For this Sunday's post, I am offering further ideas on cultivating peace in this midst of all the stresses of the Pandemic and the urgency of overcoming divisions as we live this new year. This morning I remembered the work of the 20th century American spiritual teacher who came to be known as Peace Pilgrim (1908-1981). Even though her first public walk for peace began just a few miles from where I am right now, in Pasadena, California (1953), ironically, I first learned of her spiritual depth while I was staying in Bangalore, India in 2004. She continued to walk across America as a teacher and advocate for peace until her death. Here are some quotes to contemplate now in 2021. (Susan Nettleton)
"We can work on inner peace and world peace at the same time. On one hand, people have found inner peace by losing themselves in a cause larger than themselves, like the cause of world peace, because finding inner peace means coming from the self-centered life into the life centered in the good of the whole. On the other hand, one of the ways of working for world peace is to work for more inner peace, because world peace will never be stable until enough of us find inner peace to stabilize it."
"I am constantly thankful. The world is so beautiful, I am thankful. I have endless energy, I am thankful. I am plugged into the source of Universal Supply, I am thankful. I am plugged into the source of Universal Truth, I am thankful. I have this constant feeling of thankfulness, which is a prayer."
"I deal with spiritual truth which should never be sold and need never be bought. When you are ready it will be given."