AUMISM
Towards a Better World
Reflections to shed light on the questions of our time.
REFLECTIONS
SPIRITUAL SUPPORT #10
Sunday 26 April 2020
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CHOOSING THE FUTURE
As well as refocusing on ourselves, lockdown encourages us to reflect on what we are living through. Revealing the best and the worst within our humanity, the pandemic acts as a mirror:
– On the one hand, beyond the individualistic tendencies that sometimes grow stronger, we can see in the world the resurgence of parochial quarrels, outbursts of hatred and resentment, totalitarian initiatives and the acts of predators profiting from shortages. These behaviours belong to the destructive era from which we must urgently emerge; it is called the “Iron Age” in Aumism as in other traditions, particularly Hinduism.
– On the other hand, we are witnessing outpourings of devotion and generosity that reinvent solidarity and care. They show that we can leave the behaviours of the past behind and enter the “Golden Age”: “Whether it is called the Golden Age, the Age of Aquarius or the New Age, this return to an Era of peace, fraternity and unity in the light of a new spirituality, announced and prophesied by all religions, is hoped for and awaited by millions of people on this Earth.” (Le Yoga de l’Amour dans la Force, ch. 12, “The Law of Cycles”)
The present episode confronts us (again) with a choice: that of the scenario to which we wish to commit ourselves, individually and collectively. Will we choose to resume our old routines of indifference to others and to the planet, to remain in the rut of destructive divisions? Will we explore or deepen the paths of a love and fraternity determined, against all odds, to build a better future for our world?
May we make this second choice… That of entering a new era, of changing our mentality by striving to overcome our failings and develop our human qualities, of conquering the “inner Golden Age” and the planetary one too…
May we make these times of pandemic and lockdown a gestation preparing each of us to become an actor in building a united and reconciled world, able one day to offer all beings the joy of living together.
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