Take hold of yourself and make yourself responsible for all men's sins. My friend, believe me, that really is so, for the moment you make yourself responsible in all sincerity for everyone and everything, you will see that it really is so and that you are in fact responsible for everyone and everything." -- Father Zossima in "The Brothers Karamazov" (as quoted in my season of lent reading today)
What an eyeopener! I read that quote and knew that I had unknowingly accepted that I am "responsible for everyone and everything" with my first realization of oneness.
The first time I really understood I AM that I AM was when I first knew I and the Father are One applies to the universe. That was a long time ago, and I am still trying to wholly incorporate that into my very being...I got it originally from my eyebrows up. It has slowly moved to my heart and is working its way to my core.
It definitely was with OMG wonder when I read that quote and learned there is more to do after the realization of one with God and man. And this is it: To take hold of myself and make myself responsible for all man's sins.
It is not a choice. This is the rest of the realization...the rest of the story.
If I am ever to truly know the promise that the Father and I are one, I must understand and accept that death is to the belief I cling to that it is another who is at fault, another who is wrong...or another who is smarter or uglier or prettier.
Death is to the belief that there is an other.
Thank You.
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