On
Monday, Ireland and western parts of the UK experienced ex-hurricane ‘Ophelia’ and
our western shores were battered by high seas and winds. The fact that this
coincided with the thirty year anniversary of the terrible storm of October
1987 did not go unnoticed by the media. Added to this, much of the country was enveloped in dust from the European continent so the atmosphere took
on a strange dark orange hue. My eight year old grandson and his friends were
scared that ‘the end of the world’ was coming! Probably not many adults thought
this, but our hearts went out, even more than hitherto maybe, for all those in the
Americas and Caribbean (and other parts of the world) whose homes were totally
swept away by the recent bout of one storm after another.
As
our hearts open in greater compassion (and we do what we can to help through
our Star prayers and possibly joining in actual relief efforts, or fundraising
for these), maybe one other thing to ponder is the image of the Great Healer
Jesus stilling the storm. Water is of course symbolic of our emotions and I
believe as important as opening our hearts in love and compassion, is keeping
still and steady within. We need to re-affirm again and again what White Eagle
teaches. His actual words (in The Quiet
Mind, p.95) are:
In your daily life you
can, by an effort of the will of God within you, instantly attain, under any
conditions, tranquillity of mind. Whatever the conditions, you can still the
storm and know tranquillity. Be tranquil and serene. A Master is never
perturbed.’
By
remaining calm within, we can be stronger channels for the angels of peace and
healing, and we can be more receptive to inspiration for ways we can help spiritually
and practically as well.
