Enigma

I remember, as a child, in my Methodist days--wondering what you'd call today. It's the day between Good Friday and Easter.

I'd say to myself: I wonder what Jesus was doing today?

And also, What would you call this day?

We have Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and then just this nebulous Saturday before Easter.

I suppose some believe Jesus was in hell at this moment freeing the pagans or committing some other noble act. I think he was just dead. His life energy had moved somewhere else. If we think of the spirit of social justice being reborn despite setbacks, then I can believe this whole resurrection thing. If we see the inevitable ebb and flow of humanity and its attempts to reach some semblance of happy medium, then I can believe in the birth of the reborn God.

I try, with some difficulty I must admit, to see the Godlike parts of all of us.

Yet, I don't think that there's any way to figure it all out. I think God has a sense of humor and that is that we'll ever quite figure out and rise above the divine. We'll try to manage ourselves as best we can in this reality.

The more I think about it, the more I believe we're just some great experiment. Some science fair project or scientific study.

STUDY: Can human beings successfully live together with some degree of normality and relative calm.

I do know this. These are times of change. These are times of great transition. These times produce prophets like Jesus of Nazareth and I would safely argue that there are prophets out there today who we ought to be listening to. I would also suggest that we listen to the inherent God-like part of us--our heart. The inner goodness which, though we may choose to ignore, we do possess to some degree or another.