If you Follow the Teachings of Jesus...

Not so popular now are the bracelets that held the simple letters WWJD.  And in fact they have become something of a joke.   I wonder how many people really thought about those letters.   And when it comes right down to it, What WOULD Jesus have done?   A man that taught love, forgiveness, and turning the other cheek, what else could he have done if he believed his own teachings.   Few if any of the followers of Jesus, then and now, were as enlightened as he was.  They interpreted his words through their own biases.  He was a master, a teacher, who had come to teach us the basics of love.   So many since then, including his own disciples felt they had to interpret this teaching.  If you are trying to follow the teachings of Jesus, what will you do?

From the Aerie...

My apartment has a rather unique configuration.   It is in a building that faces onto a protected area of forest and wetlands in the city.    It is an area that humans are not allowed to be in.  The apartment is up a couple of floors so it has the feeling of being totally wild one side and modern society on the other.    It feels like an eagle’s or condor nest high on a mountain cliff.  It feels like an aerie.    Sparrowhawk in an eagle’s nest.   I like that idea.  Yesterday I wrote of the characteristics of Spiritual Masters.     I think I want to add something to those characteristics.  Spiritual Masters see everything all the time from a higher perspective.  They live in that vibration, that space that is their eagle’s nest, their aerie.   Being able to see things from a higher perspective means that you can see both sides to a story.  You get a larger perspective because you can see all around, and someone that is awake as a master  can see the levels of vibration and emotion and energy as well as the physical action.  Your higher perspective means you understand the reasons behind something.  You understand the contacts and contracts we have with others.   You know there is so much more than what we see.   We all have this place within us, our eagles nest, where we can see from this perspective.  It takes some work to find that place and learn to live from it but it is another characteristic of a Spiritual Master that is worth striving for.  

there is much to distract us...

And Sparrowhawk said to the master.  “But Master, I do not see love in the world.  I still see war and fighting and poverty and sickness.”  The master smiled and put his hand on young Sparrowhawk’s head.   “My child do you feel loved?” 
“Yes master, I feel loved by you and by God.” 
“Sparrowhawk, did you see the woman with the child?  Was she not showing much love for the child?”
“Yes Master.”
“And did you not see, the friends and the physicians helping and healing the ones who were hurt in the violence?” 
“Yes Master.”
“Sometimes, Sparrowhawk, We cannot see the love around us and in action because there is much to distract us.   It is this love that is drawing people together.  And it is this that will show people how much better the ways of love and unity are than war and greed.  Do not be afraid.  Do not be afraid of the storms and earthquakes.  Mother earth is taking care of herself.  You can only change yourself.   If you wish peace than be peace, If you wish healing and enough for all, in whatever way you can, heal yourself and be content with what you have and share what you can.  Be the love and you will see it returned to you.”
“Yes Master..”  Sparrowhawk was smiling again.  “I love you Master”
“I love you too Sparrowhawk.”