We are our own Saviors

  

When I suggest that we are our own saviors, I do so with the utmost respect. I know that the great spiritual masters like Moses, Jesus, Buddha and Muhammad hold great meaning for their followers. Their teachings are peerless, and their guidance inspires lives, but the lives they lived long ago were their own, and not ours. They created their teachings and made their choices, and we must make ours.

 Love, service, selflessness and kindness...

The teachings of love, service, selflessness and kindness are essential to the wellbeing of the human soul; their origins lie within us, but we must choose them and make them cornerstones in our lives. Others cannot do this for us, which is why we must recognize our own leadership.

We cannot live a choiceless life...

If we are to live in a world that offers general wellbeing for all, we must recognize the harbingers of essential good and elect to bring them forth. We cannot live a choiceless life, and no one can live in our stead.

Perhaps it is we who hold inspiration...

Does this sound like a well-worn platitude? Perhaps. But maybe we should take a look around us and notice who’s currently in charge. If our leaders do not inspire, perhaps it is we who hold inspiration and we who must demonstrate it in our everyday living.

Perhaps it is really true. We are our own saviors….


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