I think it's fair to say that all religious, spiritual and contemplative practices
and traditions are also "dynamics" trying to zero in on the very same supernatural
reality.
And if that's true, we can look at the far simpler and less charged dynamic of:
Beauty, Truth and Love
to get a very personal and down to earth feel for the mystery of the very same dynamic.
That's the intention behind this website.
A sister site will explore the arts as a
spiritual perichoresis of beauty, truth and love
no less mysterious though very far from mystical.
Before getting into the site itself though, I want to present these texts as a
"prayer" of meditative points.
Whatever the components of the underlying dynamic of one's personal beliefs and faith may be,
what any of us are ultimately looking for is not to be running around in circles
but to be at rest.
At rest in the Eternal.
How do we know we're at rest?
When we feel no dischord.
When we're in perfect harmony within ourself,
amongst other selfs,
with all of creation
and with what's eternally beyond creation.
Isn't that what each of us yearn to gain by emptying ourselves to the source and grail of our
beliefs and traditions?
And isn't that what's granted us by the Eternal when we feel the radiation of
the Eternal's love the closer we come to perfecting our spheres of harmony?
Universal Version |
Christian Version |
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Thank you, O Eternal, for creating us with the promise of being assumed into eternal life as dancers and singers in the coming perichoresis of perfected harmony. - - - - - - - - Initially as individual cells drawn to the perichoresis by one's own love for Eternal Truth and Eternal Beauty. Thence bonded to the other cells by the love of the Eternal Spirit which also binds each cell to the head of the body; who could only have been a one-time human incarnation, fully expressing ... by living ... the Eternal Word, Truth and Light. - - - - - - - - As the cells mature they begin secreting individuated threads to be woven into the epidermal layer of the mystical body by the power of your Eternal Spirit. - - - - - - - - None of which occurs by decree, or by nature or by an accumulation of merits ... but only by an entirely free choice of the will as to whether; or not; and to what degree one's soul embraces your gifts, trials, graces and admonitions in the love of your Eternal Spirit. - - - - - - - - Interactions through which the one teacher, the entire embodiment of perfected harmony, leads us each individually and together corporately in the Perichoresis of Perfectible Harmony which energizes and animates the emerging mystical body of perfected harmony. - - - - - - - - A dance in which one's persona melts away, so that the true person may emerge in its sanctification as the perichoresis of perfectible harmony is glorified with perfection.
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Thank you Lord for creating us with the promise of being assumed into eternal life as members of the Body of Christ.
- - - - - - - - Initially as individual cells drawn to the body by one's own love for the Light, Truth, and Word of God. Thence bonded to the other cells by the love of the Holy Spirit which also binds each cell to the head of the body - Jesus; who was himself the incarnation of God's Word, Truth and Light. - - - - - - - - As the cells mature they begin secreting individuated threads to be woven into the epidermal layer of the mystical body by the power of the Holy Spirit. - - - - - - - - None of which occurs by decree, or by nature or by an accumulation of merits ... but only by an entirely free choice of the will as to whether; or not; and to what degree one's soul embraces your gifts, trials, graces and admonitions in the love of the Holy Spirit. - - - - - - - - Interactions through which the one teacher, the Christ, leads us each individually and together corporately in the Perichoresis of Perfectible Harmony which energizes and animates the Body of Christ. - - - - - - - - A dance in which one's persona melts away, so that the true person may emerge in its sanctification as the Body of Christ is glorified with perfected harmony. |
I wouldn't presume to attempt an Islamic or a Buddhist or Hindu or any other version
but would love to hear thoughts from people of other faiths --- including agnostics and atheists.
I can be contacted at rkarow @ panix.com