A Lenten Message

A Lenten Message

2000 years of theology and science
 double down on assumed separation..
The assumption lies in hiding 
prescribing limits and locations..
Worshipful observing and measuring
lodges us in an imprisoning body..
A crisis arises when it is found
we cannot locate this body or prison..
Of a sudden a veil is removed and
separation melts as ice in warm water..
Yet now we can celebrate separation
with a body finally set free..
The cave is empty and we are not
the person we assumed we were
destined to be...
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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