We Are All The Same

At a recent gathering, a group of Jewish women were talking about wearing the Star of David, how one of them had quit doing so for fear of being targeted by a hater, how a swastika had been painted on a music stand at our public school. When Barack Obama was elected president, I truly thought it signified an end to our limited thinking in regard to human beings. It seems to have brought up all sorts of fear and hatred towards anything unlike what we see when we look in the mirror. My heart aches for those who fear because of their religion or race. My mother was a Chicano from South Texas living in Arkansas. I often lamented her not teaching me the Spanish language, but she wouldn’t do so because she was afraid I’d have an accent. Hers had plagued her all her life, in her quest to fit in in America. We have come a long way in equality issues since I was a child, but when I hear people speak of the fear they have of living their truth, I realize we have yet a long way to go. 

"Legally to abolish unpaid servitude in the United States was hard; but the abolition of mental slavery is a more difficult task. The despotic tendencies, inherent in mortal mind and always germinating in new forms of tyranny, must be rooted out through the action of the divine Mind." Mary Baker Eddy - Science & Health Page 225:22-28

How Was Earth Created and When?

I watched a Public Broadcasting Service show about how rocks give us clues to the earliest beginning of our planet, Earth. It was fascinating to hear scientific facts providing an explanation of how we have arrived at this parenthesis in eternity. I hear tell that many people don’t want to believe in science, but would rather believe something they call God created everything just like it is today. Through the ages, we have been pointed toward truth by many wise men. Through my studies, I have come to see that a spiritual God cannot create a material universe, hence the dead end that many religions run into. I love thinking about these concepts and trying to understand how giving up concrete concepts can lead to flowing with cosmic consciousness. To quote someone else, How far down the rabbit hole do you want to go?

Lulled by stupefying illusions, the world is asleep in the cradle of infancy, dreaming away the hours.” 
― Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures

Starting The Blog Again!

My book club has been meeting for more than 15 years. We are a group of women who read books and discuss them deeply, all the while having great food and drink and friendship. This evening, we discussed Becoming by Michelle Obama. This woman could be sitting in our living room, laughing and having fabulous conversation with us. Her insights into daily life are uplifting, and her realizations about the public life of a first lady are humbling. We have decided to have three goals by our next meeting. These goals will center around how to get young people and grandmothers out to vote on election days, or perhaps how to help a favorite candidate become a winner of an election, or what we can do to help the environment, or -- well, the possibilities are endless! On the way home from this gathering, my friend, Jean, told me she missed my daily writings. I realized I did, too! So I'm back to my daily emails and blog posts. I've missed them, and hearing from all of you, too!