December 15, 2012
Dear Friends,
Although there may never be a definitive
answer as to why shooting rampages keep occurring in this country and in the
world—like the one that just took place at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut—I
believe that the underlying cause for many of these recurring tragedies is
ultimately the same thing: a feeling of separation instead of oneness.
“Oneness” is about our intimately
joined relationship with each other. It is a relationship that arises from the
fact that we are all individual expressions of One Spirit—that creative,
loving, all-pervading Spirit we commonly call God.
There are times when we sense that
holy connection more than others, such as when we pray, meditate, spend time in
nature, or hold a tiny baby in our arms. And the natural result of that sense
of connection is a wonderful feeling of well-being.
But all too often we feel
disconnected, instead. We forget that we are one with God, and one with all
of God's children. We feel separate from others, and separate from everything
around us. And that sense of separation—of being all alone and on our own in
this world—can generate a fair amount of fear.
Sometimes that fear—and the anger
that often issues from that fear—can be so magnified by mental illness or
negative mental conditioning, we witness the kind of destructive behavior that
just exploded in Newtown.
Although everything that happens in
life is an opportunity for us to discover where our blocks to loving are, it
may be quite a while before many of us are willing to feel compassion for the
lonely soul who orchestrated that horrific event which ended the lives of 20
children, and seven adults.
For now,
may we contribute to the healing of this tragedy—and to the healing of the whole
world—by embracing everyone on this earth as our brothers and sisters in
Spirit. May we never forget that we are as
inseparable from our Source as waves are from the ocean . . . and thus, we are inseparable
from each other.
Steven
© 2012 by Steven Lane Taylor
Steven Lane Taylor, LLC
1 comment:
Beautiful. Eloquently said.
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