Im a youth and community worker by profession, and so, words like ‘community’ have been bantered around for a long time, and trying to understand what they mean, there’s often talk of online community, or groups of people with shared values, purposes, aims or actions.
It was always out there.
‘The Community’
A group of people. An estate.
Theologically, I learned about the community of the Trinity – Father, Son Spirit.. and spent far too long wondering if it was hierarchical or social, upwards or flat.
Yet.
The one community I was negating the treasure of, was the community inside.
For inside, there is a restless community of treasure awaiting your finding, awaiting a safe time to make itself known, awaiting space to show itself in its energy, colour and brilliance.
Neglected inner energy, thats been held back for so long, energy that comes from the heart, the soul and the mind.
The Community within, with its parts, with its roles and jobs, with its functions.
An inner community that awakens to the wonders, and curiosity of the childlikeness, seeks peace and stillness
An inner community that seeks love, harmony and joy, and radiates them all too.
An inner community that lets us know when its out of sync or out of kilter, when it’s fractured and disconnected, when it is not ok, and you’re not.
An inner community whose communication to you is always love, always care, always for you – even to protect when it doesn’t need to, its still protecting.
So, pause for a moment, and turn your gaze, your breath and your mind inwards and say hello to that inner community, the inner life, your inner reality.
Community within, heart, mind and soul
Feelings, thoughts and spirit
Community on the inside
Encircling power, harnessing it
Taking you beyond.
James Ballantyne 