Suddenly the sounds of a helicopter flying low and sirens split
the peace of my afternoon. My housemate
and I wondered what was going on. She
went on Facebook and we discovered there was a hazmat threat at a school not
too far from us. Everything turned out
all right, but the incident made one thing very clear to me. One no longer has to wait for the evening
news to find out what’s going on anymore.
The ‘news’ is instant and everywhere.
I haven’t watched the news regularly in years. I knew that if I needed to know about
something, someone would tell me. Now with
the internet, I can’t get away from it. I joined Facebook quite a few years
ago, and have enjoyed interacting with old and new friends and my peers. I read great quotes, see wonderful pictures, get
inspired by great talks and articles, and learn more about friend’s lives and
their families. Now I have to scroll quickly
through instant pictures of bombings, shootings, abused people and animals,
political arguments, accusations, threats and constant warnings about hackers,
food and our safety to get to the things I like. I found myself wondering if
one could get Post Traumatic Stress from the overload of information.
Facebook is almost like a socially approved addiction. One
has fun with it at first, then it can get scary. Like any addiction, it is my
choice. I can unfriend people, I can
limit my time, or I can choose the way I respond. I can look at what I’m judging. Facebook is really a reflective microcosm of
the macrocosm. There are things
happening everywhere - it is I who is judging them good or bad. I have to ask
myself “What am I focusing on?”
Perhaps I could, as Dr. Michael Beckwith suggests, consider
all that is uncomfortable to me as a Call to Prayer. Prayer changes consciousness and
consciousness creates.
SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT
Lifting my self above and beyond the human condition, I
declare that we dwell in a consciousness of world that works for everyone. In
this world is peace, love, harmony and abundance. In this world we are aware of
ourselves as spiritual beings playing in the realms of Infinite Potentiality.
Creative Principle is at work in every facet of our
experience. Regardless of appearances, I know we are motivated, empowered and
inspired by Divine Intelligence within us. Nothing outside of us can prevent our
growth. Nothing outside of us can prevent our conscious awareness that Life is
moving through each of us creating more good all the time. I personally let go of my judgmental nature
and allow Life to move through me with ease and grace.
I rejoice as I celebrate our awakening to our spiritual
magnificence. I honor the Divine Presence that makes all this possible. I
release these words into the Law of Mind knowing they are already so. And so it
is.
