Finding your shalom
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The document emphasizes the importance of seeking peace ('shalom') both in oneself and within the community, referencing biblical and philosophical insights. It highlights the necessity for personal transformation and deep relationships as prerequisites for meaningful dialogue and change. Additionally, it illustrates the idea of collective empowerment and manifestation of inner light to create a positive impact in the world.
Finding your shalom
- 1. Finding Your Shalom
- 3. “Seek the shalom of the city where have sent you, for in its shalom, you wi find your Shalom.” Jeremiah 29:7
- 5. Prescriptive Descriptive Metaphysical Maieutic
- 6. Pr e s c r i p t i v e : Th e
- 7. De s c r i p t i v e : Hi s t o r i c a l
- 8. Me t a p h y s i c a l : B e y o n d t h e p h y s i c a l /l i t e r a l
- 9. Ma i e u t i c : Ho w t h e p a s s a g
- 10. "Everyone thinks of changing the World, But no one thinks of changing himself.” - Leo Tolstoy
- 11. For a dialogue to occur, we must suspend our mental models
- 12. No Significant Learning Occurs Without a Significant Relationship -Dr. James Comer
- 13. Your presence is the most precious gift you can give to another human being
- 14. “No one can sincerely try to help another without first helping themselves.“ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
- 15. Build on What You Have
- 16. Worry is a Prayer for What You Don’t Want
- 17. Accept What Is
- 19. You Are Always in the Right Place at the Right Time!
- 20. “We’re Not Here to Fix a Broken World…” Eric Butterworth
- 21. “We’re here to manifest the light within us. It’s not just in some; It’s in everyone. As we let our own Light shine, we give other people permission to do the same… -Marianne Williamson
- 22. “And when the best leader’s work is done the people say, “We did it ourselves!” -Lao-tsu
- 23. Centered in God We co-create a world that works for all Thank You!
Editor's Notes
- #18: Practice the Art of AllowingThe art of allowing is an acceptance of what is and what is possible. It’s a stepping aside or surrendering.Let’s look at the art of allowing from a holistic perspective. On an emotional level, allowing is being in tune to what is bubbling to the surface, granting that emotion permission to express itself, and then accepting its presence.Physically, the art of allowing is recognizing and being aware of the subtle, or not so subtle, sensations pulsing through the body at any given moment. It’s a cooperation between the wisdom of the cells and the wisdom of the soul.Allowing on a spiritual level is a belief in the knowing that you are loved beyond measure and joy is yours to be embraced. It’s faith in your connection to Spirit and all that exists. Finally, the art of allowing in relationship to others is the ability to forgo “rightness”, to leave behind judgment, and to grant each person the freedom to be who they are in the moment.
- #21: We all have this thing called the Righting Reflex: When we see something wrong, we want to right it. When we see something broken, we want to fix it. So we keep doing charity because it makes us feel good, and it’s relatively easy. But if we’re bringing resources and not building those resources in people’s lives, then we’re keeping people trapped in a cycle of dependency and poverty. So we have to do the harder work. We have to build a relationship with people to discover what their gifts are, and working together, we build on them.In the process we transform ourselves and others
- #23: Credo of a Community DeveloperBy Y.C. James YenGo to the peopleLive among themLearn from themPlan with themWork with themStart with what they knowBuild on what they haveTeach by showingLearn by doingNot a showcase but a patternNot odds and ends but a systemNot piecemeal but an integrated approachNot to conform but to transformNot for relief but for release