+ "The transition from being an admirer of Jesus to an imitator of Jesus, from living primarily for self aggrandizement to living for aggrandizement of the Lord, from doing the works of the Lord to working for the Lord, from being inspired by personal desires to being guided by the Spirit, is indeed a very frightening transition. It is a movement from what is known and clearly defined to what is unknown and not clearly defined. The Law of the Commandants can be seen and clearly defined. The Law of the Spirit cannot." -- The Sisters and Brothers of La Ermita

+ Prayer leads to discernment.

+ Truth is usually found through compromising and compromising and compromising and compromising because humans are limited in understanding and are often wrong and need the constant correction of the ongoing process of community as well as individual discernment. Discernment is such an underrated concept on the planet these days. It needs to be accentuated, emphasized, revitalized and accepted as a necessary process for progress.

+ Joyful discernment. Out of the joyful silence comes all kinds of discernment. Personal discernment and community discernment. When people get together many solutions can be found to all kinds of problems when people can embrace periods of silence. We just don't do this enough. We chatter, chatter, chatter endlessly and, guess what, God cannot get through.

Whether alone or in meetings with people, allow those joyful periods of silence so that real discernment can take place, so that God can get through to you and others.

There is a lot of discerning to do. You have a lot of discerning to do. I do. We all do. Without this essential practice, we are in big trouble. This is true individually and corporately. You need lots of effective discernment in your life to realize who you are and what you need to do. We need many, many people engaged in discernment in order to solve many problems facing us.

Such as Climate Change, Global Warming. You simply cannot go on this way. There are plenty of solutions. Now is the time to make things happen. People and plants and animals are suffering now. It will get worse. Consequences for past decisions are huge. It will get worse because of current decision making by you and billions of other human beings. Each and every person has a responsibility to end this environmental destruction.

A faithful discernment process leads us to solutions. We begin to see how the destruction of the environment is linked to the lack of spiritual practice by far too many of us. Repent. Change. Grow.

That includes me. Don,t think that just because I.m writing this book and have a lot of ideas to share that this means my spiritual practice is satisfactory. It isn't. I have a lot of work to do one day at a time.

Like everyone else, I am evolving. We live in amazing times when humanity and other species are in a state of significant evolutionary change. Something is happening which is hard to explain, no, impossible to explain but I will try anyway. With everyone working on it, maybe we can get to the heart of this GREAT EVOLUTIONARY LEAP FORWARD (GELF).

Here is the solution. It.s a mystery but we can begin to see what's happening, what's emerging. Something wonderful is happening. It's a divine blessing which will bring about profound change in the way we think, the way we feel, the way we relate. This has begun. It is amazing, fantastic, fascinating. Do you hear what I hear? Do you see what I see? Do you feel what I feel?

Spiritual practice is essential for this awakening to happen. It's important to practice and for all of creation. It is my responsibility and it is your responsibility.

Many, many, many people are working on it but more are needed, many more, many, many more.

It's a responsibility but not a burden. Indeed we are burdened when we do not engage in spiritual practice, a practice which includes individual and group discernment. This is essential. The consequences of not taking this responsibility seriously are huge, indeed something like hell on earth and even beyond earth. Let's not let this happen. Let's engage, engage, engage in spiritual practice, in prayer, in meditation, in contemplation, in discernment so that the healing can begin.

We must return again and again to this essential practice of discernment as we continue to practice all of our heavenly life here on earth. We all need plenty of healing. Let's begin to look at this essential practice of healing.

John@abundancetrek.com

John@abundancetrek.com