Sunday,
April 20, 2014
Happy
Easter! This is a day for real celebration because it’s the day of
Christ’s ascension, reminding us that death is an illusion and life is eternal. According to our cyclic traditions, Easter is
the only day we allow Jesus to come down off the cross. Tomorrow,
he goes right back up….
Isn’t it
interesting that we focus on the crucifixion and the suffering…over and over
the cycle repeats itself…year after year.
It’s been 2000 years and Jesus never gets off the cross…there’s never
one. last. time.
Does anyone
else hear Jesus weeping? Like many
teachers, he probably wonders if any of his students heard what he said. HELLO! I DIED FOR YOUR SINS! WHY WON’T YOU LET THEM GO? DID YOU HEAR WHAT I SAID? YOU’RE FREE!
AND BY THE WAY, I’M GETTING DOWN OFF THIS CROSS WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR
NOT! IF YOU WANT TO STAY HERE, FINE…BUT
I’M MOVING ON. SUFFERING IS SO YESTERDAY’S
NEWS. THERE’S A WHOLE NEW WORLD OF POSSIBLITY
AND LOVE TO EXPERIENCE. COME ALONG OR
NOT, IT’S TOTALLY UP TO YOU.
So how about
beginning a new cycle? How about making Easter
the starting point rather than the culmination before falling back to ground
zero? How about starting bare bones with
the concepts Jesus exemplified…compassion,
forgiveness, authenticity, acceptance, freedom, balance and love…and
releasing the old ideas of mandated suffering and martyrdom which no longer
serve humanity?
It seems to
me, there’s a whole new life to which Jesus (and others) was pointing. He wasn’t asking to be worshipped…he was role
modeling the way. He showed us our potential
as well as how to create “something different”.
After 2000 years of mulling it over…it seems we might be ready to be on
our way. Let’s free Jesus from the cross…and
celebrate Easter each and every day.
Happy
Easter!
Much love,
Karrie
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