The Upanishads declare: 'Ano raniyan mahato mahiyan': 'one atom of the smallest is greater than the greatest.' Quantum pioneer Sir Arthur Eddington articulated this principle for modern physics: 'When the electron vibrates, the whole universe shakes.'
Cosmic power manifests through the humble juiciness of the little, the personal, the least act of compassion, the close-at-hand. 'Insofar as you have done it to the smallest one of these, you have done it unto Me' (Mat 25:40) The answer never lies in what is big, but what is intimate. When banks get too large, break them up into local credit unions. When spiritual movements get too large, break them up into local shamanic circles.
Jesus said, 'Wherever two or three are gathered in my Name, there am I in the midst of them' (Mat 18:20) He didn't say, 'Two or three isn't bad, but more is better.' He didn't say, 'Start small, then grow your numbers with a big-time national marketing plan.'
Jesus gave us a model for spirituality as the intimate, the near, the local community.
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