April 14th, 2017 - Post #2: Worship, With Attention To...

"'Do you mean we should remember the Lord even in the give-and-take of business?'  'Yes, of course," the rabbi replies.  'If we can rember business matters in the hour of prayer, shouldn't we be able to remember God in the transactions of our business?'" (from the book "Words to Live By" by Eknath Easwaran, p. 112)

 This first made me giggle - tit for tat.  My next thought was "of course."  The concept of "center first, attach yourself to Spirit first, and then act" was made concrete for me as I learned about Quaker business meetings.  They are named this: Worship, with Attention to Business.

First: Worship
Second: Attention to Business

Almost as an afterthought - but not really.  

What would happen if I approached my life this way?

• Worship, with attention to email.

• Worship, with attention to my supervisee.

• Worship, with attention to self-care.

• Worship, with attention to my co-workers.

• Worship, with attention to my written work.

And what would happen if our leaders did the same?

• Worship, with attention to Immigration Policies

• Worship, with attention to providing for the poor

• Worship, with attention to the budget

• Worship, with attention to humanity 

  
And the other reading addressed loving the potential in another person, and "shoo-ing away the bats" to find the "doves."  Perhaps Worship - with attention to loving.  

Worship. 

Spirit, today may I be a Banyan Tree - ever growing toward the Light, and always dropping more roots down into the Earth...spreading wider, ever farther, going about the business of growing, and ever seeking the Light - yet seeking "grounding" in the same.