The Company We Keep - Community and Self-Observation

Fear and doubt hate community. Their aim is to make us feel alone. Fear wants to isolate us and put us on an island. Yet we are all attached to certain tribes or communities. In community, there is collective wisdom. Community helps push us beyond our limits. In community, there is support in belief. Community provides new ideas. In community, we can borrow motivation. Community facilitates accountability. In community, we can share a "yes". The purpose for gathering together in community is the transformation of our consciousness. And the goal of our lives is to live, to connect with the Aliveness that is us. How do we measure our progress on the spiritual path? It's the degree of the absence of thought. When we quiet the mind and step more into being, we become more intelligent. We become more available to the Newness and the ideas that Spirit wants to express.