“How do they live for eons in such harmony – the billions of stars –
When most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their mind against someone they know.
There are wars where no one marches with a flag, though that does not keep casualties from mounting.
Our hearts irrigate the earth.
We are fields before each other,
How can we live in harmony?
First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.” St. Thomas Aquinas
“If we hope to end war and violence, we must simply stop the endless wars that rage within.” Claude AnShin Thomas (Buddhist monk)
“And that peace which comes from the innermost recesses of the Spirit is left with us: a peace which the world cannot take away for it springs from the bosom of the Father of light, love, life and wisdom.” Ernest Holmes, The Science of Mind
And in this profound sacred consciousness that continues to permeate our heart and mind, in the secret place of the Most High deep within us, let us know together that, despite appearances to the contrary, we are all madly in love with the same God, by whatever name – Allah, Brahman, Buddha, Divine Intelligence, First Cause, Great Spirit, Jesus the Christ, Yahweh. Our knowing this Truth brings Peace into our world, wherever we may be.
Let Light and Love and Wholeness and Wisdom and Harmony and Beauty and Compassion and Understandingand Forgiveness flood the being of each one of us. Let us beam this knowing to our neighbor so that the whole world becomes the one we truly are with each other and with the ONE.
This is my sacred word and I place it into the Law with deep gratitude as I know it is already done. I let go. Let God.
Aum for the body. Aum for the mind. Aum for the spirit. Aum for world peace. Amen.
Peace. Pax. La Paiz. La Paz. Salaam Aleikum. Shalom Aleichem. Shanti. Shanti. Shanti.
Rev. Thelma Lawrence Pyne
