They saw the empty space I left, The pew unfilled, the rites bereft. Heard silence where the hymns once soared, And whispered low, "He's lost the Lord." Their faces etched with kind concern, For lessons they believed I'd spurn. They saw the structure fall away, And feared my Soul had gone astray. But oh, the [...]
Is matter the incarnation of spirit? Is this what makes spirit visible, and even makes ourselves?
Is there no one and nothing else out there that we can feel community with? Perhaps we can, with literally every being and every thing.
It seems that no concept that the mind can hold within it will be able to explain the nature of Ultimate Reality.
It can be difficult to understand the difference between organized religion and the mystical experience. An analogy can help.
Separation seems to be a theme that shows up in every spiritual tradition, and the overcoming of it to union is the goal of the seeker.
We are perhaps the most conscious and self-aware lifeforms on the planet today, but humans were not inevitable, and we may have a far different future than we imagine. How do we find peace in that?
What are we to do in our precarious climate situation today? It's easy to feel powerless, helpless. Perhaps we should surrender to that, and fall into a Grace larger than ourselves.
What is God's relationship with nature? Is God supernatural or natural? Or both?
We are not independent of nature, nor are we the cause of our self, but rather we arise in a deeper Source. That is our true Self.