The Key
"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters."
— Genesis 1:1-2 KJV
"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."
— Genesis 1:27 KJV
The Reflection of Time
"For God, the beginning, the end, and the creation of man are the same moment in an Eternal Presence."
Time is the Mercy of God. It is the buffer that prevents us from being consumed by the immediate fire of the Absolute before we are ready to contain it. It allows for Grace because it gives the soul room to turn around. Without the "buffer" of time, every mistake would be a permanent, instantaneous crystallization.
In our material world time is linear and is measured by the time it takes to travel the distance. We experience our lives through the past, present and future of our existence. Since we do not exist in the Eternal Now of the Divine Mind, but under the hushed weight of time, we are called to contemplate our relationship with the Divine, within this shadow of succession.
The Tree of Life
The Origin
We experience the Mother-Father, through the lens of the past as the Infinite Womb and Active Spark who, in the Beginning, spoke the Heavens and the Earth into being and then 'Rested'.
When we gaze into the night sky we are actually witnessing the past unfolding. When we look up at the stars, we are taking part in the expansion of the "First Thought" still traveling through the void.
We are living in the unwinding of an act that has already happened. We are witnessing the reflection of the Love that created us.
The Seed
In Jesus Christ's name, the Word and Grace of God, both human and divine, we experience the Ever Present — our Lord and Savior who walks the path with us. This anointed time is the sacred space where the Heaven greets the Earth with the promise of Eternal Life, and where God's Love is seated within us. It is the source of our outpouring of love for one another. It is the image of God's Love and the offer of forgiveness.
The Fruit
Sophia Wisdom or the Holy Spirit and the Holy Ghost is how we imagine the future. The Holy Spirit as the deep well of intuitive knowing, guiding us toward the light. The Holy Ghost as the spirit of truth, recalling the teachings of Jesus, so that we might remember the Way. It brings wisdom and understanding to the word. Beyond the memory of where we came from, or the image where love abides, it is the recollection of who we are becoming and the vision of our ultimate unfolding. It is the Love that awakens us to the Truth.
The Garden
The Garden is where we walk with God.
The Garden is the sacred geography of our relationships. It is the nexus where the horizontal axis of our journey meets the vertical axis of the Divine. It is the hallowed ground where two or more are gathered in the name of the Truth. It is the dedicated space where the Infinite Mind is translated into finite acts of love, kindness, patience, and understanding. It is the fertile soil where the Seeds, planted by the Word of God, take root.