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Eye on the world: A sense of neighborhood, not victimhood
In an editorial titled “Social media’s big lift after Nepal earthquake,” The Christian Science Monitor notes, “Instead of victimhood, millions found digital neighborhoods.” Such connectedness “helped create instant communities of support … [and] enabled many people in Nepal to avoid the common trap of seeing themselves as helpless victims.” The Monitor also points out that this is not the first time a sense of neighborhood, which “helps breaks down a sense of separation [and] amplifies each individual’s potential contribution,” has been seen after such a disaster.
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From Mary Baker Eddy: “True prayer is not asking God for love; it is learning to love, and to include all mankind in one affection” (No and Yes, p. 39 ).
In “The Spiritual Neighbor”: “We are neighbors, in reality, as children of a common Parent…. Love will reveal us to our neighbor, and our neighbor to us, opening the door to helpfulness.” And, “[These days,] surprising and disastrous happenings are brought to our attention. Without a gesture on our part we are turned into spiritual neighbors…. [We are] called upon to ... do our part, to bring to the situation what we know and what we are.”
In “The world needs prayer”: “We may feel that the world’s needs are almost beyond the potential of individual effort. But … the metaphysical effort we can but do not give is a forfeit.” And, “Prayer taps the divine force of good, which improves human thinking and helps all world problems.”
The articles above and others dealing with this subject can be found on JSH-Online.com or on CSMonitor.com.