Rainbow Sunglasses

 

    Each one prays to God according to his own light.
                                                                                                                         -Gandhi

A Rainbow Warrior tribe EMBRACES all colors of the light.  White light is all-inclusive.  It is the spectrum unified.

One of the amazing gifts that living now, at this point in human history, brings with it is that we have access to massive amounts of spiritual wisdom.  The wisdom of many enlightened beings and spiritual pathways lights our path.  All that has come before us, is within us and this unprecedented age of communication has brought with it keys to an amazing storehouse of wisdom.

When we choose to embrace rather than to divide we open ourselves and others to jewels and treasures.  We have countless shining examples of enlightened beings that have used a particular religion to gleam the light, but have then gone on to transcend religious borders and to use the power of compassion and love to effect positive change.

      “Basically, after I had more interaction with followers of
      different traditions, I developed a firm conviction that in
      despite of different philosophies, all carry the same message
      – a message of love and compassion” -Dalai Lama

Think of Martin Luther King (Christianity), Gandhi (Hinduism), the Dalai Lama (Buddhism),  Black Elk (Lakota Sioux) as four clear modern examples of spiritual leaders who were able to use their particular faith as a tool in the face of great oppression and were then able to radiate light based in compassion to teach others.

It has been a helpful visualization for me to see all religions as sunglasses with different color lenses.  Each helps to see the blazing glory of the sun, which is difficult to stare at directly and each offers a unique perspective of the same light.  Never before in human history has man been able to try on so many pairs of sunglassses and thus been able to access so many beautiful visions of the one light.

Those who take no part in the making of
World division by ideology are ready to
resume life in another World, be they of
the Black, White, Red, or Yellow race. 
They are all one brothers.  
                                –Oswald White Bear Fredericks

In this rapidly transforming world, where political leaders and their "you're either with us or against us" mentality too often manipulate and inspire fear rather than love and where corrupt spiritual leaders stoke the fires of hate and greed by encouraging separatism, it is possible to focus on the gray clouds rather than the rainbows that are smack in the middle of them.

It is an integral part of the conscious parenting mission to not only be tolerant of other paths, but to embrace them, for we are surrounded by spiritual treasures. Ultimately, by giving our children access to rainbow sunglasses, they will learn to see the sun without glasses, with their eyes closed, directly with their heart.