Putting Our Heads in The Sand No Longer Works

BY EUGENE HOLDEN

I have been sitting with this, waiting for the right time, and listening for what the message that wanted to be expressed, regarding the events that have been going on over the last week. I had to sit and process through the pain, the anger and most of all the disappointment. The waiting is over, the fog has lifted, and now is the time for me to speak.

I must say find it interesting that these recent tragic events have occurred during the week that the nation celebrated 4th of July, Independence Day.

Oh yes, now is the appointed time.

I can only express from who I Am, a Black Man, living in America, serving Centers for Spiritual Living as the manager for World Ministry of Prayer.

Let us not be fooled, we are at war here folks. As evidenced by the events in Dallas, Texas. And let us be clear here, this is a not a battle between white and black or good and evil. It is a battle of consciousness. And this battle is an internal one. Internal to the nation. Internal to ourselves. The phrase jihad was initially longer. It was jihad al nufs, meaning battle of the soul. Yes, this is an inside job.

I know that as practitioners of Religious Science, which include licensed practitioners (prayer counselors), ministers and all those who practice the principles of Science of Mind, some of us may try to fool ourselves by saying that “it is all good” and that “there is nothing to be healed, only truth to be revealed.” However, the truth is beloveds, there is much to be healed. You see, in order for the Truth to be revealed, we have to heal the blocks, whatever they may be, that would act to block the divine revelation of Spirit from being brought to light.

This sickness of racism against people of color has been plaguing this great nation of ours for close to 400 years. Yes, 400 years. No, this sickness, this disease is not new. With the technology of today, the effects of this sickness have been put boldly in our faces like no other time in history. And truthfully speaking, this is a good thing.

This a good thing because we need to see the condition of this body we call America. We need to see where we are called to do our work. We need see that putting our heads in the sands of spiritual bypass no longer  serves us, or the greater good of humanity.

If there has ever been a call to prayer, this is it. And now is the appointed time to answer that call. I am not saying that we just get together and pray in our communities. This is indeed greatly needed and highly encouraged. However, we have to go deeper, we have to go beyond that. We are called to go deeper in our prayer work for ourselves. We are called to treat ourselves to uncover any and all discord within ourselves. We are called to pray for the courage to look at ourselves and heal whatever needs to be healed. Then after that, we are called to be the healing presence of the Divine wherever we go, and to be that healing presence in the ways that only we can on an individual basis. As Dr. Kenn Gordon, spiritual leader of Centers for Spiritual Living, stated, this is a call to act. It is written that faith without works is dead.

Dr. Ernest Holmes [ the founder of Religious Science] taught that we are to treat then move our feet. My beloved friends and colleagues, now is the time to get busy. Now is the time to put aside for good, all of our petty gripes. Now is the time to stand together as a united front proclaiming that we are here for Love, that we are here for Peace, that we are here for God.

Now is the appointed time to have dialogue for the purpose of seeing the differences in people and then to accept and celebrate those differences without judgment or agenda. Now is the time to ask ourselves; how may I serve today sweet Spirit? Now is the time to take a bold stand for what is right. Not just for one race of people but for all the races that make up this divine family called the human race.

Eugene Holden is a Religious Science prayer counselor (practitioner) and director of the Centers for Spiritual Living World Ministry of Prayer. His monthly column, Personal Affirmations appears in Science of Mind: Guide for Spiritual Living Magazine.