If
you don't work on yourself, then much of your politics is merely
projections. We have to walk our talk and do the inner work that allows
the outer work to be authentic and also effective.
Political
movements for justice are part of the fuller development of the cosmos,
and nature is the matrix in which humans come to their self-awareness
of their power to transform. Liberation movements are a fuller
development of the cosmos's sense of harmony, balance, justice, and
celebration. This is why true spiritual liberation demands rituals of
cosmic celebrating and healing, which will in turn culminate in personal
transformation and liberation.
Creativity
and imagination are not frosting on a cake: They are integral to our
sustainability. They are survival mechanisms. They are of the essence of
who we are. They constitute our deepest empowerment.
Buddhist
philosopher Joanna Macy says that when your heart breaks, the universe
can pour through. That is how it is. When the universe pours through,
so, too, does the creativity of the universe. How many comedians are
funny in spite of and because of deep tragedies in their life, which
have opened their souls up to the ultimate paradoxes of living? Humor
and paradox are often the only ways to respond to life’s sorrows with
grace. Humor, too, seems built into the fabric of the universe, so
filled with paradox and surprise and uncanny combinations.
Creativity
as Divine intimacy flows through us and is bigger than we are, urging
us to go to the edge and grow larger. And our growth in turn delights
God. “God is delighted to watch your soul enlarge,” says Eckhart.
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