Dear All of Us,
I see it and say it
every week
as we connect
here at
frankly speaking:
"Dear All of Us."
Lots of us
from lots of lands.
All of us
definitely different
and
dearly the same.
It's one of those
"Stange but true"
phenomenon in life.
We can't "Go figure."
There's nowhere to go,
much less a way
to figure it out.
It's a paradox:
a contradiction
that really isn't.
Hummmm!!??
It's a twin reality to
the saying that
"The more things
are different
the more they are
the same."
For sure that puzzles
our heads, our hearts,
our lives, our world.
How thrive living
the paradox
that all is
Differently The Same?
All that "is"
springs from
the same source
splendidly different.
Every "is" is a flow of
ex -" IS " - tence.
All that is
Same Source Sprung
is at once both
its' unique self
and at the same time
an instance,
of the
Source.
All is One
uniquely, differently.
With and within
all that is there is a
Holy Communion.
Every "is"
is
a moment,
a motion
a manifestation
of what "is"
as different as it may be -
gamma rays, babies, spaghetti,
websites, rainforests, puppies,
Yellow Tail's Big Bold Red wine
FYI: inexpensive, robust,
all together worthy -
I speak from
personal preference -
hey, after all, this is
"spirit uality for the street"-
thought we could use
a little let up here!
Well, O.K. and now back to
Source Same Differently
Scientists recognize
the oneness of all
in its differences,
starting with
one mighty
Big Bang
of energy
that bursts forth in
in countless
energies and forms
through what we call
time and space,
and still spins so.
The mystics see it so.
They sense
an underlying
Oneness
in all
Realty.
As we see and sense
that all is
Sourced
Differently The Same
we are freed to delight in,
to lovingly embrace
and be embraced by
all sorts of unique
cuisines and cultures,
places and persuasions,
religions and rituals,
schooling and socializing,
topographies,
music and art,
bio diversities,
animals,
to name a few
of all that
" IS "
"Other"
is not a threat.
"Other"
is
Us Unique.
Yes, there is sadly
The Problem of Evil,
"Other"
that
threatens
and
devastates.
We don't know
the whole story.
We do know that
Love is the Energy Field
of
ex "IS " tence
and of its nature
Love is free,
free for acceptance,
free for rejection,
free for pure creative unity,
free to be perverted destructive.
The only response
to negative
"Other"
is to hold to the good
(as in God)
is to flood evil with good.
See Jesus on Calvery.
See MLK.
See First Responders.
See Foster Parents.
See Fire Personnel.
See Media Truth Tellers.
See a Principled Politician.
See Prophetic Pastors.
See Adults In Parent Care.
See Many Social Justice Groups.
See Creation Care Givers.
For our part
we are in LOVE,
we wouldn't dream
of harming our
Source Same
differently expressed.
To do so would be
to harm ourselves
and that which we love.
That's the key to peace.
Peace is the
tranquility of order.
It's the harmony
of the spheres,
social to celestial.
That's the ground
and energy for
Beloved Community.
That blends all energies
cooperatively creative.
Love is in free flow.
That Love, that Energy,
that Flow, that Mystery,
that Source,
that Goodness
we call
God
and
"God is love."
1 John 4:8
We can fathom
the paradox of
Differently the Same
only a smidgen.
We can be it, live it
endlessly,
happily.
As the Buddhists share it,
we
interare
How wonderful that
you get to be you,
that Other gets to be unique,
that we get to be Us!
How divine to be
infinitely more than just
next-door neighbors.
John Frank
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GOODREADS
Women, Earth, and Creator Spirit,
Elizabeth A. Johnson
2022 edition
Paulist Press
Laudato Si - Praise Be to You:
Care for Our Common Home
Pope Francis
2015
Amzon.com
Each beautifully and variously
treats the theme of
Unity in Diversity
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WELCOME
One and all.
Better,
WELCOME
All In ONE
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May we meet and love
THE SOURCE
in
ALL
that we encounter.
Jesus names and offers it,
The Kin Domain Of God.
We get to delight being
ONE
DIFFERENTLY THE SAME
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See you next week
and
eventually forever.
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