Two mirrors face each other; one on the horizon - playing as the realm of the sacred masculine,
and the other on the earth - playing as the domain of the divine feminine;
And WE are in the middle.
Looking into the earthly mirror, we discover the reflected image of an attractive masculine presence - GOD
walking from the horizon toward the earth.
But when we turn around and face the horizon in an attempt to look directly at him,
we see no-One!
Similarly, when we gaze into the second mirror, the one on the horizon,
we discover the reflected image of an attractive feminine presence - the GODDESS - walking from the earth toward the horizon.
But when we turn around and face the earth in an attempt to look directly at her,
we - once again - see no-One!
Then, it dawns on us: God and Goddess, masculine and feminine identities
both exist and non-exist
As mirror-images appearing in the play of daily life,
they do indeed exist. We can know them, love them, adore them,
theologize about them
But the solid, self-subsisting Originals that would seem to be the source of those images
somehow do not exist, emptying as they do - through humility, bliss and love
into the space in between
How amazing! If there were no masculine and feminine essences
appearing as images in the mirror
we could never have the sense of surprise that occurs
when the two suddenly shapeshift into one another,
and . . .
when the Original solid selves on which those reflections would seem to be based
eventually reveal themselves
as having eternally
disappeared!
Photo: Reflections of the peaks in Forest Canyon Pass ponds, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, June 26, 2015. Here, it seems there are two sets of mirror-images, but no originals!
we discover the reflected image of an attractive feminine presence - the GODDESS - walking from the earth toward the horizon.
But when we turn around and face the earth in an attempt to look directly at her,
we - once again - see no-One!
Then, it dawns on us: God and Goddess, masculine and feminine identities
both exist and non-exist
As mirror-images appearing in the play of daily life,
they do indeed exist. We can know them, love them, adore them,
theologize about them
But the solid, self-subsisting Originals that would seem to be the source of those images
somehow do not exist, emptying as they do - through humility, bliss and love
into the space in between
How amazing! If there were no masculine and feminine essences
appearing as images in the mirror
we could never have the sense of surprise that occurs
when the two suddenly shapeshift into one another,
and . . .
when the Original solid selves on which those reflections would seem to be based
eventually reveal themselves
as having eternally
disappeared!
Photo: Reflections of the peaks in Forest Canyon Pass ponds, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, June 26, 2015. Here, it seems there are two sets of mirror-images, but no originals!
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