Soul Work
Spiritual Consciousness Project
The work we do on our own souls
We make the world in which we live, by what we gather and what we give. By our daily deeds and the things we say, by what we keep or we cast away. – Pastor Alfred Grant Walton
From the Quakers, who were the heart and soul of the abolitionist movement to the Jews who put their lives on the line to end segregation in America, from the multi-faith contingent that bolstered the march from Selma to Montgomery to the Catholic sisters who selflessly served humanity throughout the worst of the AIDS crisis, from Muslims for Ferguson to Evangelicals for Equality, over and again, it is people of spiritual consciousness who have called on our nation to do and be better.
But those actions were neither spontaneous nor easy, nor were they without cost. They were the outgrowth of deep work so many had done on their own souls, allowing the people they could be at their best to emerge.
It's easy to hope that when the moment arises, we'll have within us what it takes to do what so many others have done -- to be society's conscience. But, meeting moments of consequence with courage doesn't just happen. We do the work long beforehand, so that when that moment arrives, we're ready.
Soul Work
Reading and Discussion Groups
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The 40 Humanitarian Virtues of Me and Mary - a journey through the building blocks of Beloved Community Mary used her life to teach.
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"Just do right. Right may not be expedient, it may not be profitable, but it will satisfy your soul. It brings you the kind of protection that bodyguards can’t give you. So try to live your life in a way that you will not regret years of useless virtue and inertia and timidity. Take up the battle. Take it up. It’s yours. This is your life. This is your world."
Maya Angelou