The Group Soul

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The Group Soul

 

Have you ever been a member of a sports team? Have you

ever played football, volleyball, basketball, hockey,

or any other team sport? If you have, you are probably

familiar with the term "team spirit." This refers to

the fact that in order for a team to be successful,

each member must surrender a certain portion of

her/his individuality and become part of the team.

Each member must place the benefit of the team before

her/his own personal needs, otherwise the team is

doomed to defeat.

 

It can thus be said that the team as a whole has a

spirit, a soul consisting of those portions of the

individual souls that its members have contributed.

The team thus acts as a unit, having its own beliefs,

its own aims, its own beliefs. The best sports teams

are not necessarily the ones with the best atheletes,

but rather those that can coordinate their activities

and work together for the good of the whole.

 

Other examples of the same thing include crews of

ships, army regiments, labor unions, theatrical casts,

political parties, and many others. In each case, the

group must work together for the benefit of all, or

else the entire endeavor will fail. The ship crew is

an interesting example. Sailors have traditionally

been predominantly male, but they almost always refer

to their ships as female. They personify their ships,

thinking of them as living beings. But why female?

Sailors are dependent on their ships the same way that

a child is dependent on its mother. They must love

her, protect her, and make certain that her needs are

met, or else the warm womb that they find inside her

bow will not survive. The ship is their mother.

 

Religious groups of course develop group souls in much

the same manner. This is precisely the reason why

religious devotees all over the world gather in

churches, synagogues, temples, and mosques to praise

the Divine together. Everyone praying in unison

creates a group soul, as every individual surrenders a

piece of her/himself to the congregation. The group

becomes something much stronger and much more

meaningful than the sum of its parts.

 

Everyone benefits from this. In giving a piece of your

soul to the group, the group in turn gives of itself

to you. You become stronger by drawing on the strength

of others. you are not alone in your worship. Many

others join you in singing and praying of the glory of

the Divine Energy that each of you shares.

 

We at Divinely Female sometimes face criticism from

people who do not understand this. Our method of

communicating with and worshipping the Divine involves

activities that members of many other religions

believe should be private, done only at home behind

locked doors. All faith is private, involving the

innermost personal thoughts and emotions inside the

core of your being. But it is only by sharing such

intensely private moments that each of us can grow at

that very same private and innermost level. We need to

share of our most personal souls so that each of us

may draw strength and faith from those who share our

search for peace and love.

 

Group spirits can be dangerous. There have been a very

large number of groups that have been fueled by hatred

of others. The Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan are obvious

examples, but there have been thousands of other such

groups in human history. It is essential that we as

loving, caring, compassionate individuals create and

foster groups fueled by love. Let us all resolve to

work together, pooling a portion of our individual

souls, into a larger group soul dedicated to the cause

of peace and universal love.

 

 

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Sister Usha Devi

Founder, Divinely Female and worshipper of the Sacred Flame that shines inside

every woman

 

 

 

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Greetings Sister Usha

 

Thank you for sharing this with us.

 

Om Shanti