The Journey Home is to yourself, even as the journey to 'God' is no other than to yourself. Soon or late, the spiritual man or woman must see that self-denial is transformed into a self-affirmation, for he or she discovers the journey to self is the journey to Home, meaning self-denial is no other than self-affirmation and, finally, when Home, there is neither. And no other can take this journey from self to self, to find that what I am is what I have always already been, with 'God' and no other; for in 'God' there is ultimately no intrinsic otherness, so no intrinsic separation. The totally Other encompassing in Itself all others and otherness is perfect Harmony, for otherness in 'God' is Harmony, again and again expressing as the diverse journeys of one self Home to one self - from 'God' to 'God': 'God' being impetus and destination. We are, then, since what is is already always, always arriving where we are, while in 'God' there is no leaving, no journeying, no finding - for Home is, even as I am. 'God' in some mysterious way inhabits my 'I amness,' as an expression of the one self; to say, 'God is' is to say 'I am.' This even as Jesus said, "The Father and I are One."

*Move cursor over pictures for photographer and title. Lotus of the Heart is given by a Hospice Chaplain, who offers this Work to encourage in a spiritual, inclusive life to embody and encourage peace among all, as each is an expression of one Grace, a single, sacred Life.