at just the right angle,
then perhaps I too could claim to have secret knowledge of the Mystery.
The Christians would say, "Oh, of course, God has these three aspects of Himself",
while Jews might wonder if Christians are working with some bad information.
Muslims pay respect to the person of Jesus as a prophet of God,
and yet claim another Prophet with a more relevant message entered the Divine narrative afterwards.
Indigenous Americans are able to see the face of the Divine in animals, plants, and sky spirits,
while Buddhists and Hindus instruct people to search for God within themselves.
Tantric yoginis and Amazonian shamans both sing songs of praise to the Great Mother,
and sometimes participate in ritualized ecstasy.
Yet a Sufi mystic believes to have a Lover's intimate knowledge of God.
Like the light rising at dawn upon a crew of lost and frightened travelers,
I am learning to let go of other peoples' ideas about things.
The Christians would say, "Oh, of course, God has these three aspects of Himself",
while Jews might wonder if Christians are working with some bad information.
Muslims pay respect to the person of Jesus as a prophet of God,
and yet claim another Prophet with a more relevant message entered the Divine narrative afterwards.
Indigenous Americans are able to see the face of the Divine in animals, plants, and sky spirits,
while Buddhists and Hindus instruct people to search for God within themselves.
Tantric yoginis and Amazonian shamans both sing songs of praise to the Great Mother,
and sometimes participate in ritualized ecstasy.
Yet a Sufi mystic believes to have a Lover's intimate knowledge of God.
But, alas, and thank God, Whomever God may be,
the possibility of my own unique arrogance continues to be revealed to me.
No matter how many spiritual paths I travel down,
I now am starting to believe
I will never find Absolute knowledge on much of anything.
No matter how many spiritual paths I travel down,
I now am starting to believe
I will never find Absolute knowledge on much of anything.
Like the light rising at dawn upon a crew of lost and frightened travelers,
I am learning to let go of other peoples' ideas about things.
Embracing instead the unknowingness of each new and changing moment,
Absolute only in it's Mystery.
-- Whitney Logan
-- Whitney Logan
