What began as a chaotic day, preceded by a chaotic weekend,
preceded by a continuum of high stress chaotic days, ended with a prayer for
clarity and peace in my mind and a prayer answered. Before I detail the precise nature of the
prayer or the moment of clarity, I have to marvel at the wonder that is the
unexpected...
My prayer was simple, “please give me clarity so that I may
see both the answer and the question.”
What followed was an intense hot flash of white light which
woke me and a night of endless thought processes solving the most impossible
questions, and finally a soft voice that quieted all of my thoughts; a moment
of clarity.
“The most beautiful
act of compassion is to not restrict self-determination.”
My prayer answered in the simplest of terms wherein the
answer and the question co-exist in a unified thought. It is the answer that begs any question, and
any question can be thusly answered.
I then began to meditate on this statement in hopes to fully
understand its intended purpose in my mind, and I was gently reminded of the
natural blessing of free-will and how the understanding of the Biblical
teachings and my search for Universal Truth have brought me round again and
again to the above concept. It has
shaped my life, my political will, and my connection to the universe. I find that when I resist the pure intent of
this Truth is when I find myself most at odds with the universe around me.
I spoke this truth after a moment of clarity following my
best friend’s death, simply as the word “Timshel”.
Biblically, God breathed more than life into man. Into man was also breathed the spirit of Free Will. Thou mayest.
Throughout the Holy Scriptures there is seen time and again the option,
the choice, to do what is good or not.
The testament to Truth is the ability to come to it freely, and to allow
others to do the same. In all scriptures
of Truth across all time across all religions there is this recurring Truth,
the source of True Universal Love.
My life is simplified today by the knowledge that turmoil,
grief, and chaos are born of resistance of what is, dwelling on what was, and
fearing what is to come. I will continue
to preach this truth, that interference in another’s right to
self-determination is the source of evil in our lives. From whatever soapbox I am afforded, and
whatever personal struggle I am facing, I will remind myself and others that
the most beautiful act of compassion is non-interference in their
self-determination, and that peace will be realized in our lifetime only when
humanity learns this most valuable lesson of Love.
