…Of your magnificence.
These words are from a favorite song by my friend Rev. David Ault. I consider them part of my job description as Admissions Rep for Unity Institute.
SEE Your Way!
We are in the midst of three weeks of Spiritual Education and Enrichment (SEE) classes here at Unity Village. Students from across the country have come for a week or two of classes. Budding metaphysicians, teachers, ministers, and scholars seeking to grow in consciousness huddle in the Inn, the Library, or the bookstore deep in conversation… discussing this idea, turning it over, trying it on. Their energy and excitement are palpable.
Much of my job deals with the logistics of enrollment… helping prospective ministerial students understand the process, the prerequisites for application. We tour student housing, talk finances, challenges, and frustrations. Two or perhaps three years in residence seems like a lifetime to be away from family… it is a huge commitment to leave a previous career, home, friends, spiritual community. It is a big commitment of time, talent, and treasure. And for what?
To be of service. To walk the path to ministry. To become a Unity minister. And I get to be a witness to all of this magnificence.
Popcorn Anyone?
This weekend at Unity of Overland Park, Rev. Eileen Stulak used the fitting metaphor of popcorn to describe spiritual growth and understanding. She reminded us of how it was when we first experienced those kernels of spiritual wisdom. It’s as if the idea or a deeper understanding “popped”! Then another pop, another idea and another as we grew in consciousness! This week I have felt like I was inside a theater popcorn machine… watching the kernels pop all around me. These students all exhibit the passion, the purpose, the open minds and hearts, that they will need on this journey.
It has been my joy to sit this week with several people as they talked of their calling with growing clarity and awe. Not sure of how or when… but each with that deep inner knowing that this is theirs to do. And I realized at some point this week that they are here to remind me. Of why I am here… doing what I do. And yes, to remind me of my own magnificence.
I’m here to remind you of your magnificence,
To help you awake to all the wonder that you are…
I long to show you all the joy you’re worthy of
I’m here to remind you how much you’re truly loved.
By David Ault
