Hello everyone. It is
our sixth day! We are gathering
ourselves, collecting our strengths and fortifying our moments with love. This is as it should be. As we approach the end of this Quest, we
can’t help but notice the timing. We
have loved ourselves through a powerful storm.
Hurricane Sandy
calls us to demonstrate our unity.
Much of my family lives on the East Coast of the USA; I followed
the events of the storm closely. There
was a live feed from the town I was born in, so all day and night there were
photos and reports. The stream was
smattered with “Great job guys!” and “Thank you!” and “You guys are the best!”
along with pictures of groups of people helping each other out. All calls for help were responded to, and
from my point of view, it was as if one voice was coordinating it all.
That voice was Love.
We are amazing! A crisis brings
out the hero from deep within. The point
of our Quest is to have that hero out all the time. This is where we are headed, to love without
reason, to love as a constant stream, to love as often as we take a breath.
I participated in a training session a few days ago. There were five adults standing at computer
terminals for several hours. The session
was long and tedious. I was positioned
between two people; one very quietly having a hard time and one very vocally
doing the same. The quiet one sought no
help while the vocal one wanted lots of it.
The other two adults stood next to each other and they
formed a team. Thus, the training room
was divided. In the half with the team
there was laughter, collaboration and speed.
In the other half there were sighs of exasperation with a great deal of
anxiety, discussion and interruption.
When I left, both adults in the “other half” were still at it and you
could cut the tension with a knife.
The benefits of unity were crystal clear. The two who formed a team are now friends,
while the other three don’t know each other and had a long and painful
afternoon. In all cases, the training
was accomplished. How would you like to
have participated, if given the choice?
The team was made up of two unlikely cohorts, yet appearances made no
difference. None of us knew each other
before entering the room. The “rules”
were for independent completion of the course; yet success demanded
co-operation and “out of the box” thinking.
Agape and Oneness are not our usual ways of getting through
life. Things are not set up to make it
easy for us. Society has been operating
with another agenda. The operating
principle has been “the end justifies the means”. This no longer works. If we aren’t yet approaching things that way,
it will soon become obvious that in order to love, our focus has to be on each
other.
We are not simply a means to an end, we are love. This notion demands a re-evaluation of all
that we have learned. Life is no longer
“business as usual”. We are about at the
finish line, we can see Agape just up ahead.
It will take all of us, with our conflicting ideas, viewpoints, origins,
handicaps and strengths, to get there successfully. The task is easily accomplished once we
utilize the best tool we have – each other.
Remember this truth – you are not alone, you were never
alone, and this singular journey of yours is being simultaneously taken by all
of us as One. We are here to assist and
to love. Everything else is merely
background, the setting where we can join together and find agape in each
others eyes. This is why you are
here.
We are the One you’ve been waiting for.
Thank you for your light,
