I come from the One who is Openness.

"I come from the One who is Openness . . . When disciples are open, they are filled with light. When they are divided, they are filled with darkness."

Jesus,
"The Gospel of Thomas" 

Photo: Pasqueflowers opening, with Greyrock in the background, Roosevelt National Forest, CO, March 30, 2015

Come into being as you pass away.

"Come into being as you pass away."

Jesus,
"Gospel of Thomas"

Happy Easter!

Photos: Pasqueflowers blooming in the Hewlett Burn, Roosevelt National Forest, CO, April 4, 2015

Come into being as you pass away.

 

"Come into being as you pass away."

Jesus,
Gospel of Thomas

Evening-Primrose blossoms often last only a day or two, but they are extremely fragrant. To me they are a supreme embodiment of the principle that each and every moment is like a fireworks explosion: in the very instant when the display is most intense, it is also in the process of disintegrating. In fact, the appearance of things IS their disintegration.

Photo: Pale Evening-Primroses, with the North Window in the background; Arches National Park, UT; May 4, 2014

Godliness is Openness

 

"I come from the One who is Openness . . . When disciples are open, they are filled with light. When they are divided, they are filled with darkness."

Jesus,
The Gospel of Thomas

Photo: Glowing Pasqueflower, Hewlett Gulch, Roosevelt National Forest, CO; April 1, 2014

Jesus said: "Split a piece of wood: I am there."

 

"Jesus said: 'It is I who am the light that presides over all. It is I who am the entirety: it is from me that the entirety has come, and to me that the entirety goes. Split a piece of wood: I am there. Lift a stone, and you will find me there.' "

Gospel of Thomas 

Photo: Weathered Limber Pine trunk, with Emerald Lake and rock spires in the background; Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; February 3, 2014

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Come into being as you pass away.

These Douglas-fir trees were burned in the High Park Fire this past summer, leaving the needles singed and the bark blackened.  Now, the needles of the dying trees are turning a bright red, contrasting beautifully with the blackened trees.  For me, these stunning needles illustrate a process that occurs each and every moment of our lives.  Here, the appearance of each event and each creature within our experience is like a fireworks display, exploding into vibrant appearance in the very moment when it is simultaneously dissipating and dying away, only to reappear out of the pregnant spaciousness of divine love in the very next moment, and then dying away again in the next. This process of simultaneous rebirth and death appears all through our lives, embodying the vibrant and paradoxical magic of life. When we consciously embrace this process, we are following the injunction of Jesus in the Gospel of Thomas: "Come into being as you pass away."  May all of us realize and practice this insight with increasing depth.

Photo:  High Park Burn, Young Gulch, Poudre Canyon, CO; January 7, 2012