I think it's true that in "the last days," all of us are more or less sensitive to and aware of the many energies affecting us day to day!!
We respond to the people around us, and to the greater life of the planet as a whole (with its individual
`kingdoms'), all day long. But each of us responds somewhat differently. When we work together, or visit a sporting event together, there is a spirit of comraderie, a certain kind of bond, or an
esprit de corps, even in the workplace (usually
).
Other times, we definitely feel or experience conflict - and this can occur on every level.
If we are honest, we will admit that our differences may run deep, but our kinship runs deeper. We all share the same bonds of family, friendship, spiritual faith and the collective consciousness of Humanity itself (as a unit) which is gradually developing
on every level, just as we are.
Sometimes, it's easier to focus on the immediacy of our environment, because this is where we've become so comfortable, or accustomed, to looking out upon the world around us. Yet the question, some day, will come
: Can we, with a glad heart and a peaceful smile,
look forward to the cycle that is before us as one of peace, prosperity, and positive growth?
Our honest pondering of this statement will reveal that either we are as yet somewhat enmeshed, and entangled, with
the worldliness of the world around us ... or that we are optimistic, and have
great hopes for the world that might be - but as yet lack the know-how, and the assurance, as to how to
prepare the Way.
But this is why we are here, and as we serve that Purpose which dictates
"Prepare the Way," we in turn serve God (through Whom all things are possible - in God's choice, and time, and willing, that is - not ours). Where this Service starts, we may perhaps safely assume, is with
service to our fellow man (woman, child), those of
every nation, background, religion or political affiliation.
If this was how the Christ came to us before, spending his time with the
"lowly" of every nation, then how much more beautiful the words of the Zen Master who assures us that
after enlightenment, we too will continue to "chop wood, carry water."
The delight of doing this, with one's Lord and Master, must surely exceed anything we can easily imagine ... yet as we have been told, it will not last forever.
"This too, shall pass." And all that has come into being, will cease.
The Lord has breathed another DAY ... As above, so below.
