David's Desk is my opportunity to share thoughts and tools for the spiritual journey. These letters are my personal insights and opinions and do not necessarily reflect the sentiments or thoughts of any other person in Lorian or of Lorian as a whole. If you wish to share this letter with others, please feel free to do so; however, the material is ©2024 by David Spangler.
Honoring the Light in Each of Us
Illness and a stay in the hospital over Christmas has kept me away from the computer and writing my David’s Desk. I missed the opportunity to wish each of you a Happy New Year, so I am doing this now. May 2024 bring you joy, light, love, and blessings in abundance!
As the days lengthen into the New Year, my own energy grows as well. I am hopeful for a good prognosis and healthier times ahead with my own medical situation. At the same time, I’m all too aware of the turmoil that a Presidential election year is bringing in this country. A heightening of polarization in an already divided nation is nothing to look forward to! This is on top of foreign crises and the prospects of even greater climate disruptions.
Our world is in a challenging state. This makes it all the more important for people to resist the tides of separation and conflict and take a stand on the side of civility and respect for each other, as well as for the natural world around us.
In the end, what divides us is an unwillingness to see the other in ourselves, or ourselves in the other. We are threatened by attitudes and beliefs that highlight our differences and fail to see what unites us.
For those who are seriously following and striving to embody a spiritual path, it is more than time for us to recognize the Light within us each and to honor this common bond. How can we help each other live out from this Light, not as a set of beliefs or dogmas but as a presence of love waiting to emerge in mutual respect, partnership, and blessing?
This, I feel, is the challenge of this year and all the years to come. We can shape the future. If we feel inconsequential or powerless, the Light within us is not. Our attitudes, our choices, our actions do make a difference, however ordinary they may seem to us. This is especially true when we are inspired by the Light within us and within each other.
In an election year, in any year, may we elect to honor the Light in each of us.
Blessings,
David