Rev. Patrick reads to us from the 1957 children's story How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss.
Life is a blackboard upon which we consciously or unconsciously write those messages which will govern us. And we hold the chalk and the eraser in our hand, but we are ignorant of this fact. What we now experience, we need not continue to experience. But the hand that holds the eraser must do its neutralizing work.
At the beginning of the story, the Grinch is stuck in envy and jealousy. In the end, the expansion of the Grinch's heart serves as a metaphor for the expansion of his consciousness.
"I really think that it's possible to continue to change the consciousness of this planet. I believe we're here for a reason. I don't think it's any accident that you're here today. We are here to give birth to the new consciousness, and that's happening all the time." -- Rev. Patrick Cameron
