Priorities has been a theme lately – on a day to day, week to week, month to month level. But also, overall.

Many times in my life I’ve found myself correlating my self-worth with my income. If that is true, I don’t have much value at all. It has been a great challenge in my mind to separate the two.

The advocate for the spiritual reality in me says, ‘value your heart, your mind’. Knowing that the vibrancy on a soul level has incredible impact also.

Reflecting here and now, I see the value that money has. That with money, basic needs can be distributed to the many. That money certainly has value in raising the quality of life for the inhabitants of this planet. But beyond that, there is a massive importance to be given to emotional health and well-being, especially in this continent.

Focus on the transformation of your being. Focus on peace, on the letting go of the ego attachment, and the delight in the supreme eternal.

Focus on your ability to bring relief through truth. Through compassion and understanding. Through the willingness to live the truth.

Focus on the spirit which dwells within.

Focus on the miracle of life.

Sitting silently there is a world that opens within. A timeless space where the energy of the absolute is ever present. That is where I wish to dwell. That is what I have to share. The knowingness, the willingness to value that.

Perhaps my value is to shift the value system of the world, and here I experience that shifting, so I can stand strong in my truth before I disseminate such gospel. And please know that it is with great gratitude, reverence and humility that I use the word gospel. But I do acknowledge that the revelation of the Christ, was the kingdom of heaven that dwells within.  [Colossians 2:9]

And so this day I urge myself, to focus on what’s important. The spiritual reality, which lies closer to the eternal truth than any of our temporary constructs – any of our human imaginings.

Life, when lived in this way, can be a joyous celebration. Even with death, we can understand the mystery of creation, and so experience life everlasting. When we can realize that which precedes time and space, we can dwell in the miracle.

And so today I focus on the transformation, the transfiguration, as we merge our physical bodies with the light of god. With the Eternal Truth.

I have felt stress and worry, and fear and anxiety. I have known these states, just like each of us has, and I pray on this day, that those who live in those realities may find peace. I pray that their basic needs can be met, so that they may know the joy that life brings.

I think of the saints and the sages, who surrender their ideas of worldly success, so that they may dedicate their lives to the spiritual reality. To the world that lies beyond the physical senses. Alluded to by our temporal experience, but indirectly experienced. The truth is beyond the sight of the eyes, or the sounds of the ears, but through reasoning we can begin to uncover. And with a stillness of mind this truth can be sensed with a deep awareness that dwells within. Because truly we are created in the image of god.

We carry great power. Consciousness with the ability to create.

And today I choose to create a more peaceful planet, and that starts with me.

So today, now, I focus on what is important. I focus on the inner-world, steeped in reverence for life and the creative will. I focus on the joy and jubilation that our existence offers, the simple joy of living and being.

I focus on the radiance of the sun, and I breathe that into my body.

I focus on the loving-kindness which will create heaven on earth.

I focus on my own inner transformation, which ripples outwards into the world with every word, thought, and deed, with every interaction I have.

I focus on my service to the world. That I may instil more peace, by holding that example.

I focus on the life and love that I represent.

I focus on the eternal and absolute. The all-encompassing unity of creation.

I focus on the development of community which supports this realization and commitment to truth.

I focus on my will to live.