Barbara: Recently I was moved by a message from Richard Rohr who writes that spirituality is always about changing our own way of SEEING and HEARING. That is what the Spirits were saying to me many years ago when they told me to SEE DIFFERENTLY.
We can see and hear the news of the world through our humanness, our egos, and what we may perceive is a fearful world–especially with the fighting in the Middle East, drastic weather events, and the latest Ebola crisis for example. Our humanness sees a world in which we are not safe. A world that threatens our home, our lifestyle, or our very lives.
But seen through the eyes of the Soul, the eyes of the God Mind, we can see differently–with love, compassion, trust, and hope for those suffering as a result of war, weather, or illness. We can see a world where we are safe, because in God there is really nothing to fear.
Rohr writes that “We mend and renew the world by strengthening inside ourselves what we seek outside ourselves...”
So…
To find love, we must strengthen love within.
To find peace, we must strengthen peace within.
To find forgiveness, we must strengthen a forgiving heart within.
And above all, to see a safer world, we must begin to SEE DIFFERENTLY–through the eyes of the soul, the eyes of God.
Beautiful words to live by in these times. I believe that there is also strength in numbers. Numbers of people looking at the world through the eyes of the soul. That creates change.
I so agree. The more who can see the world with love and hope, the more the vibrations shift toward love and hope, and the world changes as a result. It’s the miraculous physics of love and prayer. Most powerful indeed.
Interesting! I just sent that Richard Rohr meditation to a daughter-in-law who was struggling with anger and frustration caused by a difficult co-worker. I was hoping that she could move toward looking at the co-worker more with love (hard as that might be) than anger. It might not change the co-worker, but it might change daughter-in-law’s attitude and ability to cope with the situation.
I love this!! I forwarded this on to my kids. What a wonderful message!!