaken. As we eschew bad television, we begin to awaken. As we serve our community, we begin to awaken. As we journey toward psychological health, we begin to awaken. As we think for ourselves, we begin to awaken. As we communicate more freely, we begin to awaken. As we take up the philosophical mantle of concern for the future of life on earth, and apply it as best we can to our social, professional, and political endeavors, we begin to awaken ourselves and others. And in that awakening lies hope for all of us. Mass awakening from our entrenched delusions is the only hope for America's healing.
From Healing the Soul of America
Posted by mwblog at 01:06 PM
June 15, 2005
By cultivating a state of mind...
By cultivating a state of mind in which we place our decisions where they belong, in the hands of One who always knows what we should do, we draw on a mystical power no worldly means of decision making can match. God will listen and God will answer, with a prescience and wisdom and intelligence and love for us and for everyone in the whole entire world.
From Every Day Grace
Posted by mwblog at 06:08 PM
June 12, 2005
Remove from me my darkness.
Dear God,
Remove from me my darkness.
Reveal to me Your light, which You share
with me and have place within me.
May I shine forth as Your beloved child.
May Your spirit cleanse my heart and mind.
Forgive, Lord.
Please set me free.
I come to You.
Please come to me.
Amen
From Illuminata
Posted by mwblog at 08:01 AM
June 09, 2005
The love so many of us...
The love so many of us would like to see injected into the veins of civilization must pour into us. Society will not transform until we transform; what's wrong "out there" is but a mere reflection of what's wrong "in here." This is liberating news if we see it that way. Once we recognize that our minds are the causal level of worldly events, then we are free to seek to change the world by changing our thoughts about the world.
From Healing the Soul of America
Posted by mwblog at 05:55 AM
June 06, 2005
The word "discipline" comes from ...
The word "discipline" comes from the same root as the word "disciple," and the mystic is a disciple of love. We are mentally disciplined to believe that there is no problem love cannot solve. Holiness is an internal state, a "whole" way of seeing. When our minds are no longer fragmented by the illusion of our separation from each other, but healed by the truth of our oneness, we are awakened to a new dimension of compassion.
From Every Day Grace
Posted by mwblog at 07:41 AM
June 03, 2005
There is no world...
There is no world outside us. The world is, in fact, our collective projections of love and fear, hopes and conflicts. In taking responsibility for our own thoughts and feelings, we play our part in the healing of the world.
From Illuminata
Posted by mwblog at 09:01 AM
June 01, 2005
If we desire access ...
If we desire access to the power of God's nonviolent authority, we must refuse to hate those who disagree with us. Otherwise, we lack the capacity to triumph over the effects of their ill-will. To learn to love effectively is the highest form of political training.
From Healing the Soul of America
Posted by mwblog at 08:30 AM
