We are but drops of the ocean.

Late, by myself, in the boat of myself,

no light and no land anywhere,

cloudcover thick. I try to stay

just above the surface, yet I’m already under

and living within the ocean.

Rumi, Jalal Al-Din; Barks, Coleman. The Essential Rumi - reissue (p. 12). HarperCollins. Kindle Edition. 

The peace and joy which pervades our being part of the All.

The whole purpose of this course is to teach you that the ego is unbelievable and will forever be unbelievable. You who made the ego by believing the unbelievable cannot make this judgment alone. By accepting the Atonement for yourself, you are deciding against the belief that you can be alone, thus dispelling the idea of separation and affirming your true identification with the whole Kingdom as literally part of you. This identification is as beyond doubt as it is beyond belief. Your wholeness has no limits because being is infinity. T-7.VIII.7:1-5

A Course in Miracles (pp. 269-270). Foundation for Inner Peace. Kindle Edition. 

Once we understand that the world of the ego is not real, the Kingdom of God becomes available to us. When we understand that we are drops of the ocean not something separate and individual, a great healing occurs.

In Unitarian Universalism some of us join together to affirm and promote an awareness of the interdependent web of existence which is the ocean of which we are drops.

Today it is suggested that we reflect on the ocean of which we are a part and bask in the peace and joy which pervades our being part of the All..

The ontological existence of our Transcendent Source which generates our life.

The Holy Spirit will teach you to perceive beyond your belief, because truth is beyond belief and His perception is true. The ego can be completely forgotten at any time, because it is a totally incredible belief, and no one can keep a belief he has judged to be unbelievable. The more you learn about the ego, the more you realize that it cannot be believed. The incredible cannot be understood because it is unbelievable. The meaninglessness of perception based on the unbelievable is apparent, but it may not be recognized as being beyond belief, because it is made by belief. T-7.VIII.6:1-5

A Course in Miracles (p. 269). Foundation for Inner Peace. Kindle Edition. 

The above passage says simply, “Bull shit is bull shit. Why would you believe bull shit once you realize what it is?” The Truth of the Holy Spirit is beyond belief and has nothing to do with transience. The primary teaching of Buddhism is that the things of the world of the ego are impermanent and that suffering is caused by our attachment to the impermanent.

In Unitarian Universalism some of us join together to affirm and promote the free and responsible search for truth and meaning and we have learned from the perennial philosophy that truth and meaning are not found in the transience of the impermanent.

Today it is suggested that we reflect on the impermanence of the things of the world of the ego and on the ontological existence of our Transcendent Source which has given us life.

UUs beware of nihilistic narcissism.

Be a connoisseur, and taste with caution.

Any wine will get you high.

Judge like a king, and choose the purest,
the ones unadulterated with fear, 
or some urgency about “what’s needed.”

Drink the wine that moves you 
as a camel moves when it’s been untied,
and is just ambling about.

Rumi, Jalal Al-Din; Barks, Coleman. The Essential Rumi - reissue (p. 7). HarperCollins. Kindle Edition. 

Jesus said to beware of wolves in sheep's clothing.

The bumper sticker says "If you believe in everything, you can fall for anything."

Ken Wilber warns of nihilistic narcissism.

UUs beware.

Stop blaming others for your unhappiness.

Do not be afraid of the ego. It depends on your mind, and as you made it by believing in it, so you can dispel it by withdrawing belief from it. Do not project the responsibility for your belief in it onto anyone else, or you will preserve the belief. When you are willing to accept sole responsibility for the ego’s existence you will have laid aside all anger and all attack, because they come from an attempt to project responsibility for your own errors. But having accepted the errors as yours, do not keep them. Give them over quickly to the Holy Spirit to be undone completely, so that all their effects will vanish from your mind and from the Sonship as a whole. T-7.VIII.5:1-6

A Course in Miracles (p. 269). Foundation for Inner Peace. Kindle Edition. 

There are responsibility avoiders and responsibility acceptors. Some people love to blame their unhappiness on others. This is a huge mistake. The only person responsible for your own happiness is you. Stop playing the victim and become an agent of your own peace and joy by bringing your will into alignment with God’s will for you.

In Unitarian Universalism some of us join together to affirm and promote the free and responsible search for truth and meaning which resides within our own minds not outside in the world of the ego where we project it.

Today it is suggested that we consider how we can take responsibility for our own state of mind and stop blaming others for our unhappiness.

The yin and yang, the good and bad, the blessing and the curse - both are parts of the whole

Drunks fear the police,

but the police are drunk too. 

People in this town love them both

like different chess pieces.

Rumi, Jalal Al-Din; Barks, Coleman. The Essential Rumi - reissue (p. 4). HarperCollins. Kindle Edition. 

Sharing our peace and joy.

To the ego, the law is perceived as a means of getting rid of something it does not want. To the Holy Spirit, it is the fundamental law of sharing, by which you give what you value in order to keep it in your mind. To the Holy Spirit it is the law of extension. To the ego it is the law of deprivation. It therefore produces abundance or scarcity, depending on how you choose to apply it. This choice is up to you, but it is not up to you to decide whether or not you will utilize the law. Every mind must project or extend, because that is how it lives, and every mind is life. T-7.VIII.1:5-11

A Course in Miracles (p. 267). Foundation for Inner Peace. Kindle Edition. 

The “law” being referred to is the operation of the mind which either can project or extend. Projection is based on conditional love which is “give to get” or “one or the other.” The ego’s game is zero-sum, for a winner there must be a loser. Abundance for one means deprivation of the other. Extension is based on unconditional love where both parties are winners. The above passage indicates that we don’t get to choose if the mind will operate but how it will operate. Will it project based on deprivation or will it extend based on sharing and amplifying?

In Unitarian Universalism some of us join together to affirm and promote justice, equity and compassion in our human relations. Our intention is to share the unconditional love of God because of our perception of the inherent worth and dignity of every person.

Today it is suggested that we focus on sharing the peace and joy that we experience in our lives.