What do You Stand For?

A question is asked today by MindValley, “What do you stand for?” This happens to be a topic I have spent some time thinking about recently because a more external focus is coming, gradual like the early morning dawn. But come it will. A great portion of the first three years of this journey have been about what some may call healing but I call discovering and connecting to my light. While there has been some shining of this light it is now becoming more important to make an impact on the world. What do I stand for? I stand for sharing my light.

While watching the short video on the webpage linked above I was reminded of a line from a particular song.

“Got to kick at the darkness ’til it bleeds daylight” – lyric from Lovers in a Dangerous Time by Bruce Cockburn

There could be a certain level of violence inherent in that quote in the suggestion to kick something until it bleeds. Any such suggestion I reject. Instead it speaks to me of persistence, in focusing on the task of uncovering what I call god’s light that most assuredly exists in every single person. For some it may be deeply buried by their past experiences and pains. But it does exist and this light, which some call the soul, longs to be uncovered and allowed to shine for the world’s benefit.

One important thing I have learned through a wonderful book titled, “A Course in Miracles” is my own little sound bite which is:

“None are more or less holy than you.”

This book contains three sections, titled “Text”, Workbook” and “Manual for Teachers”, and in some circles it is certainly controversial. For those steeped in Christianity (and/or Catholicism, depending on your point of view) the book is often considered dangerous and a menace because it dares suggest there is no distinction between creator and created. In some circles this book is categorically called demonic and in others dismissed as “Woo, Woo!” New Age philosophy. In other circles something that is deemed subversive has a certain appeal. I note this so anybody who investigates this book does so knowing that it is controversial. Personally, I see this as being consistent with the New Thought movement which has given rise to Napoleon Hill, Wallace Wattles and their current heirs in thought.  My experience is that the lessons gently ask for your best effort and that they gradually build on previous daily lessons.

My short quote above is now an important part of my thinking. When driven primarily by ego we tend to do one of two things, and often both:

• Believe we are less than others and that perhaps they are harshly and negatively judging us, or
• Believe others are less than us and then perhaps judge them negatively and harshly.

Through the workbook lessons I have gradually learned that none are more or less than holy than me. I have also learned that only I can do the work of uncovering my light and I cannot do another’s work. What I can do is be a beacon for others just as I’ve had my own sources of inspiration. All I can do is inspire and perhaps teach but I cannot do another’s work.

Again, I stand for sharing my light.