to say
"I am not a body"
does not mean
"I do not have a body"
or
"I need not cherish the body as spiritual"
the self
does not become the Self
the Self
becomes a self
so
spirit assumes
a body
so
you are
a spirit
with a body
embodied spirit
knowing you are essentially the Self
means you reverence yourself
reverence all selves, with their bodies,
as being emanations of
one Light
* * *
How can I love freely, gladly those who struggle with their humanness in this human body and act in compassion to other embodied creatures, unless I accept thankfully the form in which I live and breathe with them? I breathe with the trees, the fish, the sky, the hills, the rain, the fowl, ... So, regardless of what more we are, we are creatures with other creatures, sharing a shared space, the same air and ground and sky, living in mutual reliance on one another.
absolute and relative ~
one is one, each the other
if you flee into the absolute
you flee into the relative
if you flee into the relative
you flee into the absolute
no hiding place
from each and both
how can I know the True Face
if I turn from my face
looking deeply into my face
I see the Face of every face
embracing wholly my name
I know the Name of everyone given a name
so... "what?"
no escape
what a relief!
no need or wish to hide
from self or Self
what joy! in graceful embrace ~
the gate of either opens to either
to love by Love
Continued... |
