Excerpted from here.
SEED QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: What does spiritual activism mean to you? Can you share a personal story of a time you let go of the personal part of your being that was reacting to the personal part of another person's being? What helps you stay connected to what you care about without falling into destructive reactive patterns?
Make peace with the world around you. One should strive to do his share of good to the environment/society and not influenced by the wrong done by others. We are part of the society and our positive attitude towards the environment shall to some extent influence others and bring a major shift in how people care for their society.
My mind is even simpler ... Spiritual activism is doing it the way Jesus would, mindfully, have us! The way He did it!
For my simplistic mind, Spiritual Activism means always being in touch with your inner self and reacting to any nonconformity with love and respect. This reaction will be very positive and effective, without any bitterness or anger.
Michael Singer sure likes talking in extremes. In relation to his essay, spiritual activism means staying centered, knowing that I can control (at least to some degree) no one but myself. As AA says, you can drive only one car. Our President offers me plenty of opportunities to let go of the personal part of me that reacts to the personal part of him. I have gotten angry at him, called him names, gotten myself all agitated, and then am upset at myself for indulging in all that. What helps me stay connected to myself and not fall into destructive reactive patterns is to remind myself that anger is not a necessary emotion, remind myself that I am independent of how the other is, remind myself that how he is I've been or can be, remind myself that there's something about that guy I just can't stand in me, and remind myself that my responsibility is to be the way I believe and not get hung up on how he is. When I do all that, I sleep well.