Liturgie: 18_september_2016

Kom ons begin vandag met ʼn storie -- “Once upon a time there was a snowflake. Its name was Sara. Sara the Snowflake had a brother named Sam. Sam the Snowflake. Sara and Sam both lived a good life — but they feared for the day that they would die, melting away into the nothingness. Then one day the Snow Angel appeared to both of them. “A snowflake is eternal. Did you know that?” the Angel said, and then the Angel explained: “The very first snowflakes in the history of the world are the snowflakes that are falling today. They fall from the sky as highly individualized physicalizations. There are no two snowflakes alike. There never have been, in all the history of snowflakes. The flakes are awesomely beautiful in their individual design. No one who watches them falling from the heavens can fail to see their exquisite splendour. People run outside when snowflakes fall, beholding their breathtaking magnificence. As they land, they merge with one another. People call a huge collection of them on the ground simply ‘snow.’ They don’t say, ‘Look at that big pile of snowflakes.’ They say, ‘Look at that mountain of snow.’ They see all the individual snowflakes as One. And indeed, the snowflakes are One with One Another.”
The Angel went on . . . “Soon the sun comes out and the snow melts, each flake disappearing, one by one. They don’t, of course, disappear at all. They simply change form. Now they are water, rippling together in a sparkling puddle or flowing together in a little stream. The sun continues to work its magic, and soon the water itself disappears. Or seems to. Actually, it, too, simply changes form. It evaporates, rising into the air as invisible vapours and gathering there in such concentration that they are visible again — as clouds. As more and more vapours gather, the clouds become heavy with their moisture. Soon, once again, the moisture falls, raining down upon the earth. And if the temperature is just right, the falling rain turns into snowflakes again — no two snowflakes alike. Ever. In the history of snowflakes.” Sara and Sam were never so happy in their entire lives. Suddenly, everything was what you might call . . . crystal clear. And so, in the snow we see the Cycle of Life and the Story of You.” (Neale Donald Walsch)
🌺 In die maand waarin ons gesels oor LENTE — TRANSFORMASIE VAN LEWE vier ons eerskomende Sondag Neo-Spektrum se vyfde verjaarsdag en sewe jaar wat ons elke Sondag in die Kapel bymekaar kom ... bring gerus iets te peusel saam om dit na die tyd met koffie en tee te vier as ons dankie sê vir die oorvloed seëninge wat reeds vanuit daardie sentrum gevloei het asook die menigte seëninge wat in en deur ons werk ontvang word. Kom ons maak Sondag se tema: SPRING — A CELEBRATION OF TRANSFORMATION!
Ons tema oor ‘nuwe lewe in Lente’ word dan ook geweef in riglyne en beginsels hoe ons die waardes en beginsels van ons Christelike Spiritualiteit aan ons kinders oordra omrede dit geen geheim is dat ons nét in die beeld en voorbeeld van kinders ons eie onskuld en suiwerheid onthou, asook in die potensiaal en ontvanklikheid van kinders, bewus word van ons eie skeppingsvermoë en interafhanklikheid. Sondag se gesprek gaan verder as ons oor nog drie belangrike komponente van transformasie gaan verken --

1. EENHEID -- dit vorm die basis van Neo-Spektrum se lering en is die hoofslagaar na die boord wat deur die Tuinier aan ons toevertrou is. Soms wonder ek of mense besef dat as die mensdom gaan begin om teologies, polities, ekonomies, maatskaplik en ekologies ons ‘ONENESS’ te erken, ontgin, bely, en aktief daaraan meedoen, sal dit ons hele planeet verander! As daar enige iets soos die ‘oersonde’ is dan is dit die idee (illusie) van separation wat in die eerste verhaal van die Bybel vertel word. Die ‘sondeval’ is nie soseer die ongehoorsaamheid nie maar die ontkenning want niks is so venynig en ingrypend as die ego se ‘denial’ van die eenheid wat daar bestaan tussen ons en God, tussen ons en ons ewemens, en tussen myself met my Self nie. Die implikasies en konsekwensies van hierdie denkfout kan nooit genoeg onderskat word nie. Kom ons gesels Sondag oor — All things are One Thing. There is only One Thing, and all things are part of the One Thing there is — dit waarna Neale Donald Walsch verwys as hy sê, “We are intermingled as differing energy forms in a Larger Form that includes All That Is. And so, we are not only One with each other, but One with the Earth and every living thing upon it. One, as well, with the universe. And, as I’ve already said, One with that Divine Essence that we call God.”
2. NEDERIGHEID -- ek is al dikwels na my knieë gedryf uit die oortuiging dat ek nêrens anders het om heen te gaan nie. My gunsteling aanhaling oor nederigheid kom van Ernest Hemingway, “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” Maar dit is C. JoyBell, C se vermaning wat in die hart bly lê, “Be careful not to mistake insecurity and inadequacy for humility! Humility has nothing to do with the insecure and inadequate! Just like arrogance has nothing to do with greatness!” en dan gaan sy verder deur te sê, The reactive nature that stands in between Soul and Body— that one in the middle— it wants to react to everything that happens to it, in order to defend itself, as if everything is designed to belittle it, to tread on it... go ahead and tread on and belittle it. It must be flattened so that strong bridges may be built across it, so that Body and Soul may both rise and luminate, together! That is power, and that power is attained and maintained, through Humility. Humility is love, it is Love of the Self. To Love yourself so much, that you are willing to crumble down and to flatten the very part of you that falsely says that it is your Self— to do this on behalf of your True and Pure Self— this is a sacrifice of Love. To be humble is to Love yourself thoroughly, and to Love thoroughly those whom are given you to love. Deny your sudden urges to figure out when you have been shorthand, to witch-hunt those who have wronged you and by what words they have wronged you; your urges to make sure that no one and that nothing is stealing what is rightfully yours— let go of that. Overcome by letting go. Through this, you will attain Humility that is Power.”
3. VRYGEWIGHEID — generosity is the engine of balance. Op ons liturgie staan daar — Giving transforms having into being — wat ons herinnering is dat Neo-Spektrum nooit sal ophou ‘gee’ nie want slegs in ons gee kan ons onthou dat ons het ... voorwaar, voorwaar ek sê vir julle, daar is geen beter oefening vir die hart as om gereeld neer te buig en iemand op te help nie! Kahlil Gibran verwoord dit mooi, “Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.” In die sakrament van doop, word daar ʼn belofte afgelê om ons kinders te herinnering om te deel want die illusie van ‘nie-genoeg-nie ...” is nóg ʼn slinkse projeksie van die ego wat jou dompel in die drogbeelde van verwagtinge en behoeftes vanweë die ‘lack’ wat met ons koppe smokkel dat ons nooit genoeg het en is nie. “True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.” ― C.S. Lewis

Simplify, simplify, simplify!!! — nie een van hierdie drie beginsels is ‘moeilik’ nie trouens, dit is verbasend moontlik as ons net bereid is om te WIL ... waar ons opnuut bewus word van die bloeisels wat reeds bot, die groen wat deur elke stam beur, die oggendlig wat oor die Hottentotshollandberge breek, die sluimerende skemer saans as die son vir ons ʼn ekstra paar ure per dag leen ... word die woorde van Jesus opnuut weer ons eie getuienis: “Glo jy nie dat Ek in die Vader is en die Vader in My nie? Die woorde wat Ek met julle praat, praat Ek nie uit my eie nie; maar dit kom van die Vader wat in My bly en sy werke doen. Dít verseker Ek julle: Wie in My glo, sal ook die dinge doen wat Ek doen; en hy sal nog groter dinge as dit doen” (Johannes 14:10,12); “These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33); “Ek bid dat hulle almal een mag wees, net soos U, Vader, in My is en Ek in U, dat hulle ook in Ons mag wees, sodat die wêreld kan glo dat U My gestuur het. Die heerlikheid wat U My gegee het, het Ek ook aan hulle gegee, sodat hulle een kan wees net soos Ons een is: Ek in hulle en U in My, sodat hulle volkome een kan wees, sodat die wêreld kan weet dat U My gestuur het en hulle liefhet net soos U My liefhet.” (Johannes 17:21-23)

🌺 ACIM — Kolping 19h30: 22 September — en Stad 19h30: 26 September

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“The soul is healed by being with children.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky