Heads up, everyone, I’m going deeper today. I aim to inspire the open mind and widen the path ahead. Ready? Here we go.
First off, lightning and thunder are awesome acts of nature. There must be an explanation for such wondrous stuff, right? Stone age elders told stories over their campfires that they had inherited, and that became their history.
People have always wanted to be part of groups, long ago it was a necessity for their own safety. Just think how it was in medieval times facing some arrogant conqueror like Genghis Khan or Napoleon coming over the hill. Today we still group, naturally with people like ourselves. A the group may evolve, the people in the group are carried along.
So far so good. This also leads to the group having things they hold dear that are then unshakeable. Differ from the group ideals and you are no longer seen as being in good standing. Good for the group but not really for individuals to be able to have their own thoughts and feelings. Hmmm… maybe less good.
Silly as it seems, groups once believed that witches affected their communities, and bad crops were the fault of extra marital affairs. The sun revolved around the earth, of course, you can see it and it is common sense. When questioned from the outside though, members’ thinking needed to begin to become a little more accurate to break the spell of any group errors. Thankfully, along the way we have found some of this. This lets change happen. Change is the one constant in the natural world. Good thing we can keep looking at the change happening “out there” and make wise decisions when we need to change.
Now something is moving along. But there is still the bonded group thinking that doesn’t let in change to grow with the other parts of our world. Sacraments are celebrations of what we hold as our most valuable spiritual treasures. The best kind would be a universal sacrament, one that has no dispute for our varied tribes and self ordained divisions. This would be to include the various religious points of the compass and be a sacred sacrament that is universal, without dispute.
So what is universal? Finding what we all can revere without dispute is a grand idea. Imagine.
Humankind carries its own unique creativity, with our minds and bodies as the keeper and engine of the new and useful; the ideas to be born into creative minds, and further fashioned by willing hands. We each are a piece of a creative force, usable for good by the direction of our own energies.
The feeling of love is an act of each person, isn’t it? The wonders of love you feel and know for one or more people and the belonging that engenders are in humanity’s strongest interest.
Our need to belong is in our human asset. This allows a better “hive mind” to grow. The awesomeness of that higher nature we can use for success. With sanctity for each other and nature’s provisions, we have salvation from want.
Nature’s provisions are the supportive world that we have, the place we to apply the creative energy each of us has inside. That creative energy is our gift from the universe. All we have to do is walk forward, wisely, with welcoming hands for our future.