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And, I, personally, have found no logical reason to assume the Gospels are not remembering an actual, historical event, though I once did not believe in a bodily Resurrection. I have, through honest prayer and study, had my mind changed on that matter. Again, referring to a Buddhist comparison: I do not know what respect I would have for a Buddhist’s faith, if he could not believe an actual historical event was behind the sutras, or scriptures, on Siddhartha’s enlightenment.
Fortunately, while differences of opinion on the events of the Gospel will remain a part of the over-all Christian faith, it is at this point of Myth, Event, or Story that all Christians need to find meaning this Holy Week and Easter Season, as we encounter, or are encountered by, the written Gospel and are addressed by it in personal experience. We are seeking this answer in the Gospel: “What does Holy Week and Easter mean now?” Or, “Beyond the material, historical details from two thousand years ago, how are Holy Week and the Resurrection an ongoing reality of my life?” “… our life, together?” And, “How can I, right now, experience Holy Week and Easter as part of an a-temporal event available to transform my life?” Likewise, “How can I integrate the meaning of Holy Week and the Resurrection into the fabric of daily existence, along with all the other events of the Gospel?”
I ask all of you, who likely represent different assumptions about the events narrated in Holy Week and Easter Season, as regards what did or did not happen, or had to or did not have to happen, this question:
How will you participate in Holy Week and Easter Season as something integral to the ongoing life of participating in the drama of being fully human, realizing your divine potential within this earth plane and, thus, furthering the transformative emergence of all beings to become all we are being created to be?
Thank you for sharing this time with me. I opened up some cans and did not re-gather all the worms, so to speak. I have tried to insert my opinions, as best I can, while seeking to do what OneLife is meant to do: provide a place for persons of varied opinion and faith to gather around the Christ Event, our common spiritual quest, our honest doubts and questions, our humble openness to learn, and discover healing, meaning, and transforming Grace, as One People together.
Closing Aspiration
The Gospel of Christ, I pray, will be a place for realizing our oneness, across peoples, race, politics, and faiths. May all, this Holy Week and Easter, realize more deeply our common human heritage and shared longing for love, joy, and peace, and further open for our lives to be shaped into the Likeness of Christ, even among us who might use different religious words and images for that common human destiny.
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