Dear Laura and All,

 One of the images that haunted me since this tragedy began was the ringing of the bells. Bells throughout history resonate with the calling to safety. When those who escaped the building and couldn’t see the way, they heard the bells. Following the sound they made their way through the rubble to the open arms of the good people of New York City.

 

                                 It made me think of the famous Meditation of John Donne:

“No man is an island, entire of itself: every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of the thy friends, or thine own were; any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.”

 

 In the book Wisdom of the Ages   Wayne W. Dyer expounds on this quote in his chapter on “Oneness.”  He says:

 

“When you hear bells ringing out in sadness indicating someone has been victimized by violence, listen carefully and remind yourself of what John Donne wrote over four centuries ago. That bell tolls for all of us, including thee!

 

                                   To apply these unity consciousness ideas in you life begin to:

Isn’t this what Tom Burger reminded us all to do when he posted about the little known catastrophe in Russia?

                                                                                                                                                                                      How many scenes do we need to witness to know that it isn’t the Muslim people that spew hatred. Let us pray for  strength and that our leaders will seek justice.

Most of the destruction was to the “World” Trade Center. It was an attack on our humanity as a global community.

 

                         When the bell tolled, it was heard around the world. It tolled for all of us. Listen.

 

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