Wednesday, March 29, 2006

collision of spiritual significance


What does it look like when on-Earth-as-it-is-in-Heaven breaks through? According to Jewish tradition the gap between what we call spiritual vs. secular was very thin. There was hardly any delineation between the two planes. The spiritual realm for the Jewish people was a plane on which things are as God intends them to be. In this heavenly realm things remain for eternity in their “original design” state. This “original design” state is not rigid but fluid in composition and is held together by the very being of God or by his will for it to be as he intends. The atmospheric reality of this plane is one of peace, not void of war, but a sphere of divine harmony where everything is connected or integrated into one another.

The second plane was an earthly realm. This earthly realm was also created by the very being of God or by his will with “original design” intent. The atmospheric reality of this plane was also to be one of peace with the same sphere of divine harmony where everything is connected or integrated into one another. This beautiful earthly realm was given to mankind to nurture, tame, and cultivate.

Driven by greed, throughout history, mankind has taken this gift and exploited and consumed all its resources to satisfy our lust for more. The divine sphere of how-God intended-it-to-be was fractured. So mankind roamed the earthly realm conquering it tree by tree, river by river, people by people building an empire for ourselves. Mankind’s vision was and still is to create a world where things are as we want them to be.

In history the first century B.C. was a symbolic epic climax of man’s world empire. An invisible collision, greater than any Richter scale could measure, shattered the momentum of man’s empire. Like a divine magnetic explosion, the forward progress of greed was being reversed, a reversal that results in the restoration of the “original design.”

Today we find ourselves in an internal dilemma, will we peddle the crack of greed or will we be the agents of restoration? Will we become agents restoring the sphere of divine harmony, where everything is connected or integrated into one another, restoring the beautiful earthly realm that was given to mankind to nurture, tame, and cultivate?

4 comments:

Darla said...

so, can i start calling you M.D. Winn now?? :)

yes, i'm glad we're on the journey to realizing that these two worlds need and must collide - they are not separate - our spiritual side cannot only be "pulled out" on sunday. i don't think that was the "full life" that the Orignal Entrepreneur had in mind, do you?

love you

mdwinn said...

maybe it looks like this...

(a) a neighbor you have ignored and criticized... you invite over for dinner and you find out you both have parents who were addicts.

(b) a friend that you have lied to about your financial and marital status...you come clean and apologize to restore the relationship, come to find out they struggle with the same thing.

(c) maybe the account you stole from the guy in the cubical next door...you give the account back to him and just say "I am sorry" or at the end of the month he finds an anonymous check in his drawer for the amount of the sale.

(d) a family member that you have stabbed in the back with words of hatred and cruelty...you ask for forgiveness and find yourself honestly wishing them the very best in life.

(e) the grudge you have been holding onto against your friend you finally let go of and can pick up the phone and call.

(f) rather than trying to figure out how to make more money to buy more stuff... you begin to figure out better ways to be frugal so that you can have a little extra to give to the truly needy.

As I type these things out, I realize how different the reality of the-way-God-intends-things-to-be is very different than the what's-in-it-for-me reality that I live in most of the time.

Do I really know what I am praying when I pray "Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven?" Is that what I really want? Can I handle that kind of selflessness?

GoteeMan said...

Good thoughts there. For me, those lines are so blended now.. maybe there are no lines, and it's all just joined. Anyway, I'm ready for the next step - maybe transportation out of space and time and back in another place or time or both? Or maybe I'm a little too far out?

You two are precious. Perhaps one day we can meet in person. Right now, we don't leave the house unless we have to, but that will change before long, I hope...

God bless you guys and the kids...
Jeff

mdwinn said...

Thanks for the prayer Jeff. I don't think you are too far out. I can't imagine walking in your shoes. My heart would be so fragile, if I did have the glue of Jesus holding it together, I would just fall to pieces.

May it be on earth as it is in Heaven in your home today!