We are the Source sourcing. We are God godding. We are the Wellspring springing. We are nailed to the cross of space and time, yet also rising from the empty tomb, scarred but fresh and new. Amen.
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Saturday, July 12, 2014
myth
We swim in a sea of myth. Like fish in an ocean, we may not realize we are surrounded by this water. Though it encompasses us, we take it as a given and do not look beyond its bounds. Myth is our ocean in which we swim.
Exile and return is a major theme, especially in the Bodhisattva myth, the Cosmic Hero(ine) myth. To be an enlightened being one must embark on a journey of lost and found. Dangers lurk. One may become eternally lost, in a side pocket of existence, an inflamed appendix. But it may only seem like eternity. Eventually all is recycled (an essential aspect of the Bodhisattva myth).
Myth is story. Story is real. Myth is real. So do not get all huffy when I tell you that what you believe is myth. I am not saying it is unreal. I am saying it is as real as and more real than a peanut butter sandwich. Myth is story that persists, that comes to us across time and space, beyond time and space (both of which are also mythical elements).
We live in myth, in myth story, in mythtery. We are mythic beings.
Exile and return is a major theme, especially in the Bodhisattva myth, the Cosmic Hero(ine) myth. To be an enlightened being one must embark on a journey of lost and found. Dangers lurk. One may become eternally lost, in a side pocket of existence, an inflamed appendix. But it may only seem like eternity. Eventually all is recycled (an essential aspect of the Bodhisattva myth).
Myth is story. Story is real. Myth is real. So do not get all huffy when I tell you that what you believe is myth. I am not saying it is unreal. I am saying it is as real as and more real than a peanut butter sandwich. Myth is story that persists, that comes to us across time and space, beyond time and space (both of which are also mythical elements).
We live in myth, in myth story, in mythtery. We are mythic beings.
Friday, July 4, 2014
John 3:16
“For God gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16
What does this mean that “God gave?” The Origin, the Source, the Mystery gave of itself, sacrificed itself, opened itself to producing this Cosmos in which we live and of which we are a part. Some call it the Big Bang, a peculiarly unpoetic term. I call it Creation. An exhaling. A breathing out of desire and want and urge. God gave.
What did God give? What did the Origin originate? What did the Wellspring spring forth? The mythopoetic language of John says “his only begotten Son.” Traditionally, the Son is thought of as embodied in the form of Jesus. Yes, and what does this mean? Jesus said, “In my Father’s house are many mansions (or rooms).” Jesus is referring to his Cosmic Body, which is also our body when we open beyond the physical into the spiritual realm of Christ Consciousness. Not only are we part of the Cosmos unfolding, we are the Cosmos unfolding. (This is not a matter of egocentric pride, for when one falls into that, one is no longer the Cosmos unfolding but a ruptured appendix in space/time.)
Our Source breathed out, still breathes out, and gives us ourselves within and as this marvelous continuously unfolding Cosmos in which and as which we live and move. Each of us is a stream, a streaming in this unfolding Ocean. When we believe in this Flow, this Outpouring, this Springing of the Wellspring, we are believing in our larger Self.
Belief is not merely an intellectual process where one stands aside, mulls it over, sees the logic, and gives consent. No. Belief is merge, total merge. Belief is full consent and openness. Belief is full practice of becoming and being a Cosmic citizen.
When we move away from identification of ourselves as a particle and open to “full court press,” to allowing our consciousness to expand in the same way Jesus did, we identify with (become identical to) the Cosmos unfolding from the Source and we never die. As our Source (God) breathes out, we move into continuous adventure. When our Source breathes in, we return Home, ready for the next exhalation.
What does this mean that “God gave?” The Origin, the Source, the Mystery gave of itself, sacrificed itself, opened itself to producing this Cosmos in which we live and of which we are a part. Some call it the Big Bang, a peculiarly unpoetic term. I call it Creation. An exhaling. A breathing out of desire and want and urge. God gave.
What did God give? What did the Origin originate? What did the Wellspring spring forth? The mythopoetic language of John says “his only begotten Son.” Traditionally, the Son is thought of as embodied in the form of Jesus. Yes, and what does this mean? Jesus said, “In my Father’s house are many mansions (or rooms).” Jesus is referring to his Cosmic Body, which is also our body when we open beyond the physical into the spiritual realm of Christ Consciousness. Not only are we part of the Cosmos unfolding, we are the Cosmos unfolding. (This is not a matter of egocentric pride, for when one falls into that, one is no longer the Cosmos unfolding but a ruptured appendix in space/time.)
Our Source breathed out, still breathes out, and gives us ourselves within and as this marvelous continuously unfolding Cosmos in which and as which we live and move. Each of us is a stream, a streaming in this unfolding Ocean. When we believe in this Flow, this Outpouring, this Springing of the Wellspring, we are believing in our larger Self.
Belief is not merely an intellectual process where one stands aside, mulls it over, sees the logic, and gives consent. No. Belief is merge, total merge. Belief is full consent and openness. Belief is full practice of becoming and being a Cosmic citizen.
When we move away from identification of ourselves as a particle and open to “full court press,” to allowing our consciousness to expand in the same way Jesus did, we identify with (become identical to) the Cosmos unfolding from the Source and we never die. As our Source (God) breathes out, we move into continuous adventure. When our Source breathes in, we return Home, ready for the next exhalation.
Thursday, July 3, 2014
synthronicity: return
Synthronicity: to sit upon the same seat (the same "throne") simultaneously. This experiential understanding (not just conceptually, but directly experienced) is similar to Hafiz's depiction of he and God being like two fat people in a boat "bumping into each other and laughing." When the Source of all being and I or you sit on each other's laps simultaneously, mirth and joy erupt.
The creature sits on the lap of the Creator while the Creator sits on the lap of the creature. Simultaneously. No longer is "God" out there, but as close as and closer than our very breath. As close as simultaneous lap sitting.
This means merging while remaining separate. For how can we sit on each other's lap without remaining separate? And then again, the paradox of simultaneous lap sitting requires that the two be one. We are the Source unfolding. The Source is us embodying.
This does not occur without Awareness, capitalized because it is nonordinary awareness, beyond one's awareness of one's physical body or of one's social body. Awareness opens to direct experiencing of one's cosmic body, one's soul.
This simultaneous lap sitting of the human soul and our Origin, our Source, is a continuous occurrence, yet manifests itself more deeply and fully only when the human recognizes it. The Source is always ready. The human is distracted.
The creature sits on the lap of the Creator while the Creator sits on the lap of the creature. Simultaneously. No longer is "God" out there, but as close as and closer than our very breath. As close as simultaneous lap sitting.
This means merging while remaining separate. For how can we sit on each other's lap without remaining separate? And then again, the paradox of simultaneous lap sitting requires that the two be one. We are the Source unfolding. The Source is us embodying.
This does not occur without Awareness, capitalized because it is nonordinary awareness, beyond one's awareness of one's physical body or of one's social body. Awareness opens to direct experiencing of one's cosmic body, one's soul.
This simultaneous lap sitting of the human soul and our Origin, our Source, is a continuous occurrence, yet manifests itself more deeply and fully only when the human recognizes it. The Source is always ready. The human is distracted.
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