I am a Spiritual Being

These are difficult days all around. We are dealing with a deadly virus world wide, even as we are experiencing protests while we examine ourselves as human beings. People of color are discovering a vast sense of self which can be a sometimes bumpy journey, and some white people, I am sure, are finding themselves feeling trashed because of their once-secure physical birthright. In the midst of this, I think of a wonderful statement uttered by French scientist, philosopher and priest, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, who said: “We are spiritual beings having a human experience,” and what an experience we have made it!

Find the Oneness that describes us all...

Let’s take another look at this statement… “We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” What if we were to consider the fullness of this idea and let ourselves be lifted by our spirituality instead of falling into the worst of our humanity? What if we, in the midst of our diversities, could find the Oneness that describes us all? We were all given the Mind and Heart of God for our use, and we could ask ourselves: What use are we giving these gifts?

 How much Love and Truth can we capture....

We were given Love as part of our living equipment, but we create pain and anger out of ourselves instead when we do not understand who we are and what we have at our disposal. Is it really true that we are spiritual beings?... Let’s see how much Love and Truth we can capture!

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