What our neighbors near and far most need is for limited, worldly thinking to increasingly give way to a scientific, spiritual understanding of reality. Each time we grow in our grasp of this, the balance of human consciousness shifts in this direction. These shifts, no matter how modest, are deeply meaningful.
The recollection of a profound event such as 9/11 invites retrospection, which can lead to fresh insight beyond the event’s initial impact. For many, out of this extreme experience rose an opportunity for spiritual renewal—individually and collectively.
Our God-created selves are not at all given to violence, anger, frustration, or humiliation. We are, in fact, made to love, not hate or hurt—whether others or ourselves.
As I turned wholeheartedly to God in prayer, I felt a shift from a fearful and angry focus on injustice to an earnest focus on the supreme power of God, the source of all good.
