A New Radiance

Notes for the reformation

What does the Work need to add to itself at the present moment?

What does the world need most at this time?

The question is of utmost urgency for the younger people, the children, who surround us. It’s our role as elders to make every effort to help them discover what’s needed, and to make the best arrangements we can to lay a foundation that will provide it for them. This is our job as parents; our duty as mentors; our obligation as seekers. And it’s the last, most essential duty we need to discharge before we leave the planet behind us. The whole planet is, as anyone can see, at risk.

Outward action is imperative. Thus, I would say the work needs to discover a new, intentional culture of compassionate outward action.

A few months ago I went to the Rubin Museum to see the Buddhist lama Aria Drolma, a woman who went from being a fashion model to a nun.

Her whole rather brief talk was about loving kindness. It didn’t matter that her talk was short, though.

It wasn’t all about what she said.

It was all about how she was.

We chatted for a few minutes after she presented. What struck me about her was how radiant she was; she was gentle and loving in a meaningful, totally relevant, and very down-to-earth human way.