There is finally just One reality in the cosmos: the realm of mutual bliss dwelling between Mother Earth and Father Sky.

It is so easy to fall into a mentality where we think reality consists of living before people, with all of their agendas, judgments, and quirks, all of which correspond to the same problematic qualities dwelling within US. But I find that times of frustration with people - and with my own shortcomings - drive me to the realization that in reality, there are only THREE present in the world. These include Father Sky (God, the Great Beyond, Emptiness), Mother Earth (the Goddess, Gaia, the world of form-and-flow) and the human soul - residing in the middle between these other Two. Each person - including ourselves - is actually a variation on this place in the middle. But ultimately, when I'm finally left with just these three, I awaken to the fact that there is actually only the ONE: the realm of mutual love dwelling like a turquoise lake of bliss between the other Two. For both Mother Earth and Father Sky are actually, we might imagine, mirrors in which the reflections of Each Other occur without any Originals being present! For Each is forever emptied in ecstatic bliss into the middle realm - the place where WE live our lives, inhabited by this wonderful sense of mutuality that is Itself a living Presence - the ananda (bliss) of the Holy Spirit / Holy Soul.

Photo: Sky, peaks, Rose Crown wildflowers, and Lower Blue Lake in the middle; San Juan Range, CO; August 10, 2013

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