"Share the Dream" with Rev. Michael McMorrow
An African proverb reminds that “alone we can go faster, together we can go further.” As we near the end of our journey, we keep in mind the community that has brought us here. Together as Centers for Spiritual Living, we work in harmony with one another, other faiths, and other peoples to envision a continually expanding world. We dig into these truths for the final push of this climb.
We are uniquely situated to foster a global community and a world that works for everyone, by sharing all the truths that we rely upon. Where in our individual lives, Centers, communities, and world can we embody hope and oneness? Where can we invite others along for the journey in a way that is radically welcoming, loving, and inclusive?
We envision a world where personal responsibility joins with social conscience in every area of the political, corporate, academic, and social sectors, providing sustainable structures to further the emerging global consciousness.
From our Values document:
• Community Service: We dedicate our time, talent, treasure, and expertise to the healthy and joyful evolution of our spiritual community, the community in which we live and the greater community of the world.
• Continuous Improvement: We consistently welcome more and more of the Divine Nature to be realized within us and revealed through our relationships, our decisions and our contributions to the world.
Ernest Holmes said we are “open at the top” with space for both dream and vision. This means we know fantasies can become reality, when we choose to step into the void.
It’s easy to forget and take for granted in that whatever good we have already created in our lives, Life is asking us to deliver something greater still. Too often we mistrust our “in-spiration” from God, entertaining both doubt and worry about what others may think. When we put Spirit first, and step into leading from there, we take positive action in our communities and create something truly evolutionary!
1. Our internal state of mind influences those around us. Ernest Holmes frequently said that we are each “spiritual broadcasting stations” – and so when we exhibit our healing energy, knowing the unified spiritual truth of all, we are doing our part in healing. This is being proven as well in the medical sphere were doctors who are in tune with themselves, more successfully assist others in drawing on their own healing power, according to Parker Palmer, educator & author. The result is that many medical schools are now making this part of doctor-patient relationships a regular part of a physician’s preparation.
2. One of the most important values we have is to see the Oneness in everyone. This means not only thinking we are One, but living as One. When we acknowledge and recognize the diversity of our own spiritual communities, by bringing together elders with youth, or Black and White, or LGBT and Straight, and work collectively on projects we become witnesses to the Greater Light that shines through. This visceral experience changes us. A recent sociological study showed that even holding a soccer game with mixed Christian and Muslim teams helped to shift the thinking in small ways. Whether we are taking action within our spiritual community, or creating opportunities for our larger community to come together – we are not only creating, but demonstrating “a world that works for everyone”.
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3. Fear often rushes in when we begin to dream of a new world. We begin to question our God-given intuition. Reminding ourselves of the Biblical story of Elijha and Elisha, we can recall that our Intuition – our “dream” – is Spirit led, and a call for us to take on the “cloak” of possibility. This can also be seen as a “transmission of the light” – we are being asked to step into our own greatness to create and evolve – or as Ernest Holmes says: be “open at the top”. In so doing, we “take up the mantle” – and lift our community conversation to a higher level.
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We are personally responsible for how the world around is. When each of us takes up the mantel, we do our part to move the world to a higher expression of Spirit through our actions.
