The Ministry of Oneness
“Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.” — The Buddha
“To me, true service is an experience of wholeness, fulfillment, fullness, self-reliance, and self-sufficiency for all parties—an experience of the magnificence and infinite capacity of human beings. When I’m really in service, I disappear.” — Lynne Twist
“Once you have found your relationship to God, you need never look around for work.” — Muriel Lester
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Exercise
Today your mission is to love God and serve Oneness with your devotion to being an instrument of compassion and grace in the world. This is your creative participation in the blessed nature of God. You are a servant of the “one work”—to manifest a world that serves and benefits all. Make it your vow today to be the midwife and “birther” of Divinely inspired creations. Offer your services with a humble heart and ecstatic surrender. In the ministry of Oneness, you become a flame of the life-giving fire lit up by joy, peace, love, compassion, inspiration, gnosis, and creative bliss. Act in accordance with Divine Providence for the highest good of all. This is your conscious participation in unfolding the life of God by cultivating gratitude, vision, and service.
For today’s practice, remember the words of Mother Teresa: “We can do no great things, only small things with great love.” The following exercises are simple and provide you with an opportunity to cultivate your ministry of Oneness . . . one moment, one prayer, and one act at a time, with great love.
Cultivating gratitude: In your journal, write down one thing that you’re grateful for every day. Keep a running list. At the end of the week, create a ritual in which you read all of the items and offer your gratitude to the Divine for all of the blessings of Oneness in your life.
Cultivating vision: Spend a full minute today in loving communion with something in nature. This could be a rock, leaf, tree, cloud, wind, dirt, flower, bug, bird, and so forth. Give your complete attention, and allow yourself to fully perceive Oneness contained in this creation.
Cultivating service: Engage in one intentional, loving act of service for another person today. For example, this could include making a friendly phone call, writing a cheerful letter, preparing an extra plate of food or folding laundry for someone else, or offering a listening ear. Offer your service from a place of unconditional love, in service to the growing Oneness.
Actively share your unconditional presence and love today!
Cultivating gratitude: In your journal, write down one thing that you’re grateful for every day. Keep a running list. At the end of the week, create a ritual in which you read all of the items and offer your gratitude to the Divine for all of the blessings of Oneness in your life.
Cultivating vision: Spend a full minute today in loving communion with something in nature. This could be a rock, leaf, tree, cloud, wind, dirt, flower, bug, bird, and so forth. Give your complete attention, and allow yourself to fully perceive Oneness contained in this creation.
Cultivating service: Engage in one intentional, loving act of service for another person today. For example, this could include making a friendly phone call, writing a cheerful letter, preparing an extra plate of food or folding laundry for someone else, or offering a listening ear. Offer your service from a place of unconditional love, in service to the growing Oneness.
Actively share your unconditional presence and love today!
Affirmation
I AM sharing my unconditional presence and love today, serving the ministry of Oneness.
I AM sharing my unconditional presence and love today, serving the ministry of Oneness.
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