For this Sunday, September 12th, the focus for our meditation will be on Distance. We have put 20 years between the tragedy of September 11, 2001 and today. That Distance helps us to look back and better appreciate how we have gotten to the point where we now are as a country. It helps us understand the folly of a lengthy military conflict that led to the loss of so many additional lives not on our soil but in a faraway country. It encourages us to recognize how we need to once again renew compassion for our fellow human beings and regain the sense of national unity sparked by the terrorist attacks of 20 years ago. I am also reminded of the events that took place in Selma, Alabama in 1965. Only Distance can provide the perspective needed to realize that the violence against those protestors served as the impetus for the Voting Rights Act. Without the outrage prompted by the death of James Reeb, a minister from Boston, President Lyndon Johnson may never have given in and approved that historic legislation. It is unfortunate that the earlier death of civil rights activist Jimmie Lee Jackson, an African American, was not sufficient to propel that legislation. Perhaps, though, the Distance from that event and the death of George Floyd in the summer of 2020 was needed to rouse people from their apathy and speak out against police brutality and racial prejudice. Sometimes it just takes time for us to see such events more clearly and appreciate the long-lasting positive ripple effects they generate. This week in our prayer and meditation time let us consider if there are events in our life from which we need more Distance in order to gain an understanding of their impact. Let us ask to be guided in how to be patient and allow the passage of time to help us eventually see things more clearly.
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 what do I feel in my body when an event or circumstance was made clearer with the Distance of time? How does it feel in my body when I allow Distance to help me gain a better perspective on a situation? 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.
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