I live in a world where God is manifest through everybody and everything. I am fine being alone and not in community simply holding space for community to incarnate. My Spiritual Path views Love, Acceptance, and Forgiveness of self and others, along with meditation on the Inner Light and Sound of God to be the path to clearing Karma and going home to the Heart of God.
Having spent the MAJORITY of my life "in my head" I have finally mastered the art of just being. Not always of course, but enough of the time that I am aware of witnessing myself just open and still and not gnawing on some thoughts that usually had nothing to do with whatever was right in front of me. Many years ago I decided I am a human "being" not a human "doing" and that we know everything we need to know and just have to remember it...Namaste
I find it difficult to slow myself down to the point of hearing what is between the lines when I am in a conversational mode. But when I am listening while open to Spirit, Spirit helps me to listen and guides me toward a different and deeper understanding.
I recognize that we are all Sparks of the Divine. While there are billions of Sparks, each has its own Light. I learn to live my Light by going deeper within. I am a microcosm of the Universe and nothing is meaningless. Everything serves my higher purpose and goal to return home to the Heart of God. A few years ago I became Facebook friendly with a woman who took in my daughter's dog - the dog and my daughter's chaotic household with younger children were not a good fit and the dog, Stella, kept running away. Shortly afterward, the woman, Christine, asked that if I were a person who prayed, to please pray for her as she was going for a biopsy. While I don't really consider praying a moral obligation, this is the closest I can think of right now. Anyway, Christine and I have become friends and she was the burr under the saddle that pushed me to sell my house in a pandemic and move closer to my family. Moving was not on my radar! My Spiritual life has been greatly enhanced by the simple request to pray for another.
On Feb 23, 2022 Teri wrote on Solitude Is Where Community Begins, by Henri Nouwen: