A Prayer for One World

This has been a difficult month for many people throughout the world.

Whether your land has been buffeted by hurricanes like Houston, Dominica, Puerto Rico, or Key West, or shaken down by an earthquake like Mexico or Japan, we’ve all been affected in some way by the winds and earth that unite us all.

Yogis talk about the concept of Ishvara Pranidhana – the knowledge that there is a divine spark within each of us.  Events like these serve to remind us that we each walk upon the same earth and gaze up at the same sky.

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Labor of Love

In the US, we celebrate Labor Day today, which gets me thinking about how we define work and labor.

The five principles of Reiki contain a line that says “I will devote myself to my work.”

Just for today, I will not anger

Just for today, I will not worry

Just for today, I will be grateful for my blessings

Just for today, I will devote myself to my work

Just for today, I will be kind to others

Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism all teach of dharma, which can be loosely defined (without getting too dogmatic, as each religion alters the definition slightly) as following the cosmic order or fulfilling your life’s destiny.

I like to approach my work in this way, as a reminder that I am a spark of the divine acting as part of a larger plan that I cannot fully comprehend.

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