Here we are 31 days later, our journey into the teachings of Eckhart have reached the last station of the is voyage. This will not be my only trip with Eckhart, but for now there are other destinations to consider and study but I am confident I will return to him again in the future. This journey has been at a relatively high speed in order to travel as far as necessary to understand the scope of his teaching but I will no doubt make other other trips, branched off the mainline at much slower speed for there is so much to take in. For now, it is time to let what I have seen and experienced rest and settle into deeper levels of thought and awareness. Much has been gained, much learned and much more promised.
Again we come back to trees. The sand cherry tree that defines the view out my front window is silent, the remnants of the leaves and fruit of the year withered and crackled. The tree has seasons and we measure our days to the seasons of the tree. What has been produced is now stored away or spent. The cherries have dried and toughened but will hang tight to the tree through the darkness of winter and offer sustenance to the squirrels and magpies that live in my yard. Come spring flittering, skittering flocks of waxwings will invade and nearly pick the tree clean creating room for a new crop which will soon bloom and grow into purple fruit.
Again we come back to trees. The sand cherry tree that defines the view out my front window is silent, the remnants of the leaves and fruit of the year withered and crackled. The tree has seasons and we measure our days to the seasons of the tree. What has been produced is now stored away or spent. The cherries have dried and toughened but will hang tight to the tree through the darkness of winter and offer sustenance to the squirrels and magpies that live in my yard. Come spring flittering, skittering flocks of waxwings will invade and nearly pick the tree clean creating room for a new crop which will soon bloom and grow into purple fruit.
My life, for now, is tied to my cherry tree and as I watch a squirrel racing up and down the branches, there comes a sense of hope I might become an intelligent and hardworking farmers whose job is to raise the seed to thrive and grow up to God’s plan, regardless of what kind of seed I have been given to raise. What beautiful imagery, we will be rewarded with a fruit that bears true life, God fruit from God seed.
Amen, amen.
The overriding principle we have learned over the last 31 days is that God exists and we exist in him. We are called to narrow our focus to and to reduce that which distracts us so we can create the space in our souls where our God Sense will increase and our self sense will diminish.
What I have learned that is most wonderful is that we know God best by knowing his love and our best name for him is compassion.
Amen, amen again.
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