Opening Words:
"This new millennium requires extending our present limited horizons of mind, heart and imagination, as well as expanding our social and religious boundaries. To live with new horizons means constantly stretching our hopes and hearts as far as possible — and then gradually and progressively taking them even beyond those limits."
— Edward Hays in The Great Escape Manual
Check-in/Sharing
Topic:
A Seat at the Table, edited by Phil Cousineau, is a fine collection of conversatiouns between Huston Smith and Native Americans. Here is a Message from the Hopi Elders expressing their vision for our world:
"You have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour.
Now you must go back and tell the people that this is the Hour.
And there are things to be considered:
Where are you living?
What are you doing?
What are your relationships?
Are you in right relation?
Where is your water?
Know your garden.
It is time to speak your Truth.
Create your community.
Be good to each other.
And do not look outside yourself for the leader.
This could be a good time!
There is a river flowing now very fast.
It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid.
They will try to hold onto the shore.
They will feel they are being torn apart and they will suffer greatly.
Know the river has its destination.
The elders say we must let go of the shore,
push off into the middle of the river,
keep our eyes open and our heads above the water.
See who is in there with you and celebrate.
At this time in history, we are to take nothing personally.
Least of all, ourselves.
For the moment that we do,
our spiritual growth and journey come to a halt.
The time of the lone wolf is over.
Gather yourselves!
Banish the word struggle
from your attitude and your vocabulary.
All that we do now must be done
in a sacred manner and in celebration.
We are the ones we have been waiting for."
For Reflection/Journaling:
Have you ever had a "vision"? Share the story. (A vision can be a mystical experience or revelation, or it can be a dream for personal or group fulfillment.)
Check-out/Likes and Wishes
Closing Words:
"The best success I can dream for my life: to have spread a new vision of the world."
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin quoted in Spirit of Fire by Ursula King
To Practice This Thought: Watching small children, vow to make your vision of a better world a reality.
