Be There (KB)

There is a story about a man whose son is on the verge of death. Hoping against hope, the father takes the young child to a great and mighty kabbalist. The kabbalist, a righteous man, pleads and prays for the gates of healing to be opened on behalf of the boy, but eventually realizes that his pleading is in vain. Sadly, he goes back to the parents and tells them, “I’m sorry, but it has been determined On High that I cannot open the gate.” Despondent, they take the small child from the hands of the kabbalist and start their trip back home. The kabbalist sadly watches them disappear down the road when he suddenly says to himself, “What have I done?” Without a moment’s hesitation, he jumps into his carriage and races after the parents. When he reaches them, he embraces them and says, ”If I can not sing with you in your happiness, I can at least cry with you in your sorrow.” We as people, especially as spiritually enlightened people trying to become a beacon of Light for others, need to take part not only in the joys but also in the sorrows of life with those who are dear to us. We cannot create and sustain the consciousness of oneness if we do so only in times of gladness. Every single action that we take in our life, every single thing we do—whether positive or negative—creates an opening in the spiritual realm that allows the energy of our actions to filter back, not to the other person but to ourselves. At every moment in time, then, we must be motivated by the desire to be like the Creator—and then think, speak, and act accordingly. At any moment in time, we need to ask ourselves, “Am I thinking, speaking, and acting like the creator of my reality or like the victim of it?