“The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.” — St. Teresa of Avila
“The great and rare mystics of the past . . . were, in fact, ahead of their time, and are still ahead of ours. In other words, they most definitely are not figures of the past. They are figures of the future.” — Ken Wilber
“When you wake up to the Divine Consciousness within you and your divine identity, you wake up simultaneously to the Divine Consciousness appearing as all other beings. And this is not poetry and this is not a feeling, this is a direct experience of the divine light living in and as all other beings. And until this realization is firm in you, you do not know who or where you are.” — Andrew Harvey
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Exercise
This is a journey to the infinite—there’s no ending or beginning. When we find ourselves arriving at one station of Oneness, it is but a start to another endless and boundless journey into ever higher, greater, and more embodied states of Oneness. We’re brought into the dimension of infinite transformation and transfiguration. This is the voyage of God becoming God in and through all of creation.
This practice leads you to recognize the paradox of the journey into Oneness. It is the awesome, holy, and sometimes baffling place of “both/and.” In other words, you are Divine and you are becoming Divine. You are One and you are becoming One. You are whole and you are becoming whole. There’s nowhere to go and everywhere to go. The journey is now and the journey is infinite. We are home and we are going home. What happens when you hold these seemingly opposing ideas as aspects of the One essential truth?
For today’s practice, meditate and reflect on the following passage from the Song of Songs 2:13:
The fig tree has ripened its figs,
And the vines in blossom have given forth their fragrance.
Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,
And come away!
Hallelujah! Yes, you’ve ripened on your journey into Oneness. You’re being called to continue . . . to arise and come away! As you spiral into Oneness, you’ll discover that you can always rise higher; there are greater states of Oneness to embody. Saint Gregory of Nyssa said: “The divine course is never exhausted. We must therefore constantly arouse ourselves and never stop drawing closer and closer in our course. For as often as He says Arise and Come, He gives us the power to rise and make progress.”
The fig tree has ripened its figs,
And the vines in blossom have given forth their fragrance.
Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,
And come away!
Hallelujah! Yes, you’ve ripened on your journey into Oneness. You’re being called to continue . . . to arise and come away! As you spiral into Oneness, you’ll discover that you can always rise higher; there are greater states of Oneness to embody. Saint Gregory of Nyssa said: “The divine course is never exhausted. We must therefore constantly arouse ourselves and never stop drawing closer and closer in our course. For as often as He says Arise and Come, He gives us the power to rise and make progress.”
Spend about 30 minutes reflecting and praying about the following questions. Write your responses in your journal. Embrace and celebrate the “both/and” aspects of the journey into Oneness.
1. How has Oneness ripened within you and your life?
2. How has Oneness blossomed in your relationships?
3. What fragrance is being released in and through your presence?
4. What are the qualities—the fruits of your journey into Oneness—that are being expressed in your life?
5. How will you celebrate your journey into Oneness thus far?
6. What new aspect of your journey is being initiated?
7. What is calling you to “arise and come”?
8. In what areas of your life can you further express the consciousness of Oneness? For example, relate this to your relationships, your career, your health, your finances, your creativity, and your sexuality.
You may also wish to experiment by drawing spirals in your journal or making Möbius strips as symbols to activate meditations on your journey of Oneness.
2. How has Oneness blossomed in your relationships?
3. What fragrance is being released in and through your presence?
4. What are the qualities—the fruits of your journey into Oneness—that are being expressed in your life?
5. How will you celebrate your journey into Oneness thus far?
6. What new aspect of your journey is being initiated?
7. What is calling you to “arise and come”?
8. In what areas of your life can you further express the consciousness of Oneness? For example, relate this to your relationships, your career, your health, your finances, your creativity, and your sexuality.
You may also wish to experiment by drawing spirals in your journal or making Möbius strips as symbols to activate meditations on your journey of Oneness.
Affirmation
I AM transforming from glory to glory, becoming that which I already am, birthing divinity in my soul.
I AM transforming from glory to glory, becoming that which I already am, birthing divinity in my soul.
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