Too often in the narrowness of our anxiety
We ignore the broader horizon of Thy justice
We would grow, Source of Life,
grow to majestic proportions,
Become, instead of atoms of isolation,
Solar systems, even galaxies of connection.
Until thy spirit, abiding in us,
Shall infuse and transform
The whole of Creation.
Enlarge us, we pray,
By Thy holy presence in our lives,
Create in us a sympathy so robust
That we will feel our kinship
With all who struggle and suffer,
On this green globe which is our common home.
Forgive us our negligence and our transgressions.
Confirm us in all the ways of reason and virtue,
That we may finally be worthy
Of the great gift of Life which is ours.
Amen
By Dwight Brown (which was Mediation #1 in Exaltation; A Mediation Manual, compiled by David B. Parke.
Poems, Meditations, and Worship Material: November 2005 Archives
A paradox to ponder (suggested by William Hough in his "Infinity in Your Hand: A Guide for the Spiritually Curious"
It is not easy to be enlightened (aware, awake.)
(if it were everyone would already be enlightened.)
At the same time you are already enlightened,
you are just not aware of your enlightenment.
Ken Wilbur puts it this way. It is not that an individual is first an ego (a self conscious self) and then may become a Buddha (enlightened one, one who is awake)-- it is that he was first a Buddha and then became an ego.
