Meditations By Ian White Maher: Praise | Gratitude | Joy | Transformation

We are facing a changing time. The effects of the isolated self are coming home to roost. We can no longer plunder the Earth with impunity. We have come to understand that we are a nested, complex organism that has been thrown out of balance because we thought we were individual actors who didn’t impact the collective world. The coming collapse of the environment is asking us to take our collective identity seriously. The shift we are being asked to make in our understanding of ourselves is not one that amplifies the isolated individual, the rampant self-improving person, but rather the healing of the body we as beings are a part of. The healing of the larger body will also heal us. But we need a spiritual practice that has depth. That holds us accountable, that supports us in the giving of our gift to the world, that allows us to practice a transformation we can experience as a group of people rather than on our own. I understand that it is easier to say there is something spiritual about life than to sa