Brian’s Reflection: The Weekend, Sat, May 30, 2009

[The Feast of Pentecost in the Christian Calendar]

Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: I will
cause breath to enter you, and you shall live.

- the Prophet Ezekiel, from the readings for
Pentecost

“And you shall live”. This is what it is all about. How do we live fully as human beings. We know that we are united with the Life Force of the Universe (metaphor: “God the Father”). We know that the same Life- giving Reality defines the nature of both the Divine and the Human (metaphor: “God the Son”). And we know that there is no dualism, no “God out there”. (metaphor: “God the Holy Spirit”). “God” lives in us, “inhabits” the whole of the Universe. And when we “see” this, we Live.

The Feast of Pentecost has two foci: One, we discover the Unity of All Things; Two: we shift the goal of our lives towards achieving that Unity – with the Earth, with the Universe, with Time, with Eternity, with every living thing that makes up the context of our Life. With Friend and Enemy – but the distinction dissipates. And most important of all, we stop blaming “God” for the direction of our Lives. The proverbial Buck stops with us. WE are responsible for the outcome of our Lives. Either we embrace the true nature of our Being or we do not. The pain of our earthly Life is directly in proportion to our abdication of Who We Are. There is no one to blame but ourselves for the mess.

Let’s stand tall! There is nothing more exhilarating that accepting responsibility for ourselves, and for the human community.

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