Epiphany

revelation of light

The Dove finally nested in my heart and I began to see
through the light in its eyes and my whole world changed
as it remained appearing the same
And the everlasting promise of Love unfurled its wings within my Spirit
and the everliving wisdom took flight in me
And my voice began to coo an old mating call
drawing near the long sought beloved to my bosom
and I opened myself with the passion of morning's song
and poured forth the silent night that birthed me
and feasted upon the one and only everything
And Peace became my name

Blessed Epiphany. Whether or not you believe in a God or the wisdoms and life of Jesus Christ, you live in a collective story that is enveloped by the mystical wonderings of the light within all living things. These stories are so woven into our DNA, that at close you look, one can clearly see how they influence our daily motivations whether we are an atheist in resistance- a total bah humbug- or a Bhakti crying in blissful revelation at the feet of the divine.

Today is a day celebrated for the embodiment of peace and the blessing of everlasting life that came to usher humanity toward the inescapable truth of oneness with the Divine. The wisdom that we are of one body, God’s body. (You can look up Epiphany if you want know the story of the Magi and their blessings upon baby Jesus proclaiming him the Messiah- I am not a theologian or giving a sermon here)

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~One year ago on Christmas Eve, alone, on my back in fear, barely able to walk, I got a nudge to seek out a yule tide blessing/candle lighting celebration at some church. I was hesitant, and still am in many ways as I will run for the hills if someone tries to recruit me or tell me that I need some man in a robe or some dogmatic set of rituals to connect with Jesus or God.

I landed at the Unity church with reverend Pam and that nudge I followed lit a light in my heart that began to awaken a long lost connection to Christ I didn’t know I had been missing. I have been steady attending church service every Sunday learning about the life of Christ through the Unity lens, as it weaves into many other world religions and spiritual traditions.

This journey for me is very personal. What I can say is that my connection with Christ is not separate from any path I have walked. In fact this relationship has been what was beckoning me within my devotion for my dear Amma, Mother Earth, and the sacred traditions that hold a return to union with all Life at their center.

I have become more expansive in my vision of God, and more whole in my being, as I again (as these conditionings are woven deep) lay down all ideas of sin and a one path to Love - AND YET!- he is the light and the way.

The reason I share this today is because if you stop, put your hand to your heart and usher the name Christ, or simply envision a light so soft that your whole body surrenders to a forgotten innocence within you- you can access that place forever loved and touched by Love, the place within that holds the ever burning candle of peace. The epiphany is within you.

There was a man who spoke of these things. He was killed for it as many have been. But he, that wisdom and that light cannot be destroyed. This is more of who you are than anything- because it is all of who you are.

Blessed be.