Serving others
Serving others
It is a tough time for all of us. Not only here in Jakarta or
Indonesia, but all around the world humanity is experiencing the
change of time. It is a reform of the worldwide political and
global economic system down to individual transformation.
We have been going down our path of separateness, injuring
ourselves due to our selfishness and greed for wealth and power.
We have lived to search for any opportunity to "take" rather than
to "give", and to serve ourselves rather than to serve others.
It is now time for us to transform ourselves, and to remember
that we all are members of a humanity. To bring about this inner
transformation, we are given all kinds of catalysts, from
devastating natural catastrophes to manmade calamities, that make
us suffer beyond normal endurance.
We have been injured physically, emotionally as well as
mentally. We feel our pain, our sorrow and we are often in
despair. We feel the darkness around us, and at times we even
doubt if there is a little spark of light at the end of the
tunnel where we can enjoy peace.
It is human nature that sometimes we cannot help ourselves
from harboring hatred and having the urge for revenge. On the
other hand, we also notice very clearly that more and more of us
are deeply touched in our hearts, compelled by an inner urge to
help and to serve others in need. Through the hardship around us,
more and more of us have been transformed from having the
attitude to serve "one-self" into dedicating "one-self" to serve
others.
For those who have felt their innermost calling to serve but
feel helpless about what to do to make a difference in this
physical world, there is a powerful way they can help on the
metaphysical level.
It is by being a channel for the divine energy through
meditation and or prayer, which is now being done by more and
more people around the world. Global meditation group initiatives
are forming via the Internet every day, and about 20 million
people worldwide are now involved.
BAMBANG PRAMANA
Jakarta