Easter is nearly upon us once again, and just knowing that can help us to feel lighter. Even though Spring has already arrived, the symbology of Easter gives us hope in the power of new beginnings, new life, and resurrection.
Jesus, the man celebrated at Easter, symbolizes the essence of compassion, wisdom, courage, and any number of qualities that uplift and empower us. And Christ, the Consciousness that he attained, is to me, a high expression of all of our twelve powers that we teach in Unity: faith, discernment, strength, life, order, renunciation or release, love, imagination, power, will, understanding, and zeal or joy. The Cosmic Christ is the power that connects all of us, and that awakens us to our oneness with the Divine.
As many of you know, my sister passed away last week. I knew it was coming for the past month, and actually, before that, from reading the stars. It was a difficult passing for me, especially because of the complexity of the relationship. The next challenge in my time of “dark night” is my son Chris’ heart surgery in April. Also, the impending death of his father-in-law (a close friend of mine as well) around the same time, and then with my own hip replacement surgery in May. Somewhere in all of that, I have several long-time friends also on their way out.
In the overwhelm I have felt, I have turned to Spirit and have called upon Jesus. Though I am non-traditional in my thinking about Him, I have a deep soul love for Jesus. I think of him as my healer. Charles Fillmore, co-founder of Unity, said, “Any declaration (one) may make in which the name Jesus Christ is used reverently will contact the spiritual ether in which the Christ I AM lives and will open the mind and body to the inflow of spiritual healing rays.”
I cannot claim to fully understand that, but I do tend to believe it from experience. Jesus was a man, a myth, a wisdom teacher, a social revolutionary, and a healer. There are many stories of his healing, and in some ways those stories are the strongest evidence we have about him and his life. He said that we can do what he did and even greater things, which is to say, in part, that we all have healing power within us. Whether we use it to think positively, to live a balanced life, or to help others to heal their lives in some way, we must find our connection to Spirit, to Christ, first and foremost. Everything comes from that, not the other way around. That way we listen to God rather than ego. That way we have a strong foundation from which to grow and to heal.
Join us on Sunday to hear more about the healing stories of Jesus.
Love & blessings!
Rev. Kathy