April 19, 2011
When we think of salvation, we usually think of it as something that comes in the future. We also think of heaven as a place we go in the future. Some have a goal to become enlightened in this lifetime. All of these ideas come from our tendency to cling to the idea that time and space are real. We think that our forgiveness of each other or even of ourselves will show a result at some time yet to come. While this idea may seem to manifest itself in this way, it is certainly not a given, not a truth.
The real world, the world where God abides, and therefore we abide because we are One with God, is not a world of time and space. It is exempt from the limitations of time and space. The world of Oneness is the world of Now, this moment. There is no other time or space than the present moment. All else is a memory, the past, or the future, a projection. Understanding this idea, or at least being willing to entertain the thought that this idea might be possible, is essential in understanding salvation. If we are One with God, we must live in the real world God created, not the world of our own making. But, we are so used to the world of our own making we have lost sight and touch with the world that is actually ours. We have lost sight and touch with the Divinely created world we actually are living in, but fail to recognize.
Salvation is the recognition of the God created world we are really living in. It is the remembrance of the reality of who we really are and the reality that we are all One with God and each other. It is the recognition that we are whole as God created us and that we never left that holy relationship, even thought we denied it for a time. In this moment, which is the only aspect of time that is real, salvation reassembles all that we are, all that we ever were, and all that we ever will be into the One Self we are. This Self can never be separated, can never be defiled, and can never be hurt. This Self is the Divine reality of who we really are.
At this time of Easter, the time of resurrection, we remember that Jesus showed us we are not limited by the body. Jesus showed us that life is everlasting and cannot be snuffed out by physical death. Yes, the body will pass from us. It is inevitable in the physical world. But life does not end in the falling away of the body. Life is not limited by the idea of time or space. Life is now. Life is not in the past or the future. Life is in the present moment. Salvation is the process by which we remember who we really are. It is the little willingness we give to allow Spirit to remind us of who we really are and who our brothers and sisters really are and that we are all One with God. Be in the present moment and allow salvation to heal you and so heal all the world.
Happy Easter! We invite you to join us this Sunday, April 24th at 11:00 am for our Easter Celebration at MCC San Jose in the Fireside Room at Grace Baptist Church. You are also welcome to join us for breakfast hosted by Grace Baptist Church at 9:30 am in the Fireside Room.
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