Inner Work

For the week of January 15, 2007

Drawing Down the Blessing

The core purpose of prayer, and all spiritual practice, may well be to open a channel through which the blessing of Divine potential can flow into this world. Spiritual practice, if continued beyond presence and beyond the level of pure consciousness, gives us access to the world of Divine potential, the sacred luminosity. That creative light carries the seeds of all healing, goodness, beauty, wisdom and kindness, qualities so sorely needed on the global scale of this Earth.

No single person, group, lineage, or religion has a monopoly on the Divine potential, whose overflowing love offers a means toward resolving the difficult issues confronting us all. No sensitive person ignores the terrible poverty, violence, and environmental damage on our little planet. And in facing that, we face our apparent powerlessness. But we can each play our personal, constructive role in the drama of this planet. That role can include both outward service and inward action.

Through our spiritual development, as our being grows and our will purifies, the world of Divine potential opens to us. When we turn toward the sacred, that potential pours vividly through us, as a high spiritual energy, into the life of this Earth. We can even direct it to where the need is greatest. Herein lies our secret hope, both for ourselves and the whole community of life.

The inner act is simple and direct. Bring yourself into your best state, perhaps through meditation. Adopt an attitude of devotion to the Divine. If it helps, use inner words of prayer or a silent chant or melody, something that touches you deeply. By engaging your entire being, turn the whole of your attention, your heart, and your mind toward heaven, the effulgent world of Divine potential.

Not far but near, it awaits you just beyond consciousness. Neither outward nor inward, neither right nor left, neither up nor down, that realm of sacred luminosity resides outside space, time, and direction. But through you, it can enter to help this troubled world and, in the process, transform your soul.

For this week, practice turning toward the realm of the Divine potential. Draw down its blessing. Send it where it is needed.

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