The Lost Message

. . . to be Christ-like

Jesus

Emphasized human values

over conventional religion,

Preached against religious alienation

challenging abstract religious laws,

Opted for the human person

against legalistic religion,

Chose the good of a suffering person

over the claims of formal and established religion,

Ushered in NOT a new religion,

but a new humanism,

Brought together those who were divided, separated,

or left out,

Confronted systems that

diminished, marginalized, or excluded people,

Challenged people, NOT by argument,

but out of a deep  sense of Love,

Should move all of us

to be Loving and Free

to create a new future

for humans, for society,

for the whole earth.

How did we lose that message?

God IS Love

I DO believe

God is Love,

but each day

I learn something more

about what that really means

regarding my notion of God.

Love,

by its nature,

is Dynamic,

Relational,

Personal,

and

Unitive.

So God cannot be

static and fixed.

God is Being and Act

as one.

I can no longer see God

as a Being over the world,

but as the Love-Energy

of the world.

As Love,

God is the Energy of

Attraction,

Union,

Generativity,

and

Life.

I have written that

I Am because Love Is

created not as subjects of Divine Will,

but out of the Freedom of

Divine Love.

The Ultimate Intimacy I experience

at the heart of my being

is more than any being can possess,

God.

Unlimited Energy

The Fundamental Unlimited Energy

Love is the fundamental energy in Creation.

Love is God-Consciousness

evidenced in Jesus

and the continuing evolution of the Cosmos.

Love generates new life

urging greater Unity and Wholeness,

open to life in the future.

I am a work in process

as is all of humanity,

grounded in an infinite depth

of Love.

Divine Love

is the heart of our evolutionary universe,

constantly birthing New Life.

The God of Creation

is a God of Newness,

a dynamic Union of

Persons in Love,

growing in Love

through the Spirit.

I have learned to thrive,

not on rugged individualism,

but on communal interdependence,

on relationships.

God is the dynamism of Love

that gathers all in being

in unity and consciousness.

Love is my consciousness of

belonging to an Other,

being part of The Whole,

my living with an open mind and heart

to encounter all, not as strangers,

but as part of myself.

Searching, Searching, Searching

A Search for Wisdom

I’m beginning to realize

that the search for

Wisdom

is a journey

into the inner universe

of my Soul.

It is through

my inner eye of Love

that I can begin to see

the depth of Divine Goodness

hidden in ordinary reality.

I have not been able to find

Wisdom

in a book or on a website;

it cannot be taught

because it is a Gift,

a Gift of the Spirit.

It seems I can only begin to approach

Wisdom

through Love.

I am trying to take nothing for granted,

living with

Wonder, Awe, Humility, Thankfulness, and

Receptivity.

I strive to live

in an inner depth of Love,

seeing each moment

as a new Creation.

In order to so,

I have had to give up my need for

control, manipulation, and success.

An intellectual understanding

may have brought me to God’s doorstep,

but Wisdom will lead me to

God’s Heart.

To Talk or to Listen and grow

Dialogue or Mere Conversation

In True Dialogue,

two people interact

by crossing over

from one view into an other

for the sake of

sharing experience,

mutual trust,

and mutual understanding,

in order to achieve a meeting of horizons.

A result of True Dialogue

is a return to one’s own view

with a deepened horizon of meaning.

True Dialogue enhances Wisdom

when it leads to

conversion,

a deepening of Love,

and a transformed way of

Being.

Conversation falls short of Dialogue

when it is not self-expansive,

but rather self-limiting,

becoming tantamount to

a monologue.

Dialogue is not about

one person attempting to convince an other

that a given view is correct or the best.

Dialogue needs two people

both seeking deeper horizons,

Wisdom,

and a transformed way of Being,

through a mutual sharing

in Love.