PERSPECTIVE IS EVERYTHING

Recently I read an article about John Glenn's 1962 glimpse of the Earth from space and what he shared on his return. As he viewed the earth from 150 miles above, it forever changed his perception of humanity. The individual differences of man seemed to fade into sameness. The nations, races, genders, freckles, and bruises disappeared. None of us were even a speck on the landscape as he looked upon the earth.

"There are no nations, no boundaries separating one enemy from another. In fact, that is one of the most startling sights from a distance. There are no differences among people at all. Our individuality, our differences, evaporated "

As children we are show a map with the boundaries of each country color coded. This begins the view of separation we will be taught throughout our lives. We learn the world is divided into nations, cultures, races and genders. A view from space does not look like this, all the earth is the same, no differences and no divisions.

Listen to how Glenn put it; " On a map, every nation has a different color. Well, the Earth looks much different from space. You realize our borers are so artificial. Some are political, some have developed along ethnic line, but all those lines disappear when you're looking down from space. And you can't help but see all that we have in common, and think about how much we foul things up by focusing on our differences rather an our sameness."

Isn't this the message of Christ 2,000 years ago? He gave a great key to which humanity is just awakening. We will only find the perfection we are yearning for in Oneness. Oneness with God and each other. As long as we major on our differences there will be no changes for mankind. The moment we begin to realize, as John Glenn did forty-five years ago, we are all ONE, there will be a great shift in the unified consciousness. Man will begin to understand, there really are no differences or divisions.

The Bible says there is a light which lighteth every man that comes into the world. Each of us came out of the universal light of God. Every man, woman, and child on this planet has within them the potential of being a lighthouse to their brothers. As we awaken to the light within ourselves, we can shine the way for others to see their light. Not by judgment, condemnation, rules and doctrines, but by unconditional love and recognition of our oneness.

Many yeas ago I heard a statement which impacted me and has been a theme in my life ever since.

. "When someone makes a circles and draws you out,

Make a bigger circles and draw them in!"

This principle has taken me on a beautiful adventure, one in which has brought great freedom into my life. I have connected with the most beautiful people of every race, nationality, religion, and persuasion. We have exchanged love and honor which has changed my life and evaporated any differences we might have had. Through this I have found my true family. The family of God universal!

John Glenn told NASA he need a greeting by which he could communicate, if he landed in country by accident, where they spoke only a primitive dialect. "That's when I discovered that, in so many languages, "stranger" and "enemy" were the same word," he said. "If we don't know somebody, they are immediately our enemy." This is what inspired Glenn's teenage children to name his spaceship "Friendship." "The world is going to be watching, so the name should represent our country and the way we feel about the rest of the world." He told them.

Even now at age 86, Glenn feels he had the unique opportunity to see the Earth as God sees it. "It was like going to church." He said he never thought about how God saw things from a distance until he flew on the mission. "I wish everybody could make a trip into space like I did. If you could see how much we share in this one world together, you would come back wanting to work for the benefit of everyone."

The Christ consciousness has awakened to know heaven is not out there, but in us. We do not really have to leave the Earth to see as God see. All we must do is release old beliefs and let the Spirit take us higher into the consciousness of God within. Christ said, "If I be lifted up I will draw all men unto me." If the Christ consciousness is lifted up within each of us, the consciousness of all humanity can do nothing but be lifted up with it.

You and I are the astronauts of this day. We are leaving the realm of time, space, and matter and soaring high above the belief systems of the physical world. As we soar in the spirit, we begin to see clearly from the mind of God. All differences, individuality, nations, races, and genders begin to evaporate. No longer do we view others as separate from ourselves. The higher we soar the more we realize there has really only ever been One. That one is God, and all has come forth from this consciousness.

As we view this wonder, we must then come back and tell others what we have seen just as Glenn did. We have seen all nations as one, all mankind as a universal family coming from a consciousness of love, joy, and peace.

John Glenn's perspective of the Earth from space, inspired others to follow after him. As we soar higher into the consciousness of God, we too will be an inspiration for others to begin their journey inward. For others to press into the spirit and begin to see the Oneness of humanity from the higher perspective of the mind of God!

Everything is Perspective!

Pressing Into Oneness,

Mary Lou Houllis
Pastor