Our country has encountered a new virus for which we have no natural immunity. Because it has spread around the world, we call it a pandemic, and we must take steps to stop its spread. The temporary interruption of our lives has created extra concern for people.

Take time to breathe slow, calming breaths. Lets take a spiritual walk into the consciousness of this experience together. Awareness is the first key. We are now aware of the virus; from this space of awareness, take time to pray and meditate on the world you want to see when this is all over.

As you listen to media reports, bless them for doing their job and reporting so we have awareness. Hear the facts and recommendations, but also look for the good in each report. Note the number of survivors. Look for new medicines and techniques, look for people working together, sharing ideas and putting systems into place that are working. Keep your eye out for God in action by looking for people who are helping the homeless, those packing free lunches for kids who are missing school lunches, administrators and teachers supporting their students online, and people reaching out to others for safety or connection to the outside world.

This is a time of uncertainty, but soon it will be over.

Its no mistake that this is happening during the Easter season. During this time, Jesus showed us the way. He knew life was changing and He was the change! Right now, WE are the change!

As spiritual beings having a human experience, we are here at this time to be the change the world needs. What that change is we do not have to know or understand. The best we can do is take our thinking mind, our doing mind, and give it rest, time to step aside. This is our 40 days of consciousness living. Let God work through your consciousness as you cross out worries and free up space. Free up from a full day of work, from running here and there, from the need to have this or that. We have been brought to the space of what is most important to us for a reason.

This is our time and we are the ones to let go and let God work as we free up space to let our imaginations wander through all the good we possibly can. Lets take time daily to step out of the way and let God our Higher Power and the energy that organized and created all there is work!

Resist temptation to tell God what has to be done. God does not need our direction. Instead, take time to read materials that strengthen your own connection with your God source.

During our prayer and meditation time, we must surrender our thoughts of what we see in the world and leave our minds open to expansion. We want to be open to what can be better than the life we had or have now.

Its like having a blank, white dry-erase board. Nothing on it. No hidden agendas or ideas that are going to make our lives better.

Next, using our minds eye, we want to picture our family, our community, states, country and our entire world lifted into wellness. In our minds, we must see people smiling and happy.

Release any energy or thoughts of separation. In God mind, there is no separation, we are never separated from God. See and feel in your heart that all people everywhere in the world are filled with joy as they once again connect with their friends and communities, and life is back to normal.

Remember, we can change our world by changing what we see. We do this through visualizing a world we want to live in. Our new world is created through our manifesting.

Question check in with yourself right now, is your faith stronger than your fear? The Bible has plenty of stories about change happening where God is involved. Think of Noah and the ark. Noah had no answers, but his faith was strong and he created a path for God to move through and make the necessary changes.

Now its our turn, and our responsibility to be the change. When we lift our consciousness from human actions and let go of worldly things and think of more spiritual and positive things, we lift our world. With that lift, we ALL rise, our crooked paths are made straight. We will find systems and advancements for future pandemics, a better way of connecting with those around the globe and living the truth of spirit: that we are all one.

I affirm wellness for you and your family, seeing you all happy and filled with life!

Linda La Croix is the unity director and prayer chaplain at Unity of Lake Orion. Find positive and uplifting posts on her Facebook page, A Spiritual Walk, or at aspiritualwalk.com.

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A Spiritual Walk: Creating a new vision for our world is how we rise - Dearborn Press and Guide