Unity
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Advice in Eden
God saysto first woman,first man,"Go makehot-spicy,sweet-stickylove.Lose your imagined selvesin delirious merging.This wondrous onenessis me." Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Dream
And as I dreamed,my skin dissolvedand I expanded,spread outward,a being of refracted lightsurrounded by beings of refracted light,no longer divided entitiesbut all part of a greater, glittering, interconnected whole. I knew my separate selfas illusion,and this wondrous, webbed oneness as life, … Continue reading
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Embrace!
Observe how widethe arms of Godopen. Look again:we areGod's arms! Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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The One
If God exists,and God is All in All,then nothing that existsis not God. All faithsare expression of this One God,and all existwithin the wholenessof this All-EncompassingOne. Whatever differences we perceive(and we do perceive differences)–they will one day be seenas they… Continue reading
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Catku
Cat sleeps around cat.Sable bodies become one–union, no pretense. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Our Unknowing
We have more in common,you and I,in our shared unknowingthan in our shared knowing. We could stand on the stable foundationof compacted, unanswered questions,but seem inclinedto stand separately, defiantly,each on her or his slender towerof "reliable, proven, God-given" answers,not realizing… Continue reading
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On to Celebration
Now is the time for celebration–yes, we have experienced loss,but we are not diminished. We have joined unsteady handsand pulled each other through. If not stronger, we are wiser,having found life in death,hope in sadness,God in one another. Yes,now it… Continue reading
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The Truth Beyond
Jesus did not point to himself.Jesus pointed to the Truth beyond himself.Don't get stuck with making Jesus the sum and total of your faith.This is not what he wants,not according to the gospels. Don't get stuck,if you are of… Continue reading
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February 14
St. Valentine stopped by to say,"While I am flattered by this day,instead of candy, flowers, cardsand golden chain bought by the yard all funneled to one gal or guy[and here he paused, released a sigh]extend that love to all mankind–that's really what… Continue reading
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Child of God
Jesus stands before the crowd.I wonder what he sees.We are, after all, a diverse lot: Jew, Christian, Muslim, atheist… man, woman, transgendered… gay, straight, questioning… believers, doubters, skeptics, seekers… He reads my mindand begins to pointto… Continue reading