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