Happy Thanksgiving Thoughts

On this start of the long holiday season that will end January 2010 with a hang-over and increased debt for many Americans, I want to share some THOUGHTS that I and THANKFUL for. Yes, I said THOUGHTS. It is the “thought world” that gives us the physical world and so much more.

I am THANKFUL that I no longer embrace some of my earlier childhood beliefs such as:

>I am THANKFUL that God is not a PUNISHER sending people to hell eternally.
>I am THANKFUL that we’re not brought into the world FLAWED and sinful, but in the image of God
>I am THANKFUL that we are not VICTIMS but participants in the creation of nature and our very lives.
> I am THANKFUL that I am ONE with Creator and creation and not separated.
> I am THANKFUL that I get to PARTICIAPTE in how my life and world will develop
> I am THANKFUL that there’s not a COSMIC OVERLORD that I need to worry about pleasing each day.
>I am THANKFUL that as humans we are not all-powerful, but we are ALL POWERFUL.
>I am THANKFUL that the Creator is PURSUASIVE and not coercive!
>I am THANKFUL that we are neither subjects of a vengeful God, nor victims of a random universe.
>I am THANKFUL that we hold within our collective selves the ability to achieve a positive CRITICAL MASS before we reach a critical massacre.

Aura Glaser in her book, A Call To Compassion, simply states that love and compassion is really the “practice of enlightenment”. While it would be easy to look at all the negative and bad stuff that’s happening in the world this 2009 Thanksgiving edition, I also sense that there’s a growing LOVE and a more bright LIGHT that’s coming forth: and I am ever so THANKFUL for that hope and reality.