More About “The Wave”

SAT., NOV. 26, 1994, 6:54 AM
FARM, STUDY

Since I used this term “the Wave” earlier in the week I’ll continue it today. It refers, of course, to the interest in and acceptance of spirituality as an aspect of health in your secular culture. And… this is the assignment I’ve given you – to encourage this in your profession. You didn’t write this article that has grabbed your attention, but you could have. Since you didn’t I used another servant to compose it, some others to edit and publish it, and Our friend Herb to send it to you. It is now yours to use and develop further.

Yes, o son, it can be called another Great Awakening, but with less of the fervor of exclusivity. This means that while the narrow Christian way is certainly acceptable and viable and much to be desired, it is not My only way. It is more important, now, for spirit to be accepted as ultimate reality than for there to be warfare about how it must be expressed.

The spiritual must be the unifying dimension in individual persons and in the culture as a whole. I wish I could use your political system as a relevant example. If it worked as it should there would be the wide range from intense, committed liberal to narrow, selfish conservative… in the view of how government should be. If it worked as it should there would be this diversity, but all would vote and participate in other relevant ways. There wouldn’t be the need for expensive advertising, particularly with ads and commercials that denigrated the opponent rather than making one’s own position clear.

The major reason why your political system has deteriorated in such a way is the lack of spirit in the process. Candidates for office should be as diverse as the population and should be elected by a majority of all eligible voters, not just by the often small percentage who actually come to the polls. I have told you that I don’t favor either extreme – complete socialism or competitive free enterprise. I see the need for balance, with it being sometimes in one direction and, then, in the other.

There is a spiritual analog. I like a balance in how spirituality is manifested, with the extremes being a very individual personal expression of spirit to almost complete dependence on a group as the earthly source of spiritual strength. You are somewhere in the middle, which is where you should be, but others are more comfortable toward the extremes, and spirit should encourage unifying rather than castigation of those different from self. There is a way that is right for each soul, and the major spiritual task in earth life is to discover or develop that way and practice it comfortably and energetically. You are a Presbyterian Christian and yet you relate well with Andy, the Nazarene, and Andy, the Quaker. You also relate well with Rick, the fallen-away Catholic and Gillian, the Buddhist. I want you to relate even “farther afield” from your path, sharing it with others but appreciating other paths as well.