To Blaze the Trail ( 07 / 03 / 2016 )
To Blaze the Trail ( 07 / 03 / 2016 )
Even though we as a species are indeed falling , we can use such times of fear & bewilderment to empower Great Acts of LOVE … And , once just enough of us choose do so for just long enough , we as a species will indeed collectively awaken once more to the Truth that we are merely members of one , great Sentient Family -- and we will collectively start acting accordingly .
Of course , in order for us all to appreciate such great lives of great Joy & Wonder , some of us are going to have to step forth a little earlier than the rest -- some of us are going to have to blaze the trail upon which the masses will indeed one day follow .
And it can be a lonely task , this trail-blazing , and yet nothing is in the end more important , and thus nothing in the end can ever be more fulfilling … There is risk involved , it ' s true , and indeed there is no guarantee of imminent revelry or short-term success , and yet The Way thereto remains ready for us nonetheless .
Yes , it is a path still strewn with the jagged boulders of angst & ignorance , and yes , it is indeed a route still clouded by the thick haze of fervors both nationalist & religious , and yet with selflessness as our Strength and LOVE as our Light , we can clear that trail and illuminate it for others to follow ... We can light the Way out of the Darkness -- if we work together to do so .
So , my dear Friends … … Will you help me do so today ?
“ A human being is part of a whole ... a part limited in time and space . He experiences himself , his thoughts and his feelings , as something separated from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of his independent consciousness . And it is this very delusion that forms a kind of prison for us ; restricting us to our personal affections for the few people nearest us , and a subtle , wary enmity reserved for the rest . Our task , therefore , must be to free ourselves from this prison -- by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living beings as brothers & sisters , and the whole of nature as our Home .” ~ inspired by Albert Einstein
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