We now have been meditating this week on the “I’m” sayings of Celtic prayer and poetry in addition to these of the Christ in John’s gospel so as to construct up the religious warrior in every of us as a godless fascism assaults our nation day by day on many fronts. The “I’m” motif is discovered within the East in addition to the West.
Within the Bhagavad Gita, we learn this litany of Divinity.
poem in Irish lore, set to music and
sung by DM workforce member Rosanna
Tufts. For the lyrics, see her
instrumental model.
I’m the Father and Mom of the world.
In historic days, I established it.
I’m what wants be recognized, what purifies.
Your means and aim, upholder, good friend, witness, dwelling, refuge, good friend.
The world’s origin, continuance and dissolution, abiding essence, seed.
I’m deathlessness and dying.
I’m all the world.
I’m the beginningless unborn, the Spirit of the world.
I’m the soul which dwells within the coronary heart of all issues.
Within the Gita we additionally discover the next poem:
O son of Kuni, I’m the style of water, the sunshine of the solar and the moon, the syllable om within the Vedic mantras; I’m the sound in ether and skill in man.
I’m the unique perfume of the earth, and I’m the warmth in hearth.
I’m the lifetime of all that lives and I’m the penances of all ascetics.
O son of Pritha, know that I’m the unique seed of all existences, the intelligence of the clever, and the powers of all highly effective males….
I’m, in a single sense, all the pieces, however I’m impartial. I’m not underneath the modes of fabric nature, for they, quite the opposite, are inside me….
I give warmth, and I withhold and ship forth the rain. I’m immortality, and I’m additionally dying personified. Each spirit and matter are in me.
Hildegard of Bingen gives this “I’m” poem.
God says: I’m the day unto myself,
Not fashioned by the solar, however quite, forming the solar, igniting it.
I’m the understanding not understood, however quite, permitting all
understanding, illuminating it.
I’m the one whose reward echoes on excessive.
I adorn all of the earth.
I’m the breeze that nurtures all issues inexperienced.
I encourage blossoms to flourish with ripening fruits.
I’m led by the spirit to feed the purest streams.
I’m the rain coming from the dew that causes the grasses to giggle with
the enjoyment of life.
I name forth tears, the aroma of holy work.
I’m the craving for good.
And Julian of Norwich gives her “I’m” poems.
Our Lord Jesus oftentimes stated:
‘This I’m.
This I’m.
I’m what you like.
I’m what you take pleasure in.
I’m what you serve.
I’m what you lengthy for.
I’m what you want.
I’m what you plan
I’m all that’s.
And once more:
God stated:
‘This I’m—the aptitude and goodness of the Fatherhood.
This I’m—the knowledge of the Motherhood.
This I’m—the sunshine and the grace that’s all love.
This I’m—the Trinity.
This I’m—the Unity.
I’m the sovereign goodness of all issues.
I’m what makes you like.
I’m what makes you lengthy and want.
This I’m—the countless fulfilling of all wishes.
Tailored from Matthew Fox, One River, Many Wells: Knowledge Springing from World Religion Traditions, pp. 174f., 180f.
See additionally: Fox, Julian of Norwich: Knowledge in a Time of Pandemic—and Past, pp. 100-107.
See additionally: Fox, Hildegard of Bingen: A Saint For Our Occasions.
And Fox, Trump & The MAGA Motion as Anti-Christ, pp. 51-84.
And Fox, Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh: Reworking Evil in Soul and Society.
And Fox, “Non secular Warriorhood,” in Fox, One River, Many Wells: Knowledge Springing from World Faiths, pp. 404-422.
Banner Picture: Cosmic oneness. Picture by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay.
Queries for Contemplation
Spend time meditating on a number of of the statements in a number of of those “I’m” poems. For instance: “I’m what you serve.” Dwell on that, be with that fact. What depths does that meditation take you to? Do you’re feeling stronger for the battles forward in combatting antichrist energies swirling round us?
Advisable Studying
One River, Many Wells: Knowledge Springing from World Faiths
Matthew Fox calls on all of the world traditions for his or her knowledge and their inspiration in a piece that’s excess of an inventory of theological place papers however a brand new approach to pray—to meditate in a world religious context on the knowledge all our traditions share. Fox chooses 18 themes which can be foundational to any spirituality and demonstrates how all of the world religious traditions supply knowledge about every.“Studying One River, Many Wells is like getting into the wealthy silence of a masterfully directed retreat. As you learn this textual content, you replicate, you pray, you embrace Divinity. Really no phrases can absolutely categorical my respect and awe for this magnificent contribution to modern spirituality.” –Caroline Myss, creator of Anatomy of the Spirit
Julian of Norwich: Knowledge in a Time of Pandemic–and Past
Julian of Norwich lived by the dreadful bubonic plague that killed near 50% of Europeans. Being an anchoress, she ‘sheltered in place’ and developed a deep knowledge that she shared in her ebook, Showings, which was the primary ebook in English by a girl. A theologian means forward of her time, Julian develops a feminist understanding of God as mom on the coronary heart of nature’s goodness. Fox shares her teachings on this highly effective and well timed and provoking ebook.
“What an completely magnificent ebook. The work of Julian of Norwich, lovingly supported by the genius of Matthew Fox, is a roadmap into the guts of the eco-spiritual fact that every one life breathes collectively.” –Caroline Myss
Now additionally accessible as an audiobook HERE.
Matthew Fox writes in Hildegard of Bingen about this wonderful lady and what we are able to be taught from her.
In an period when girls have been marginalized, Hildegard was an outspoken, controversial determine. But so visionary was her perception that she was sought out by kings, popes, abbots, and bishops for recommendation.
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Trump & The MAGA Motion as Anti-Christ: A Handbook for the 2024 Election
Matthew Fox tells us that he had at all times shied away from utilizing the time period “Anti-Christ” as a result of it was so usually used to unfold management and concern. Nevertheless, given at present’s rise of authoritarianism and forces of democracide, ecocide, and christofascism, he turns the tables on this ebook using the archetype for the reason for justice, democracy, and a renewed Earth and humanity.
From the Foreword: If there was ever a time, a second, for inspecting the archetype of the Antichrist, it’s now…Learn this ebook with an open thoughts. Good and evil are actual forces in our world. ~~ Caroline Myss, creator of Anatomy of the Spirit and Conversations with the Divine.
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Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh: Reworking Evil in Soul and Society
Visionary theologian and best-selling creator Matthew Fox gives a brand new theology of evil that basically adjustments the normal notion of fine and evil and factors the way in which to a extra enlightened remedy of ourselves, each other, and all of nature. In evaluating the Jap custom of the 7 chakras to the Western custom of the 7 capital sins, Fox permits us to suppose creatively about our capability for private and institutional evil and what we are able to do about them.
“A scholarly masterpiece embodying a greater imaginative and prescient and depth of notion far past the grasp of anyone single science. A breath-taking evaluation.” — Diarmuid O’Murchu, creator of Quantum Theology: Non secular Implications of the New Physics
