TRUDGING THE ROAD

A human being is part of the whole, called by us 'universe,' a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the rest -- a kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. -- Albert Einstein

In Paul’s letter to the Colossians we have the premier texts of the evolving concepts of the Cosmic Christ: “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation” (Colossians1:15). Did you get that? The firstborn of all creation! So what happened in him, and what it means to be born again, is to be born into this new experience. He was the firstborn and we are the second-born. “For in him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth” (Colossians1:16). Here we have the Cosmic Christ. He is not just saving “human beings.” But all of Creation is included—Earth, birds, and animals, too. Now we have a truly Cosmic Christ. Now we have a notion of salvation that includes everybody and everything that exists on this planet. Finally history coheres and “in him all things hold together” (Colossians1:17) – Fr Richard Rohr, “Daily Meditations,” July 1, 2013

To me, these two separate quotes say in essence the same thing...Einstein, from the material world; Rohr's quote of Paul, from the spiritual world. They both state quite clearly, to me at any rate, that there is only one mind, one world, one concept, One...and as long as we chose to live in our own idea of me AND you, right AND wrong, good AND bad, we will live in our own world of resistance to reality.

When I say they both state quite clearly to me, I do not mean I therefore walk, talk, eat and breath that which I can understand "quite clearly." No...I can understand from my eyebrows up. The walking it, the as-I-breath consciousness is slooow slogging...but I give myself points that I'm heading in the right direction, "trudging the road of happy destiny."

Thank You.