The Light

We are all the same, human beings, but we are all different too.  The Impressionist painters taught us that.  Monet would paint the same scene but at different times of the day.  Why? Because the light changed how things looked.  Tree at early morning looked one way and completely different, though a tree still, by noon.  The same with flowers.  Light changed colors of things.  Spirituality is about light.  Buddha has “En light enment.”  People of the book have God/Allah as Light.  Christians have the ‘Light of Christ.”  On our path we need to know community, and individuality.  We are part of one another as human beings. We have a responsibility to connect in a common endeavor.  We see this in globalization, Coronavirus pandemic, economic interests, and just getting along.  But no two people are alike.  This is how the spiritual light affects each one of us.  We have to find our true self, in the Light that shines on us.  So don’t try to make one person be a clone to others, or groups.  Kids are always trying to fit into groups.  OK. They are kids.  But once they begin to question “group think” and probe their own identity, I think they might do well to get some community support, in family, true friends, school and religion.