We Are the Ones ... Inner Peace Guided Meditation for Sunday February 9, 2025

Welcome to another Sunday evening meditation as we continue through a very dramatic period in our lives.  As I was working on this podcast, I remembered the 70s.  I thought about the drama and intensity of protest marches, the homeless people in the big cities, and, of course, the Veterans from VietNam.

Those of us who were in the Order at that time, usually remember some of our "adventures" during Street Mission.  We had the Filmore Center for homeless men as well as Raphael House for homeless women and children.  I have always been so proud of our service wherever we were stationed.  I am confinved that our service "saved us" from having too much "spiritual arrogance"!  Since many of us were in our 20's or younger, we probably had enough arrogance already.  I know we have continued by finding ways to serve wherever we live.

We seem to be in a similar dramatic polarization now, more than most of us could have ever imagined during the 70s.  Once again, we are probably the ones we have been waiting for.  Thanks to Science and Technology we understand so much more about how meditation and spiritual practice work within us and for us.  Also, there is more and more excellent research showing the social effect of spiritual practices!

We know the Buddhists and other traditions spend hours sitting quietly, focusing on Compassion, or Loving Kindness, or Inner Peace.  The intent is to embody those qualities on a cellular level.  When we can repeat that kind of focus over days and weeks, our whole system resonates with those qualities.  As we move through the world, "humming" with Inner Peace or Compassion or Loving-Kindness, we are literally transforming the "mass mind".  This is the reason I remind us that "a rising tide lifts all boats".

We have the training and we have the experience and the skill to "raise the frequency", to increase coherence in the world.  In other words, " We are the Creators we have been waiting for ... "!  There are many other groups around the world doing this work wherever they live.  On Wednesday nights, I meditate with a group of people who have done at least one of Dr. Joe Dispensa's weeklong retreats.  And, they know how to move some energy !!!

As we all know, humans are wired for survival which means some part of our awareness is always keeping an eye or ear out for some creature or some other human who might want to eat us.  This "wiring" also makes us vulnerable to "conspiracy theories" or videos of racial violence that are programmed to go directly into our subconscious!  Yikes !!!  

Here is where our wealth of spiritual practice and service is paying off.  We have the ability to go within, find the Inner Peace or Compassion, and rest there, allowing that frequency to resonate, filling and transforming our cellular structure.  This is why we do these meditations!!!  And, this is why "We are the Creators we have been waiting for ... !"