Serving Humanity is Silent

    I am planning to live to be 120 years old which gives me 43,800 days to spend. Too bad I could not live on one dollar a day. I am grateful that I have so many days, but should I have miscalculated and I only live to be 80, my bank of days would only be 29,200.  Do I wish to spend each day existing or living? What is living? I could utter today's buzzwords and believe that I should live my life's purpose, my mission and I should raise my consciousness. I could merely be happy by being grateful for each breath that I take that defines the fact that I am indeed still alive. I am sure that if I took all of these ideals, ideas, values and understandings they would all be in the mix of what I should be doing with my life, but is it enough and do I really live this way?

    What does it mean to raise our consciousness? Does it mean our own consciousness, all of humanity's or just the consciousness of those who follow our rules? Where do we raise them to? Do we define this as bringing our soul to consciousness or do we understand that we are Light or Love and whose definition?  Is there a higher aspiration than raising consciousness? What is my mission? As I follow discussions on these issues one thing becomes very clear to me, we are searching for these answers. We ask others, we read books and we attend workshops and fly to another city to hear someone we trust entirely to tell us what it is that we need to hear.

     Why is it that so  many need to hear what it is that should be done, or felt or thought? We do know that there are many people that have these needs. These people have been directed for so long that they no longer have the ability to think or feel for themselves. I often think of how George Orwell used animals in Animal Farm to depict how our society functions. In doing so, he astutely paints the picture of those animals who want to be fed and taken care of, but do not do well unless someone else is leading the barnyard and giving directions. The big question is why do these animals or these humans in real life live in fear and chose to relinquish their responsibilities for self? How do we eradicate that fear and what do we replace that fear with?

   There are so many loving souls that do live by their values and walk in their purpose. These wonderful people generously give to help others discover their true calling, find Self Love, find their life's purpose, their soul's mission, raise their consciousness, find God and maybe simply improve themselves and their lives. We have wonderful Life Coaches, mediums, healers and members of the Clergy who dedicate themselves to helping others find what it is that they alone cannot. This is wonderful. This is empowering and it is selfless. For many this is a calling and I respect it as so. I hold gratitude for this work and those who do it.

   We have all of this help for those who recognize that they need it. After finding an answer or being helped in one's life, does one continue to look for answers and continue to seek growth?  I was provoked to think about these concerns after attending an appearance of a beloved teacher of many this past weekend. I had never heard of him before, but I drove a good friend into the city to hear his words as she had been his student for many years. A man behind me asked me why I was attending and followed my response by admonishing me that I had no right to hear this man as I did not have Knowledge. The rest of this conversation I shall leave for the next blog, but for this moment is needs to be written that this is an example of my question, my concern, my point. I listened to those around me for two hours and I discovered that for them, this man, his words, his direction was the only Way. The only source of the answers to what they were seeking.

    As I waited in the venue for my friend to finish her volunteer work, I watched the audience with interest. Some attendees could not escape fast enough. I had my feet stomped on and I was knocked to the side by another older woman. I stood at the landing of the steps and continued taking in the atmosphere.  I was expecting more people to be patient, smiling, courteous and calm as they excited the seating areas. Certainly, we had all just been moved to live in our Hearts and to be loving. Yet, though many of those rushing out to their cars and hotels had already forgotten the words. I took solace in those who smiled as they passed, radiating joy and love. My friend approached, her eyes dancing with joy, she glowed; it was beyond happiness, it was a white light emitting from her energy. The answer to my question.

   I wondered if we continued to seek what it was we were missing. I contemplated about those who never consider the subject. I wanted to know if the people who thought about each day as a wondrous gift, actively and purposefully live their life to the fullest. The most probable answer is that many do, many do not, but it is definitely not something to fear. Remembering that we are all connected, we are all of Source must be felt and understood in terms of all humanity, even those not of our faith and those who do not feel worthy. Those who left the venue smiling and radiating already were Knowing, they already understood that continuing to live in Word is the way. They did not question their work nor did they seem concerned about how many they could affect in a loving way. They remember that each time that anyone of us lifts up one human being, including ourselves, we lift up all of humanity. We cannot choose whom to lift nor may we judge others to be exempt of our love, our gifts, our healing and our Light. To live each day as if it were the most wondrous gift is the present to humanity. It does not matter how humanity learns to live and those who understand know that their work and their efforts to advance humanity does not require recognition, nor do they need it. All that matters is the way they choose to spend their day.