The Continual Outpouring of Divine Love
We sit here, silently observing the world around us, bearing witness to the pain and turmoil that seems to engulf our present existence. Political corruption, ecological devastation, wars between nations and conflicts arising from hatred – these ugly manifestations reveal a deep-seated dis-ease afflicting humanity. At the core lies a profound and painful sense of disconnection – from the Divine, from ourselves and our very beings, from one another, and from this world we inhabit. This fourfold isolation plunges our species into destructive behaviors and mental anguish.
Yet, there are those among us who have discovered that the Infinite Flow of the Trinity offers a path to reconnection – a grounded, felt experience that promises to mend the rifts we face. For the Trinity overcomes the foundational philosophical dilemma of "the One and the Many," allowing us to reconcile connection and distinction. Three autonomous Persons, united in perfect communion through an Infinite Love, provide a model for embracing diversity while achieving unity – the great work of the Spirit.
The Trinity teaches us that God does not demand uniformity, but rather celebrates diversity through the boundless embrace of love. Uniformity is mere conformity to law and custom, while true spiritual unity protects and cherishes the richness of our differences. This is a lesson our politics and superficial religions have yet to fully comprehend, still grappling with the dichotomy of connection and separation.
The Trinity is about relationship, about connection. We know it not through rigid doctrine, but through experiencing the flow itself, which dissolves our sense of disconnection. The principle of one breeds loneliness, the principle of two fosters opposition and exclusion, but the principle of three is inherently dynamic and generative. The Trinity was designed to undercut dualistic thinking, yet Christianity itself has shelved this profound truth, bound by theologies ill-equipped to process its depths.
God is not a being among beings, but the very Ground of Being itself, flowing through all existence. God "is the one in whom we live and move and have our being." The God revealed by Jesus is an unhindered dialogue, a positive and inclusive flow, a waterwheel of outpouring love that never ceases. Our sense of disconnection is but an illusion, for nothing can truly obstruct the continual outpouring of divine love. God's love will triumph in the end, for love does not lose, nor does God lose. That is the very essence of what it means to be God!
(adopted from: Cynthia Bourgeault, The Holy Trinity and the Law of Three; Bonaventure, The Soul’s Journey into God; Richard Rohr, The Divine Dance)