Maybe it is you who are suffering.
In Jewish homes, on the first night of the holiday, the Passover Seder dinner is, among other things, also a recognition, an affirmation that although we are free, not all people are free. The Jewish world, during this holy season, looks forward to a time when all humanity will be saved from suffering of every kind: poverty, violence, climate instability, social inequities, discrimination, corruption, injustice, and other troubles that imprison us.
In our tradition, it would be similar to affirming and accepting in consciousness that we are free, while at the same time we have work to do. We are free in Spirit, and the journey of embracing freedom for all continues. Let us use our spiritual freedom to pass over and pass through, limiting social constructs that keep people from thriving, and let us not rest until every person is free.
In ancient times, Jews celebrated the holy day by sacrificing a lamb near the Temple in Jerusalem and then eating it during Passover's first night. For Christians, Jesus became a symbol of that sacrificed lamb-- the lamb of God, who takes away the errors of the world.... on condition, the story goes, that we accept in our hearts and believe the spiritual truth of oneness that Jesus represented.
This is why he was known as The Christ, the anointed one, the one who saw no difference between himself and the Power that created him and that created you and me. And from that knowing, he taught us to trust that our lives were part of an eternal and ever-renewing holy journey called life.
However, you believe, may your day be filled with holiness, wholeness, and revelations.
In our tradition, it would be similar to affirming and accepting in consciousness that we are free, while at the same time we have work to do. We are free in Spirit, and the journey of embracing freedom for all continues. Let us use our spiritual freedom to pass over and pass through, limiting social constructs that keep people from thriving, and let us not rest until every person is free.
In ancient times, Jews celebrated the holy day by sacrificing a lamb near the Temple in Jerusalem and then eating it during Passover's first night. For Christians, Jesus became a symbol of that sacrificed lamb-- the lamb of God, who takes away the errors of the world.... on condition, the story goes, that we accept in our hearts and believe the spiritual truth of oneness that Jesus represented.
This is why he was known as The Christ, the anointed one, the one who saw no difference between himself and the Power that created him and that created you and me. And from that knowing, he taught us to trust that our lives were part of an eternal and ever-renewing holy journey called life.
However, you believe, may your day be filled with holiness, wholeness, and revelations.
Dr. Edward Viljoen
Thank you for this reminder of the spirit of the season. Easter blessings to you, Edward.
ReplyDeleteAmen. He saw no separation, he forgave his persecutors unto his last breath, and new life sprung.
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Amen. He saw no separation. He forgave those who hurt him. He endured steadfast. He raised with new power after His Mortal coil ceased to be. There is no meaning in a dead Christ, only in a risen Christ.
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