What are we here for? Why have we all chosen to come to this
plane at the same time? What do we bring to one another?
Yesterday was Martin Luther King Day. A day of reverence and
peace for a man who stood up to the unjust segregation days. A day when we think
of a man who sacrificed his life so he could help to propel the peace movement.
Not with violence. Not with hatred. Not with war in his eyes. Or revenge in his
heart. But from a place of peace. A place of understanding. A place of unity. King was quoted as saying, “That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The
time is always right to do the right thing.” “Darkness
cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate;
only love can do that.”
Many say he was not a saint. Many say he was flawed. But who
out of all of us is perfect. Who out of all of us can call into question the
integrity of another when each one of us has transgressed at some point in our lives?
But what was different about Martin Luther King, flaws and
all, was that he allowed himself to be vilified, crucified and persecuted
because he believed in his heart of hearts that we are all of the One Source.
That the color of our skin does not determine the content of our hearts. That
our physical being and state are far less important than our spiritual and
mental being. That each one of us chose to come to this plane in service. To be
used to help to propel our human race to the next level.
And what I now realize about Dr. King is that he was sent
and put on centre stage then struck down before our eyes to make room for peace
and forgiveness. To open our hearts to compassion. To take us to a level we
could not otherwise reach. Until he was no more. Because often times our human
nature does not allow us to see the goodness s that stands before us each and
every day until it is taken away. Made an example of. How often do we wait
until someone or something is gone or has passed before we appreciate it?
Before we value it. Before we know its goodness.
And that’s why Dr. King, Gandhi and others who came in peace
were taken away from us in such horrific and public ways because that was the
only way to gain our attention. To enable us to see the extent of our pointless
conflict. To enable us to understand and accept violence begets violence. Peace
creates peace. Forgiveness creates love. To see that we are one. Of the One Source,
Divine Spirit created in the essence of love. Further enforced when Dr. King reminded
us with these words, “Whatever
affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be
until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of
reality.”
I honor Dr. King’s memory by carrying love in my heart,
peace in my soul, compassion in my spirit. Accepting that everyone that comes
into my life regardless of skin color, social standing, creed or religion has
come for a reason. The reason to serve me as I am to serve them. To help make
our planet a better place for us all. And in the memory of this great and flawed
human man, I carry forth the message he spoke, “An individual has not
started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his
individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”
And
so I rise. So I rise to serve my fellow brothers and sisters. Embracing the
oneness we are. For the betterment of us all. We are all. We are many. We are
one. Namaste.
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