Tao_Equus said:
I see it that each of us is a face in a great multi-faceted jewel that is , for want of a better word, G_d. To separate Us and the big Is......well its like seeing only the one tree in a vast forest, one grain of sand on a beach, its just not possible Shine on you crazy diamond.
David
Rock on, man!
Tao, that is just about my
favorite imagery/metaphor for our relationship to the Divine (our true Self, the root of Eudaimonia, or
`Buddha Nature' - to cover all the bases). Either God is like, one pole of our spiritual Being (representing perfection, while we are God
in potential) - or else, I want
nothing to do with religion whatsoever.
The neat thing about the crystal or jewel imagery, is that Light shines through all the facets (our inner
face, spiritually) ... and almost like Plato's cave, the various projections on the cave wall around us - plus the cave itself - compose our
world. No, we ourselves may not have originated it, but we are so bound up in/with our conceptions
of it (and
of ourselves,
of the Divine, etc.), that for all intents & purposes, we
do generate the world, at this point.
And it is my belief that we have a sacred, unavoidable responsibility to help
transform it, as best we are able, into something better. HUMANITY redeems the world, by giving expression to the spiritual qualities within, by developing, unfolding and
practicing them, by living a life of virtue and by
sharing with all others that which is both our common heritage
and our common Destiny.
There is no room for "us and them" in such a world. Yes, that's what all the fighting's really about (the
haves and have-nots) ... but we know, that things need not be this way. They must change, they
will change - and to that end,
May each of us do
our part.
andrew
