ANOTHER step in living the Global Heart Vision is turning our attention to the world. Having practiced love, forgiveness, sharing, caring, creativity and compassion within our own selves and in our relationships, we now step further into life as embodiments of the change we want to see expressed as a world free of war, homelessness, violence, poverty, hunger, separation and disenfranchisement. We balance the in-reach of Science of Mind with out-reaching attention to current conditions in our communities and around our planet.

We understand that regardless of how we contribute, all forms of participation in societal change are valid and valuable. We know that what counts is that we are offering ourselves and our consciousness with the intention to be truly helpful, trusting that much good is done simply by our presence and commitment. We sense that we are part of an extraordinary shift. In Coming Back to Life, authors Joanna Macy and Molly Young Brown write, “I imagine that future generations will look back on this period and call it the time of the ‘Great Turning.’ It is the epochal shift from a self-destructive industrial growth society to a life-sustaining society…Its seeds are sprout­ing in countless actions in defense of life, and in fresh perceptions of our mutual belonging in the living body of Earth… [W]e are beginning to wake up, as from a millennia-long sleep, to a whole new relationship to our world, ourselves and each other.” And in doing so, we affirm that we are actualizing the principle of unity/one­ness in our living, bringing the Science of Mind more fully into the world.

 The Global Heart Vision encourages us toward full engagement in life, from the innermost spaces of indi­vidual awareness and practice to the outermost aspects of shared expression and action. It calls us to co-create a world that works to heal and sustain the natural envi­ronment of our beautiful planet and to support all her beings, the living proof of her grace.

Reprinted from the May 2004 issue of Science of Mind.