Today is Good Friday.  It is the most intense, painful, and sad day of the year in the Christian tradition.  Many of us can feel this palpable heaviness each year on this day, and even as this day approaches, through to Easter Sunday.  I’ve been thinking about the “good” in Good Friday.

Some believe in the literal version of the life of Christ, his crucifixation and resurrection.  Some believe the story as metaphor.  For some, Jesus held no special Divine role, and was simply a Jewish man, the son of a carpenter.

For those of us who have some special interest in the story of the crucifixition, I offer some thoughts.  What if Jesus was showing us who we really are (in the style of that particular era)?  Is the story really about the crucifixtion, or is the point of truth really the resurrection and ascension?  (Should churches have a man dying on a cross as the visual center point, or rather a glowing image of a radiant, healthy Christ?)  Is the story of Jesus’ death and resurrection our clarion call to self-realization?  Is it our invitation to know that we are truly Divine as was Jesus, that we too “will do these and greater things?”

Did Jesus suffer and die for our sins (as the Church teaches,) or was he showing us in no uncertain terms that sin (i.e. failure, error, mistake, etc.) is an illusion, a delusion, a nightmare of human misunderstanding born of fear?  Is the crucifixtion the dream (nightmare) and the resurrection + ascension the reality?  Do we wake up from the dream or into it?  What is “real” and what does “real” even mean?  (As we now know from quantum science, that which we can perceive with our five senses does not define what is “real.”  In fact, it is only about 4% of what truly exists.  We simply cannot perceive the other 96% with our five senses.)

So what is “good” about Good Friday?  It is good to recognize who our teachers are, where the wisdom presents itself, and how we are invited into Enlightenment.  Jesus clearly knew who he was.  Do we know who we are?  He could perform “miracles” precisely because he knew who he was (Divine and whole) and he knew who we are (Divine and whole).  He clearly told us, “You too will do these and greater things” (miracles, that is).  So why don’t we?  And when we do, why don’t we notice?  Why don’t we consciously claim ownership of our ability to perform miracles?  Do we have “the eyes to see and the ears to hear” beyond the limited scope of our five senses?  Herein lies the “good” in Good Friday.  It is the portal to the greatest lesson ever taught in the current World Age of human history.  Consider this, and learn your lessons well.

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The last day of every year naturally invites reflection and anticipation.  This time we enter a year there has been much talk about, 2012.  The winter solstice of this coming year, 12/21/12 marks the end of a World Age 5,125 years in length, and is thus the endpoint of the great Mayan calendar. 

We can all feel and see changes of great magnitude — in climate, in cultures, in the global economy, in politics, etc.  We wonder will this be a time of momental challenge?  And will these challenges bring new birth, a transformatioin of our consciousness at a magnitude greater than any since the beginning of human existence?  I believe that we are at a crossroad of choice, that we are being given an invitation to understand ourselves and our human existence in miraculous ways.

Here is a video you may enjoy, and others are displayed at its conclusion.  I like the part that suggests “we are burning our bridges,” and opening to unimaginable new vistas.  I wish all of you peace, joy, and love in this pivotal and powerful New Year.  I invite you each to do your part in shortening the distance between your head and your heart.  As for me, I offer my prayers and service at this time of Enlightenment.  Namaste.

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This past weekend the world witnessed a chapter reflecting a most extreme contrast.  We celebrated the Royal Wedding on Friday, and then heard on Sunday night that Osama Bin Laden had been located and killed.  It is hard to wrap our heads (let alone our hearts) around two such discrepant successive intense events of global significance.  This is what is meant by the term “contrast,” and this is the challenge of precisely this time in human history — the envelope called The Shift.

Our community is called “Enlightened Life Lovers” and our intention is to stay heart-centered.  My invitation is simple, but not easy.  I invite each of you, as well as myself, to embrace both extremes of this current contrast with love (instead of fear), with compassion (instead of judgement), and with both hope + faith.  Have faith that all that unfolds invites us to a higher order of ourselves as heart-centered human beings.  Hold hope for the day when lines will not need to be drawn, swords will rust in their sheaths, and we truly will understand that there is no “other” but that we are all One.

This is the time to choose wisely how and where we spend out time, talents and treasures.  This is the time to sharpen our awareness and invite Enlightenment in every aspect of our lives.  Shine your light so that we may all better find our way to the Divine truth of our Being.  

Live in as much love as possible, and let in joy at every turn.  Meet “contrast” in that field Rumi invites us to — “Out beyond all wrong doing and right doing there is a field.  I’ll meet you there.”  For surely this will make the load lighter, the light brighter, and the journey more joyful.  You are blessed with a wonderful community — our tribe of Enlightened Life Lovers.  Connect often with compassion and support.

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