Welcome to OneLife Ministries, an online ministry of Brian Kenneth Wilcox Ministries and Love Light Fellowship. This site is here to lead you into a heart experience of Divine Presence, Who is Love. We recognize “that of the Sacred in each one” and celebrate the diversity of expressions of our Oneness in Divine Grace. We are for peace and nonviolence, and equal rights and justice for all. I hope persons of varied wisdom paths will find inspiration here. Welcome!
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Entering the Inner Sanctuary
Enter this sanctuary time by settling down, becoming quiet, and breathing deeply a few breaths. Remind yourself you are in the Presence of Love. This place you are entering, within, is the inner Temple. Here, you are One with Spirit and all persons, and Nature. You may use a mantra, or prayer phrase, follow the breathing in-and-out, or witness the arising and falling of all around you as the manifestation of universal-Grace. Enjoy these moments of Quiet and come out when you are ready.
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Spiritual Teaching
Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things.
*Thomas Merton
In the 1930s a young traveler was exploring the French Alps and came upon a huge stretch of barren land – desolate and forbidding. Then, suddenly, the young traveler saw an odd sight. Stopping, he gazed ahead. In the middle of the wasteland was a bent-over, aged man. He carried on his back a sack of acorns. He held in hand a four-foot length of iron pipe. The man was punching holes in the ground with the pipe. He would take an acorn and place it in the hole.
Later, the older man told the traveler, "I've planted over 100,000 acorns. Perhaps only a tenth of them will grow." The aged man's wife and son had died, and this was how he wanted to spend his final years. "I want to do something useful," he remarked.
Twenty-five years later the traveler returned to the desolate area. He gazed amazed. The land was covered with a beautiful forest two miles wide and five miles long. Birds were singing, animals playing, and wild flowers perfumed the air. The traveler stood recalling the desolation that once was. A beautiful oak forest stood there now - because someone cared.
When I express kindness to one creature, I express kindness to all. By one small act of giving myself to bless another, I bless everyone. This is Loving.
*Brian Kenneth Wilcox. Founder, Love Light Fellowship.
Responding
Reflect prayerfully on how OneLife's message today applies to you. In what ways do you show that you care about others? Nature? Peace among all? How do you show awareness that you are one with the Divine, and with all? What are small ways whereby you can make our world a more peaceful world for future generations?
OneLife Ministries is an independent ministry, but not presently with nonprofit legal status. Love gifts to support the spiritual Work of Brian Kenneth Wilcox are appreciated.
*OneLife Ministries is a ministry of Brian Kenneth Wilcox, SW Florida. You can order his book An Ache for Union from major booksellers. To book events with Brian, go to Facebook and his page Brian Kenneth Wilcox, or write him at briankwilcox@yahoo.com .
