I am YOU

I am Trayvon Martin. I am George Zimmerman.

And this is what matters!

This is one possible response to the loss of one of our spiritual family.

By Reverend Michelle Wadleigh

There is a place beyond right and wrong. There is a place beyond opinion. There is a place where love reigns overall. Are you the house of this love, beyond right and wrong, beyond opinion? Are you a place where peace surpasses all things?

A tragedy happened–AGAIN. Another event, affirming the limitations of our collective consciousness, of our race consciousness, of the belief in pain and suffering of US AND THEM. For as long as we believe in separation, until we accept all aspects of our being, the world at large will reflect the limitations of our consciousness.

We are the problem. We are  the collective world consciousness; the microcosm to the macrocosm of world events.

What YOU, what I do next, is what matters! The next thought we have about the tragedy of the death of this seventeen-year-old, son of ours, Trayvon Martin. The next opinion we formulate about our spiritual brother, George Zimmerman, is what matters. Here is one fact that many will not agree with, but one that we cannot change. NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED–not objectively. But we do know that the lives of two individuals ended on that day, and the lives of their families, friends, and neighbors have been touched forever.

Who you are right now, what you do next, how you tell this story, how you hold it in your heart, is what matters now! If you can resist, don’t let the temptation of right, wrong, sin, racism, suffering, victimhood to get your attention. Resist the temptation to be anything other than LOVE, PEACE, POISE, COMPASSION and TRANQUILITY. After all, I am not white, black, male, female, right, wrong, tall or short. I am that which gives life to those things. I am the creation of the Creator, the ONE.

If we can lay down this foundation of Truth, there will be a greater possibility of stopping the momentum of hatred, the practice of racism, and the identification of victim. Let us not join the ranks of those who would join this consciousness of victim. Let us stand aside, stand higher, and stand in Love, especially because, in the end, compensation is in the hands of God. No one gets away with anything, even when it appears to be so. Not you, not me, not George Zimmerman. No one can live outside of his or her consciousness and the effects of personal behavior and the choices made. NO ONE.

Let’s know this truth, together: Love is our very identity. Love heals and reveals, and as we each lean into Love, it has its way with us. Let us embrace the Trayvon and George of us; the white and black of us, and the love and fear of us. Let us allow our spirits to ascend to the highest possible place, and see from that point of view that is above all else, unattached to human opinion, judgment, and any desire to find wrong. We recognize that all involved suffer in this tragedy, even if they don’t know that. Let us be the foundation of love that is neutral and available to all. We hold in our hearts the hearts of the families of the Martins and the Zimmermans and their community.  Together we let love Reign over all of these proceedings and find Peace above all else.

And so it is!