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2004
- 2005
PlanetLightworker, published by Sandie Sedgbeer, is a wonderfully
diverse and beautifully produced monthly online magazine, whose
tag line is “. . . a peaceful illumination of spirit.” I was a
regular columnist for a year-and-a-half, and have contributed
additional articles at other times. I never met Sandie in person,
but we nonetheless formed a mutual admiration society. She is
as hard-working, devoted to mission, and impeccable a person as
I’ve come across. When I resigned my column, Sandie wrote about
my work in her editorial of November 2005. Her acknowledgement
and appreciation touched my heart very deeply, and her words give
me something to live up to...
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Have you ever fallen in love with the work
of certain authors? It doesn’t happen often to me, but when
it does, oh my, what a delicious feeling it is; the deeper you
delve into their work, the more your admiration grows, the more
avidly you look forward to their next book, article, or column.
Like a starving earthworm, desperate for sustenance, you eat
your way through their words, consuming everything they have
written as fast as you can.
Then comes that dreadful moment when everything comes screeching
to an end. Disappointment reigns because, suddenly, there are
no more delights to discover… no more books to read, no more
articles to devour.
Like a spurned lover, or an addict coming down from a high,
it takes a while to become accustomed to the fact that there’s
a hole left in your life that going to take a long, long time
to fill.
Okay, perhaps I am waxing a bit too lyrical, but isn’t it always
the way in life that we never completely, wholly treasure what
we’ve got until it’s taken away? That’s what’s happening here
this month as one of my favorite columns sadly comes to an end.
Although I never met him personally, in the 19 months we had
the pleasure of publishing his work, and communicating with
him by email and phone, I came to believe that Robert Rabbin,
author of our Engaged Spirituality column, is the kind
of guy who deserves to be a household name.
Clear-minded, open-hearted, honest, ethical, and always in integrity,
Robert is the kind of guy who does not balk at putting his money
where his mouth is. During the time that he has been writing
for PLW, there have been one or two occasions where the content
of his column has pushed a few buttons in some who prefer to
have their “spiritual guidance” (their words, not mine) served
up on a sugar-coated platter of fluffy pink and white marshmallows.
Now I have to tell you that never, at any time in our six-and-a-quarter
years of publication, has PLW ever set itself up as the arbiter
of Truth (any truth!) As our tag-line in our footer suggests,
our mission, as we have always seen it, is to provide a platform
upon which many flavors of the truth can be presented. We trust
that our readers are intelligent and open-minded enough to accept
that truth is a perspective viewed through many lenses, and
that each individual must exercise their own discernment.
To me, Robert’s column has been one of the crowning glories
of PLW. Sometimes thought-provoking, oftentimes challenging,
his writing has always unwaveringly centered in his mission
to remind us that “inner spiritual work and transformational
social participation are inseparable. Because Inner and outer
are more than mirror images of each other: they are
each other.”
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