Heal the Unconscious
The starting place is human suffering—not human sinfulness—and God’s identification with that suffering. Christ is universal and also deeply personal. The incarnation is manifested everywhere. Creation itself is our cathedral. The whole world is our cloister. And we should prefer the bottom of society to the top. Practical truth is more likely found at the bottom and the edges than at the top or the center of most groups, institutions, and cultures. How do we work from the inside and without oppositional energy? The best criticism of the bad is the practice of the better. Oppositional energy only creates more of the same. Our lifestyle scriptures become taking nothing for your journey, eat what is set before you, work for your wages, wear no shoes. This is the very marrow of the good news, although it is still revolutionary thinking for many people. Yes, it is difficult to be humble and poor and to enter into pure and simple imitation of Jesus. We must learn that we live ourselves into new ways of thinking. It is the only way to heal the unconscious where all our hurts and motives lie hidden and disguised.
May the recognition of the divine in human suffering guide our paths,
as we embrace the universal and deeply personal presence
of Christ in every corner of existence.
In the cathedral of creation, let the entire world be our cloister,
and may our journey lead us to the bottom of society,
where the practical truth flourishes,
shaping a revolutionary way of living and thinking.
In the symphony of existence, let human suffering be our first note, Not the discord of sin, but the melody of shared pain. God's presence echoes in the ache, in the tear-stained faces of humanity. Christ, universal and intimately near, The incarnation, a tapestry woven in every breath, A cathedral of creation, where the divine whispers in every rustling leaf. Our cloister, the vast expanse of the world, A call to descend, to the bottom of society's hierarchy, Where practical truth, unadorned and raw, finds its dwelling. Amidst the clamor of opposition, a question lingers, How do we work from within, avoiding the futile dance of counterforce? The answer, perhaps, lies in the quiet revolution of practicing the better. Lifestyle scriptures etched in simplicity, Take nothing for your journey, eat what is set before you, Work for your wages, walk barefoot on the soil of humility. The marrow of good news, a revolutionary whisper, A call to the difficult path of humility and poverty, An invitation to embody the essence of Jesus in pure, simple imitation. Live into new ways of thinking, for in that transformation lies healing, An unraveling of the unconscious, where hurts and motives reside, Hidden and disguised until the light of self-awareness gently reveals. In this tapestry of existence, may we find the threads of compassion, Weaving a narrative of love, humility, and shared humanity.