(This is an excerpt from a University Of Metaphysical Sciences course at www.umsonline.org, please feel free to visit the school website)
A great expansion of consciousness takes place as our identities move
from the individual to the human community, the earth, and the oneness
that permeates it all. We can integrate these perspectives into our
lives. Our hearts can desire happiness for ourselves and ways of
expressing our unique gifts, while we live in ways that promote the
sustainability and spiritual awakening of life on earth. We can bring
the ecological and oneness perspectives more and more into our lives,
and in doing so, we can create new ways of being in the world. Let us
end with some words from Mohandas Gandhi, who said, “As human beings,
our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world—that
is the myth of the atomic age—as in being able to remake ourselves.” (http://www.brainyquote.com)