[whitecrow]

Originally Posted by larissarissa

Interesting debate, good points made by all. It's easy to sit around talking about all this stuff, but what can be done?

That's the question, isn't it? In one shape or another that question is everywhere these days. I think the answer is the same as always: anything you want. Just do it. There will be consequences.

Maybe the question is, what is being done? Are not people of all ages and all over the world waking up to a new sense of empowerment and wonder? And are not these same people, all over the world, meeting each other and sharing thoughts, networking, forging friendships and alliances, debating, learning, sharing, for the first time in history, thanks to the Internet?

Whatever happens, this time will be known as another of those Great Awakenings that takes place now and then and shifts the course of history.

What can be done? Shine! Teach! Love! Learn! No one will come to us if we teach failure and the destruction of all that mankind has hoped for. Nor should they, for that is false. And if we attempt to preach our new awareness from streetcorners, we will be seens as fools. If we preach our new awareness through the media, we will become fools. What to do? Shine...let the light shine through you, in all you say and do. People will be drawn to you...they will ask what you have that they lack. They will be drawn to you. You don't say, "Follow me!" But when you discover you have companions, say, "Welcome!"

Plant seeds of light everywhere you go. You can never control whether they take root...remember the parable, be the Sower. Don't worry if your seeds may seem imperfect...you will constantly spread better ones, as you learn the art of spiritual husbandry.