For this Sunday, October 18th, the focus for our meditation
will be on Darkness. I always find such profound meaning in the
writings of Father Richard Rohr, a Franciscan friar, who wrote, “There are two wildernesses, two Darknesses in the spiritual journey.
One you go into by your own stupidity, by your sin, blindness, ignorance and
mistakes. We all do that. But there’s another Darkness. The holy Darkness
is the Darkness that God leads us
into, through and beyond. This is a necessary Darkness for the journey. In a certain sense, God’s Darkness is a much better teacher than
light. There comes a time when you have to either go deeper into faith or you
will turn back, when you have to live without knowing or you lose faith
altogether.” Without Darkness most of us would not achieve
the developmental progress we do in this life, for it is the Darkness that often compels us to make
difficult decisions and change. If we
were not forcefully prodded to enter the Dark
tunnels we all find ourselves in from time to time how would we ever have discovered
the light that exists at the other end?
It is the hopeful exploration driven by our blindness in the Dark that allows us to plumb the depths
of our beliefs and discover just how resilient our faith can be. Such periods of Darkness can lead to an even stronger sense of faith and connection
to God that fortify our foundation to the core and allow us to emerge a better
person on the other end. This week in
our prayer and meditation let us consider whether there are Dark places in our life into which we
have been afraid to venture. Let us ask
to be shown how to enter those periods of Darkness
that we all encounter in our life with hope and faith and ask to be guided by
Spirit in a way that helps see us through to the other end, victorious.
In our efforts this week let us also continue to use the
energy of our prayers and meditation to amplify the light that covers and fills
this nation. As we perform our
meditation this week let us begin by re-energizing the brilliance and power of
the light we create. Just as before,
begin by forming a concentrated ball of light that is so bright it is almost
impossible to look directly at it. Raise
this sphere of light up high over the nation and then let its rays cascade down
to create a solid, impenetrable dome of light that completely covers every inch
of our country. From shore to shore and
border to border let the entire continent be filled with this brilliant, dense
light that will serve to magnify the best and highest qualities of our country
and the people who live across its vast lands.
Please follow the same practice as before: Get centered in
your body, ask to bring in your guides and others who are there to assist us,
and connect to the circle of others participating in this project.
Ask yourself how do I feel when I recognize how I am aware
of the spiritual guidance that surrounds me during periods of Darkness in my life? How does it feel in my body when I have
struggled through a period of a Dark
tunnel in my life only to finally emerge stronger into the light? Then send the energy and intention of those
feelings to the nation.
Be sure to disconnect from the circle at the end and express
thanks for those who have helped us in this effort.
If you have feedback or experiences you would like to share
please let me know via e-mail to kmiritello@gmail.com
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