Moving From Me to We Will Set You Free

There's no better day than fourth of July to ask:

What is it that sets us free?

James Rouse, otherwise known as "Dr. Energy," answers that question this way:

"Moving from me to we will set you free."

When the writers of the Declaration of Independence appointed themselves, "Representatives of the united States of America," and acted "in the Name and by the Authority of the good People of" the Colonies," they moved from "me to we."

The following mystics moved from "me to we." 

• Teresa of Avila
• John of the Cross
• Hildegard of Bingen
• Teilhard de Chardin
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Gandhi
• HowardThurman                                                                                                                                                              

In addition to being mystics, they were activists.

To them, religion was not a solitary experience.

Matthew Fox opens his book, Christian Mystics, with a quote from Einstein: 

"I wish I had read more of the mystics earlier in my life."

According to Roger Juline (in his article, Matthew Fox, Visionary, Prophet, Mystic), "Mysticism is about connection, communing and 'oneing,'"

That's what many of us do on the fourth of July, create what James Rouse calls "positive wellness waves" in our circle of friends and the universe.

"The great lesson from the true mystics...is that the sacred is in the ordinary, that it is to be found in one's daily life, in one's neighbors, friends, and family, in one's back yard."

                                                                                       --Abraham Maslow             

Which means we're all mystics and the healing and liberating experience of the mystical is all around us. 

How's that for a positive message?

As always, thanks for stopping by.