“And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them”
(Jeremiah 23:4)
“For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.”
(Psalms 91:11)
The cross is an intersection of the above - below (vertical) and the past - future (horizontal). We are both on the cross and we ARE the cross, our heart at the intersection.
The horizontal is the plane of history, the endless treadmill upon which we walk our daily walk, the future coming at us and the past receding while we appear to stay at more or less the same position. The horizontal is the realm of society, of governments, of politics, of wars, and of trying to “get somewhere.”
The vertical is the realm of infusion of energies, of radiance which downloads and uploads from our Source; a radiance which not only calls us into being but which contains powerful information which we can receive according to our capacity for reception.
It is in this vertical realm that the “shepherds” and the “angels” dwell, energetic spheres of radiance proceeding from the Source of all Being, ever ready to feed us, to keep us in all our ways. Always ready to spring forth our independent two-year-old, we squirm away announcing we would rather do it ourselves. The perhaps startling news is that this is our self, our higher, wider, deeper self which, as long as we insist upon the exclusive reality of the horizontal world, we refuse to claim.
Each of us has an angel or a heavenly twin. “Has” is not the correct word. We “are” this heavenly earthly being. The angel of our being is in direct resonance with the Source of all Being. When this conduit is open, we are the Source sourcing.
A stepdown of energies occurs from realm to realm (the Kabbalah and Jacob’s Ladder are relevant here for imagery and depiction) so we don’t get fried to a crisp. (A fail safe mechanism also exists here: we cannot receive beyond our capacity to receive. And most of us are too stubborn to allow much.)
And what is the upshot of all this? Here is the entirety of the Jeremiah verse: “And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the Lord.”
Not too shabby. How does one access the vertical realm? By taking time to deliberately get off the horizontal treadmill. Find or create a quiet space and walk or sit, relax, breathe, and open. Your capacity to receive will enlarge.
(Jeremiah 23:4)
“For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.”
(Psalms 91:11)
The cross is an intersection of the above - below (vertical) and the past - future (horizontal). We are both on the cross and we ARE the cross, our heart at the intersection.
The horizontal is the plane of history, the endless treadmill upon which we walk our daily walk, the future coming at us and the past receding while we appear to stay at more or less the same position. The horizontal is the realm of society, of governments, of politics, of wars, and of trying to “get somewhere.”
The vertical is the realm of infusion of energies, of radiance which downloads and uploads from our Source; a radiance which not only calls us into being but which contains powerful information which we can receive according to our capacity for reception.
It is in this vertical realm that the “shepherds” and the “angels” dwell, energetic spheres of radiance proceeding from the Source of all Being, ever ready to feed us, to keep us in all our ways. Always ready to spring forth our independent two-year-old, we squirm away announcing we would rather do it ourselves. The perhaps startling news is that this is our self, our higher, wider, deeper self which, as long as we insist upon the exclusive reality of the horizontal world, we refuse to claim.
Each of us has an angel or a heavenly twin. “Has” is not the correct word. We “are” this heavenly earthly being. The angel of our being is in direct resonance with the Source of all Being. When this conduit is open, we are the Source sourcing.
A stepdown of energies occurs from realm to realm (the Kabbalah and Jacob’s Ladder are relevant here for imagery and depiction) so we don’t get fried to a crisp. (A fail safe mechanism also exists here: we cannot receive beyond our capacity to receive. And most of us are too stubborn to allow much.)
And what is the upshot of all this? Here is the entirety of the Jeremiah verse: “And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the Lord.”
Not too shabby. How does one access the vertical realm? By taking time to deliberately get off the horizontal treadmill. Find or create a quiet space and walk or sit, relax, breathe, and open. Your capacity to receive will enlarge.
Thanks George..needed that one today.
ReplyDeleteNice, George. Thanks for the reminder. --Steve
ReplyDeleteThanks for the re-introduction, my traveling companion. How quickly I forget sometimes. Opening my heart a little wider now, expanding capacity for allowing what's unfolding this moment as I remain at my center.
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