."That a narrow vision of control, creating opposition where it doesn't need to exist,
is a human-centered fixation like post-baptism bibles...
plucked from street corners from the meaty hands of zealots*."
It seems from her poem that Renee Good wrestled with the "opposition"
between science and faith as so many of us do…(or don’t)
especially when raised in an atmosphere of strong dogma
where you're steeped in it before you reach an age of reason.
I'm waiting in gingerly optimistic hope that one day, narrow minded
people who insist on everyone seeing things their way, will be relegated
to places where their perspective can not harm others.
". . .as I continue to wonder what can and cannot be easily
seen on Earth as it is in the heavens."
What do you find when you contemplate what
can and cannot be seen on Earth as it is in the heavens?
I love how she puts this last sentence.
By making heavens plural and preceeding it with a simple "the";
the meaning shifts from something
conveyed in the King James version of the Lord's prayer,
"Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven;
closer to one English translation of the line from Aramaic...
"As we find your love in ours, let heaven and nature form a new creation.” **
How ironic is it that her poem addresses one of the things I believe
lies in the center of the division in our country?
Is it the result of believers steeped in dogma being manipulated by
wickedly clever people of dubious, self serving intention?
Nonetheless, we see through the subterfuge
and are doing what it takes to make it seen here on Earth.
Namaste
**Douglas-Klotz, Neil. Prayers of the Cosmos: Reflections on the Original Meaning of Jesus' Words
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