Easter Message from Issa
Burn marks on this fragment of ancient scroll indicate that much of it was destroyed by fire before it could be hidden in a jar of honey. "No need to ascend. Just keep falling into Grace. You need a new name for the heart. Call it the wound at the center of the world. A new name for love. Call it the courage to breathe, to breathe through the wound. Savor this inhalation, it is the Holy Spirit, your anointing, your Christhood. Here on earth, taste each photon of flesh as infinite light: this is my Resurrection. Welcome all into the radiance that shines from your chest: this is my Kingdom. Crucify my otherness, glorify me as your Self. What is suffering? To cling to the ever-perishing outward form. Be risen from the tomb of the past into the garden of this moment. When Magdalene reaches out her hand, let her touch you. Bathed in dawn, don't wash off the smell of loam and ro...