Yeoshua is ready to share the seventh spiritual principle in the series. Here goes…
Let us begin. The seventh principle is all about creating community in the people around you. When you are connected or linked to each other, you automatically create community. You care about one another. You provide opportunities to one another to grow, to learn, to find a new job, to read a book, to share an experience. These are all ways we share in what is called community. It is different than how we used to live in community.
The power of community lies in your hands...
For example, a community would be a tribe for Native Americans and then tribes within their clan would be extended community and these tribes people lived outside of their immediate village but were still considered family or community. Native Americans are more likely to use the word family rather than community. We in Western culture understand the term community better so I will use this term here.
We can and each most probably have created communities around ourselves. This is happening more and more and it’s a good thing. People in communities are seeking a more traditional form of living where neighbors cared about neighbors and shared resources and traded with each other to get what they needed and wanted. This is returning. The spirit of community is returning and this is good for all of the world to recognize. True change does not come from the top down but can begin from the bottom up. It can begin in our own communities.
Try teamwork for a change...
Think about the recycling programs begun by members of your own community. This changes your day-to-day living tremendously. You can now recycle your paper, plastics, and glass because one person or a small group of people thought it was important enough to inquire how they could get a recycling program in their neighborhood. Think about the power in that. There is much power in community to change the status quo if we would only realize it. There is untold power in the many over the power of the few. I’m not calling for a revolution here. I am calling for change starting with your own community.
Look around and see what is needed in your community. How can you help? Are you connected to other people, either physically in your community by walking down your street and waving or being a part of a neighborhood watch program or helping with a community event?
Or are you part of a virtual community online? These are most extraordinary things. And they count just as much as physical communities. Whenever people are involved in helping one another whether it’s online or not, it does not matter. It still counts as a community and the beauty of a virtual one is that your community can stretch over thousands of miles and there are no borders around your community. Your community becomes the world at large. This is one of the most powerful unsung virtues of the World Wide Web or Internet. We are all connected virtually just as we are energetically. We can find real people living in Ethiopia or Iran or Lithuania or China or Bali or wherever you can dream. You can connect with people there. You can bypass the use of airplanes or automobiles and touch people–really affect their lives from the space of your own desk. How magical is that? How powerful is that? Amazing, the web we weave.
We are each a part of the web...
I want you to contemplate the power of community over the next few weeks. What are some examples of how communities have changed the course of human history? How have communities made this world a better place? How can you make your community a better place? What you have done for your friends on Facebook or on Linked In? These are social networking sites that create a community. How can you spread love and light in these virtual meeting places?
How can you be someone who brings people together? Reflect on this power and see what you can contribute today. Namaste.
