Spiritual revelation is always fresh and new, like a continually moving stream of ever-evolving wisdom. Jesus called it "rivers of living water." Here, insight comes in waves of revelation which arrive and then move on to reveal other insights. Generally, the impulse of religion is to freeze that river of revelation, allowing us to examine the new insights from various angles with a calm, radiant mind. However, we are then meant to allow the Spring sunshine of Divine Light to melt the frozen waves of accumulated theological truth, enabling them to flow and evolve into fresh insight once more, until the next winter of reflection arrives. It is this sort of cycle that makes for a healthy spiritual life.
Photo: "Frozen waves" on Dream Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; February 24, 2014
Photo: "Frozen waves" on Dream Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; February 24, 2014
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