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Dear Friends,
I can’t say I’m happy to be here. I can’t believe that we are witnessing such folly. n such a grand scale.
The need is real. And I love to get together, I love to see everybody, and we’ll have a new prayer vigil starting soon in a few days.
But… it… it’s really…heavy to feel the physical, mental, and emotional pain that is occurring now, not just in the Holy Land, but all over the world, because of our lack of compassion and evolution.
As you know, there have been global extinctions in the past. On this planet. Sometimes caused by a change in the weather, sometimes by an asteroid, and so on. And almost everybody was extinct. But no extinction has ever been caused by the very people who will become extinct.
So, I thought about it, and I went into a deep meditation. And I was still, and I was peaceful. And I felt an optimism. Which is what the young adults were speaking about, what Ghassan was speaking about.
Remember that the future is not made. The future is not solid. The future is a number of many, many options that the infinite intelligence can take. So what we do affects the future.
And I don’t want to see this round of evolution become extinct on the planet. Certainly not by the people who will destroy it, in essence.
So, so much depends upon our attitude. Our fortitude. Because it’s hard to stay strong in the midst of this unsanity, as Sam Lewis used to call it. And yet, this is our test. We’re not getting shot at, we’re not in shelters. We’re not being starved, our families are not being killed.
And yet, our global family is all that. And if we can do whatever we can do, of course, by giving, and by prayer, and by real concentration, but mostly by channeling the pure energy in our hearts, we can change the future. Because nobody knows the future yet.
I mean, I’ve seen glimpses into the future, and every time I’ve seen it, I don’t just mean now, it’s always an option. It can be this. And what we have to do is really respond from the depth of our hearts. That we, no matter what, maintain a positivity, a clarity, and a feeling, but not emotional response.
And what’s the difference? Sometimes an emotional response gives release for the moment and we feel like we’re really doing something. But the real response, the one from our heart and soul, is not sentimental. It is in unison with the divine intelligence. We’re part of it. There is no face that isn’t the face of God. There is no thought. That isn’t the thought of God. So it’s up to us to really create the future. That’s our work.
And it’s it’s so necessary. Maybe we don’t get any personal rewards. But we know that. Building the purpose for which we came to Earth. And that is really important.
So, thank you. Thanks for being here today.
I want to thank the Patterson Foundation, who’s doing the matching funds, the Sarasota Community Foundation, who set this up.
And most importantly, I want to thank all of you. You showed up. This is the most important thing. To show up and say, I will.
So, thank you all, bless you all.