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Narrated by Marie T. Russell.
InnerSelf's Daily Inspiration
May 16, 2023
The focus for today is:
I find my way back to the simple joy of being.
Nothing is more important for the future of humanity than a global return to joy. At a moment of profound sadness regarding the state of the world, Andrew Harvey, in a dream vision, was given a message that changed his life:
A golden banner was unfurled in the sunlit sky above, and on that banner were written these words: Joy is the power.
Immediately he understood, viscerally and cellularly, that the tremendous challenges we all face at this time cannot be met by grief or heartbreak or despair alone. What is needed for all of us is to find the way back to what all spiritual traditions know as the essence of reality—the simple joy of being that is the indispensable foundation for all meaningful living and all truly effective action.
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Today's inspiration was excerpted from the InnerSelf.com article:
Four Requirements for Living in Joy
Written by Andrew Harvey and Carolyn Baker.
Read the complete article here.
This is Marie T. Russell, publisher of InnerSelf.com, wishing you a day of finding your way back to the simple joy of being (today and every day)
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RECOMMENDED BOOK: Radical Regeneration
Radical Regeneration: Sacred Activism and the Renewal of the World
by Andrew Harvey and Carolyn Baker
What is being made crystal clear is that humanity stands at a monumentally fragile threshold with two stark choices placed before it in a situation of complete uncertainty. Those choices are: 1) To continue to worship a vision of power, totally distanced from sacred reality 2) Or to choose the path of submitting bravely to the alchemy of being transfigured by a global dark night event that shatters all illusions but reveals the greatest imaginable possibility being born out of the greatest imaginable disaster.
If humanity chooses the second path, which is what is being celebrated in this book, then it will have trained itself in the new radical unity necessary to weather even worse crises.
For more info and/or to order this book, click here. (new 2022 updated and expanded edition) Also available as a Kindle edition.
About the Authors
Andrew Harvey is an internationally renowned religious scholar, writer, teacher, and the author of more than 30 books. The founder and director of the Institute for Sacred Activism, he lives in Chicago, Illinois.Carolyn Baker, Ph.D., is a former psychotherapist and professor of psychology and history. The author of several books, she offers life and leadership coaching as well as spiritual counseling and works closely with the Institute for Sacred Activism. She lives in Boulder, Colorado.
