[Propertalk] meditations on the Resurrection

[Ann Fontaine]

http://www.edgeofenclosure.org/mysticaljourney/resurrectionb.html

Meditation One

the seed quickens in countless hearts


Christ was in the tomb; the whole world was sown with the seed of  
Christ’s life; that which happened thirty years ago in the womb of the  
Virgin Mother was happening now, but now it was happening yet more  
secretly, yet more mysteriously, in the womb of the whole world.   
Christ had already told those who flocked to hear Him preach that the  
seed must fall into the earth, or else remain by itself alone.  Now  
the seed of His life was hidden in darkness in order that His life  
should quicken in countless hearts, over and over again for all time.   
His burial, which seemed to be the end, was the beginning.  It was the  
beginning of Christ-life in multitudes of souls.  It was the  
beginning, too, of the renewal of Christ’s life in countless souls.   
Caryll Houselander 1901-1954

In this world sow seeds of righteousness, and in the Resurrection  
gather them in. - Ephraem the Syrian c.306-373
Meditation Two

conscious stardust

Just as seed, existing formlessly in the beginning, is shaped into a  
design and increases in bulk, prepared as it is by the indescribable  
skill of God, so too it is not at all absurd but entirely consistent  
that the material enclosed in tombs and which was once possessed of  
shape should be restored anew to its ancient structure, and dust  
became man again in the same way that man originally took his birth  
from dust.  -Gregory of Nyssa c.335-394

As I sit on this porch, … I have been brought to this morning by a  
process that began billions of years ago; I am an amalgamation of  
stardust that has miraculously been made aware; I am cradled in the  
hands of God; I am part of the living, conscious expression of the  
Infinite.    John McQuiston II - Finding Time for the Timeless p.101-2



Meditation Three

teeming world gives birth

  On every side is clamour and tumult, in every
    street are candles and torches,

For to-night the teeming world gives birth to the

    World Everlasting.

Thou wert dust and art spirit, thou wert ignorant

    and art wise.

He who has led thee thus far will lead thee

    further also.

How pleasant are the pains He makes thee suffer

    while He gently draws thee to Himself!


The Day of Resurrection

-Rumi 1207-1273(translated by F. Hadland Davis)

Rumi was a Sufi mystic - seeing more than most - I think. Ann



Ann Fontaine
Wyoming GC2009 c3

http://seashellseller.blogspot.com

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