They forge a Christ where lines of hate divide, Wrapped in the flag, where borders coincide With holy ground, demanding fealty sworn To earthly power, since the day He’s born Again, they claim, in halls where eagles scream, And scripture twists to fit a patriot dream. His crown, a helmet; and His cross, a sword;His [...]
Christ is not a distant name, not bound to time, not locked in fame. Not one alone, but all, the whole, the pulsing breath, the cosmic soul. The Word was spoken, shaped in dust,the hands of God in sacred trust.Not once, not past, not gone away,but rising now, this very day. The flame of stars, [...]
A belief in the Resurrection does not have to include belief in the literal reanimation of Jesus' body, that his dead human body literally came back to life and walked out of the tomb. I suggest there are other ways of interpreting the Resurrection myth that are far less unbelievable in our modern age where [...]
A new addition to the Bryce Haymond Translation (BHT). I had already translated it once before, but I added a new translation that suggests other interpretations. There is no one "right" translation. The scriptures are endlessly translatable, because the mystical is essentially ineffable, transcending all words, and so there are perhaps infinite layers of meaning [...]
What was Jesus' first recorded teaching? It may not be what we think.
a poem
Many people want to know the ultimate nature of the universe, the ultimate reality. Many seek it through science. But mysticism and contemplation may offer the Way that actually realizes that One, which is Love.
The sitcom celebrity of How I Met Your Mother had an entheogenic "First Vision" experience of "Christ," and lives to tell about it.
A translation where Jesus talks about why he teaches using metaphors and other symbolic tools, like stories, etc.
It seems the more we see outwardly, the less we see inwardly? Some thoughts on the nature of the veil.