Intuition leads - no separateness
Recently, the theme of separation has made itself present. A dear friend passes away. A neighborhood couple, after many years together, breaks up. A daughter speaks of having her mother miles away in a far away city (and culture, and memories past). A work buddy relates of his weekend two hour drive to visit with "Mom", who "wants to move out of her house". and then one realizes that old friendships and distant relatives become the target of travel dreams, more so than the usual vacation spots of hotels, beaches, historical sites, or nature wonders.
Closer still, a child develops a severe strep throat: her texts are heartbreakers as she describes her painful head and sore throat aches. "How can I help?", becomes a constant head murmur. The pain of the young working mother addressing the demands of the growing 3 year old, while balancing her inner divorce pains - its regrets and resentments piggybacking emotions of abandonment, "why me?" voices, fear, anger, etc. - compel one's soul to stand by and hug that child, yet physical distance stands in the way. Another child announces purchasing and giving "the ring" to his loved one, and her lovingly jumping into his arms and "accepting" his invitation query for a life together, and, yes...distance stands in the way.
How to make sense of separation?
Well, cleaning out the desk drawer, a flyer falls to the floor. "Oneing is an old English word that was used by Lady Julian of Norwich (1342 - 1416) to describe the encounter between God and the soul. The Rohr Institute proudly borrows the word to express the divine unity that stands behind all of the divisions, dichotomies and dualisms in the world. We pray and publish with Jesus' words, "that all may be one" (John 17:21)." ¡Tákiti! What? Coincidence?
The back of the flyer has other quotes, one of which - from an admired human being, author, teacher, and may I say, "mystic" - reads: "May we each be so blessed as to be finished off by God, swooping down from above or welling up from beneath, to extinguish the illusion of separateness that perpetuates our fears. May we, in having our illusory, separate self slain by God, be born into a new and true awareness of who we really are: one with God forever." - James Finley
"Whack!" - right between the eyebrows, and the gut! Quite a thud. And to make sure the message came thru, as I picked up a book that was lying on the carpet by the TV chair, titled "You Can Heal Your Life" by Louise L. Hay, and as I was moving away from "the moment" to process the sensorial, intellect-ual, spirit-ual input barrrage, page 243 was staring at me...
"In the infinity of life where I am, all is perfect, whole, and complete. Each one of us, myself included, experiences the richness and fullness of life in ways that are meaningful to us. I now look at the past with love and choose to learn from my old experiences. There is no right or wrong, nor good or bad. The past is over and done. There is only the experience of the moment. I love myself for bringing myself through this past into this present moment. I share what and who I am, for I know we are all one in Spirit. All is well in my world."
I went back to the beginning: Julian of Norwich quote circles back to me: "all is well".
OK...
Closer still, a child develops a severe strep throat: her texts are heartbreakers as she describes her painful head and sore throat aches. "How can I help?", becomes a constant head murmur. The pain of the young working mother addressing the demands of the growing 3 year old, while balancing her inner divorce pains - its regrets and resentments piggybacking emotions of abandonment, "why me?" voices, fear, anger, etc. - compel one's soul to stand by and hug that child, yet physical distance stands in the way. Another child announces purchasing and giving "the ring" to his loved one, and her lovingly jumping into his arms and "accepting" his invitation query for a life together, and, yes...distance stands in the way.
How to make sense of separation?
Well, cleaning out the desk drawer, a flyer falls to the floor. "Oneing is an old English word that was used by Lady Julian of Norwich (1342 - 1416) to describe the encounter between God and the soul. The Rohr Institute proudly borrows the word to express the divine unity that stands behind all of the divisions, dichotomies and dualisms in the world. We pray and publish with Jesus' words, "that all may be one" (John 17:21)." ¡Tákiti! What? Coincidence?
The back of the flyer has other quotes, one of which - from an admired human being, author, teacher, and may I say, "mystic" - reads: "May we each be so blessed as to be finished off by God, swooping down from above or welling up from beneath, to extinguish the illusion of separateness that perpetuates our fears. May we, in having our illusory, separate self slain by God, be born into a new and true awareness of who we really are: one with God forever." - James Finley"In the infinity of life where I am, all is perfect, whole, and complete. Each one of us, myself included, experiences the richness and fullness of life in ways that are meaningful to us. I now look at the past with love and choose to learn from my old experiences. There is no right or wrong, nor good or bad. The past is over and done. There is only the experience of the moment. I love myself for bringing myself through this past into this present moment. I share what and who I am, for I know we are all one in Spirit. All is well in my world."
I went back to the beginning: Julian of Norwich quote circles back to me: "all is well".
OK...
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