The Word continues to become flesh constantly. A #spirituality that fosters a care for my body-temple, the Earth-temple, is a healthy one

How can matter become energy? By taking matter to the speed of light squared.

Einstein knew it and God too.

In no time. That who is Life itself transformed the buried body of  a jew 2,000 yrs ago and did Creation all over again. Moving their atoms at more than the speed of light so it could become the Light of lights- pure eternal energy.

In the divine creation nothing dies but only changes, until it returns fully to the first person-the first and final cause, from alpha to omega.

I write these lines on Holy Saturday, which of course, two thousand years later, we all know is a Good Saturday, we know how the story will develop (not end) and we know is a good development. However, on these challenging times of Coronavirus, we as a global community can relate to the uneasiness of the unexpected that the Apostles experienced on the eve of Easter.

How can one go through life everyday if everything is lost? No one could. at least not living with a living flame. People would just be going through motions.

Yet, some of the most powerful messages that we can find in the gospels are those of “I am with you” and “Be not afraid”.

How can one not be afraid in times of uncertainty and unprecedented change? Knowing that God is with us. But how can one be sure of this? Through Faith. OK, but what does our faith tells us about God being with us?

For starters, we know that God the first person of the Trinity is the Being; is the Existence. The clue to this knowledge is the allusions in the Old Testament as “I am”; clear and simple. So anything that is has to have its roots in the Life Itself. Nevertheless that might be too abstract to experience it.

But we live in a context of space-time, yet it is a developing in the background of the canvas of God, the existence. And that is where the second person of the Trinity comes in. One can say we live in, and within the Divine. The second person of the Trinity makes Creation possible, it is what is tangible of the divine. Additionally, the incarnation of the being is the embodiment of God with us. The incarnation of the verb can only happen if the verb is spoken. If the verb is spoken from the mouth of Existence itself, then the verb becomes being. And with that, Creation occurs.

And although our minds can grasp these concepts, few souls can appropriate them as a core belief because God has granted the Grace of this “knowledge” to a few.

So we need to move to a more tangible matter. The dimension in which things happen: the space-time that one experiences. How does one experience God? in as many ways as creatures are. But they all experience the incarnated being, the second person of the Trinity. That person who says “I am…” and ” I am with you”. The first statement is spelled out most famously in the gospel of John 14:6. But all throughout the gospels Jesus claims to be something and assures us “to be with us“. Therefore we have a being with a state or adverb. This means that it is within a context of time and moment, yet it is eternal and beyond time. (Yes, in the Old Testament there are instances in which God assures to be with us, but the assurance is indirect or specific to a prophet–more on this later)

Finally, the breath of God that resides in each of us, is what makes us truly alive. As stated repeatedly in the Old Testament, the breath of Life, of the first person is the force that gives us our very existence. But in John 20:22 the breath of life that gives us the force to go forth, strong and hopeful is the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity is the one who gives us the understanding of all the above in a soul level.

A true Christian has experienced the love of God. Anyone who has experienced the love of God has done so through the Holy Spirit. So any true believer has received the Holy Spirit, the second Breath of Life. This gives one the assurance that God is always with us.

Therefore, as Christians we are sure of God´s presence in the world and in our lives. And as the Song of Zechariah beautifully expresses, once we are assured that God is with us and that we live within God, we can go forth without fear to serve the Divine and walk along side God; and here his words:

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel;
he has come to his people and set them free.
He has raised up for us a mighty savior,
born of the house of his servant David.
Through his holy prophets he promised of old
that he would save us from our enemies,
from the hands of all who hate us.
He promised to show mercy to our fathers
and to remember his holy covenant.
This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
to set us free from the hands of our enemies,
free to worship him without fear,
holy and righteous in his sight all the days of our life.
You, my child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High;
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way,
to give his people knowledge of salvation
by the forgiveness of their sins.
In the tender compassion of our God
the dawn from on high shall break upon us,
to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death,
and to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Thinking in a quantum way, the past present and future are equally real. Then, taking into account the Brahmanic consciousness as a single moment of this conception, it is fractured in all our moments and hence recreated. 

   

 

Trying to ascend to the Omega point, over time, therefore, is an illusion. Since we are already there… but we are also in the beginning. That is when everything was and when everything will be sacred. Therefore, the present is equally full of that Holiness. 

We must learn to recognize that Holiness throughout. So we act according to find a bush with flames but does not burn, remove our sandals, walk with our God, and cohabit the universe in earthlings mutually beneficial relations.

To give life is to give one’s life, and to give one’s life is to love in a divine way. Hence, to procreate is the result of loving god-like.

That is how God created the world. And that is how one can co-participate in Creation-giving life to others.

In many Christian traditions, this past Wednesday was Ash Wednesday. It is regarded as a time for preparation and a time to get rid of that which prevents one from being close to the divine and/or become the ideal disciple one desires to be.

Amidst of all that is globally happening in our environment, it is a good time to focus on a better discipleship by being better stewards of the Earth. One might think that being an environmentally responsible citizen takes much time, effort, money and preparation. That might be true for becoming the ideal citizen, as it is true for becoming the ideal disciple. Nevertheless, if we take a closer look to the process of the apostles, we notice that is exactly that, a process.

If you ask me, it would be a much more radical change to have a poor fisherman with no education, to be a follower of a man who proposed radically new ideas that opposed the status quo and there was no money in return, than changing from wherever on is now to a more responsible citizen.

At the beginning, Jesus approached his first disciples and asks them to follow him. They eagerly left everything behind and followed him. However, throughout the entire gospel, one can see the process of discipleship they go through. Peter almost drowns having little faith while trying to walk on water; he even neglects Jesus after being three years with him. James and John desire the first places in the kingdom. Thomas doubts the awaited resurrection of the Lord. The two disciples going to Emmaus didn’t even recognize the Christ on the road.

Even after being with Jesus, all these years, they fail to have faith and a servant attitude. Nonetheless, they went on to found the primitive church and to be examples of how to follow God.

Something similar happens with us nowadays. One hears the current environmental and social situation and has all the power to change fully the way one behaves and consumes. Yet, one fails to do so because of lack of knowledge and will. The first step to become a responsible citizen, as in the case of becoming a follower of Jesus, is to take the plunge and decide that one wants to do it. After that, it is a matter of trying every day to be better informed, and more conscious of what one consumes, refuses and wastes.

So this coming Lent, the invitation is to be closer to the divine and be a better disciple by taking, actions one day at a time that contribute to a better planet where one has mutually enhancing relations with all creatures of the Earth.

God started writing the first book 13.8 billion years ago. We have called it creation, incarnation, nature, universe, cosmos, and many other names. The name helps one understand it’s relation to It and role in It. But ultimately the name is unimportant, what matters is how one sees oneself in relation to it and understands that one has been a crucial part of it since the begging and plays a crucial part in it’s end.

This is just a tree, which contains all the forests. And this is just a forest made up of a single tree. And this tree contains all the power of the universe: the creative force of life.

Inspired after meditating in front of the health sanctuary at Viveros de Coyoacan.

A note from FAN

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