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Matter! Make a Difference in Your
World!
By
Kathryn Sargent, Editor
As
I'm writing to you in this third
week of November, things are looking
pretty grim. It has just been confirmed
that Al Quaeda leader Osama bin Laden
is still alive, based on a recent
voice recording. He threatens more
violence toward us. We are poised
on the brink of war with Saddam Hussein.
Our major corporations are awash in
scandal. The environment continues
to be threatened. Our economy is shaky
and the champions of big business
and greed have now been voted into
the majority of our government. Women's
rights, environmental issues, and
personal freedoms will all come under
fire in the next two years of government.
This
is a time when the forces for aggression,
revenge, and hatred are strong, but
they can be overcome. Hope comes from
unexpected places in times like these,
and I've found hope in some unusual
books, lately. Nancy
Red Star has published a collection of stories from native
wisdomkeepers around the world called
Legends of the Star Ancestors. The contributors to this book are from Native American,
Tibetan, Australian aborigine,
Islamic, Japanese, Celtic and Jewish
backgrounds. In each of these cultures,
there are predictions about these
times and how we will meet these challenges.
Most
of us are familiar with the Mayan
prophecies, but here, I learned that
the idea of a Time of Purification
occurs in most of the world's
wisdom traditions. They bring us hope
because they point the way to survival
and even more, transcendance. As Khenpo
Kharthur Rinpoche, head of the Dharma
Triyana Chakra Monastery in Woodstock,
NY, observed, “Karma is not carved
in stone. Our own actions can transform
our lives.” He goes on to speak
of people who give themselves in selfless
action to benefit others, first doing
their own work on themselves, then
being able to benefit others. These
practices free the mind from fear,
and free it for peace.
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