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We breathe the same air, and we all seem to want health and happiness - why can't we all sing the same song?
Wouldn't it be great if we were all on the same page?
I am not a singer, but wouldn't it be great if we were all singing the same song - or telling the same story?
Maybe it's your spouse, boss, kids, or our world leaders - it would just be great if we were all governed by the same set of laws and motives.
You look at the world conflicts taking place, and not only are we not literally talking the same language - it seems we have strikingly different views of right and wrong, good and bad.
You look at what is happening in your own backyard and you think - did he really just say that?
I think to myself - we all inhabit the same earth, we breathe the same air, and we all seem to want health and happiness - why can't we all sing the same song?
As a spiritual practice, I pray daily for this idea that all of us are indeed governed by one set of laws and motives. I think of it as one Mind. To me, my spiritual practice thinks of this one Mind as God - but you might translate that to Being, or just a power bigger than yourself.
So, I pray each day to try to see the good in everyone and everything - to (try) getting past my opinions and judgments of others (friends, family, strangers, politics, etc.) and instead see that the same Mind that I connect to for inspiration, creativity, and ideas is the same Mind that everyone else has access to as well.
Not always easy to do ;)
This past weekend my wife and I attended a yearly spiritual association that she and I belong to. It's a great opportunity to spend the day getting a spiritual boost and rejuvenation. Our speaker this year was a fabulous woman who has been a military chaplain for the past 30 years - and she broke down a word in a way that I have never viewed it before.
Back to my prayers - each day I pray to see that everyone and everything in this universe is governed by the same rules and laws.
Wouldn't it be great if there was a way to show people that we really all are on the same page - instead of separate disconnected strangers?
What would that one word be? Well, as our speaker revealed to us - the word already exists...
Universe!
Uni = One
Verse = song/prose, etc.
Smack! Can't believe the word "universe" has been sitting there the whole time - yet the simple and powerful significance of the word never smacked me in the face - until now!
Every day in my prayers I have included the universe - never acknowledging that the universe had already included me.
We are not separate and disconnected. We are all on the same page, singing the same song, telling the same story.
Sure, my voice is awful, but it fits in there somewhere. Yes, other people may have horrendous punctuation and grammar - but they are still telling the same story. Regardless of our differences and hang-ups - the bottom line is that we are all in the same universe. And hidden within the complex symphonic schemes is a thread of harmony that connect us all.
(Wow, can you believe I just wrote "symphonic schemes"...isn't that even grammatically correct?)
How would your day be different if you approached it from the standpoint that you and your coworkers are inherently on the same page? Or, that you and your spouse are singing the same song - and even (big gulp here) that you feel our world leaders are on the same page - WITH GOOD INTENTIONS!
It might seem too big to ponder - so let's start small. Let's take this concept into our daily interactions. Let's expect more harmonious relationships in our day to day lives - and instead of looking for differences - let's embrace the diversity all of our "song singers" bring to the chorus.
Mary Baker Eddy writes in Science and Health, "The universe is filled with spiritual ideas, which He [Mind] evolves, and they are obedient to the Mind that makes them." (I added the word in brackets)
That my friend is harmony - not chaos. Cooperation - not conflict. Brotherhood - not strangers.
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