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| Flowers and Bees in Zion National Park photo by Aaron Springston |
Workbook Lesson #93:
“Light and joy and peace abide in me.”
[Marsha's thoughts]
By listening to spiritual sense, we are led in ways which are sometimes unexpected. This light and joy and peace which are an integral part of us can be expressed in so many ways. Acting as stewards of our world and its creatures is a natural expression of these qualities. And there are so many ways to do this! I recently watched a documentary entitled "Queen of the Sun" which asks us to examine what the bees are telling us. Bees are the epitome of expressing Oneness. They are a perfect metaphor for the value of community and working together. Their current colony collapse also shows us what happens when our true being is denied. As humans, we have been manipulating all of nature for our own needs. Part of our awakening is the realization that we've been many doing things for the wrong reasons. We've allowed greed and self-importance to take the place of joy and peace. We have learned to fear nature in the oddest ways. Recently the ban on beekeeping was reversed in New York City. Through education, people are finding there is nothing to fear. By opening ourselves to the purpose of each and every creature, we discover we all have a place and reason for being. To fulfill this purpose brings peace and joy to all. Every crisis we see around us in this material existence has something to tell us when we open our heart to hear. It was stated in this film that pollen is materialized light; that this light is freed in the blocks of honeycomb; that we again free this light by making candles. The freeing of light is cumulative with the bees, and we can experience the same thing as we express the light and peace and joy within ourselves.
Mary Baker Eddy quote:
“Moral and spiritual might belong to Spirit, who holds the "wind in His fists;" and this teaching accords with Science and harmony. In [the] Science [of the Christ] , you can have no power opposed to God, and the physical senses must give up their false testimony. Your influence for good depends upon the weight you throw into the right scale. The good you do and embody gives you the only power obtainable."
Science & Health Page 192:17-24
