I gave my son to the world and they crucified him again and again and again.
They recognized him not but judged his innocence and mocked his identity. My son is a son of God. He cannot die because he is immortal.
The very day his body was buried he rose again. A light came from the heavens and shined upon him. He was risen.
Why is it that human beings cannot see spirits who are said to be actually in the room with them? Naturally, people are not all satisfied to be told simply that it is because they are not clairvoyants, and have not the soul-sight. They want a still clearer explanation. My son is a light of God, he exists beyond a body, and so does his dwelling-place, that I set for him.
I would give you this picture as proof my son is resurrected. I could give a dozen elaborate explanations, but no mortal human being who are unable to see the spirits would be much wiser after I do so. They are quick to forget the multitude of miracles I lay before them.
My son is guiltless, he did not die because he is immortal. And you will see that he is redeemed, and have never been separated from me. In this understanding lies the remembering, for it is the recognition of love without fear. There is great joy in Heaven on his homecoming for the redeemed son of man is the guiltless Son of God and to recognize him in each other lies our redemption.
So take heart all who have buried a loved one. In this one truth may your tears be wiped forever. We can never die, for we are eternally immortal.
Christ’s vision is the Holy Spirit’s gift, God’s alternative to the illusion of separation and to the belief in the reality of sin, guilt and death. It is the one correction for all errors of perception; the reconciliation of the seeming opposites on which this world is based. Its kindly light shows all things from another point of view, reflecting the thought system that arises from knowledge and making return to God not only possible but inevitable.
What was regarded as injustice done to one by someone else now becomes a call for help and for union. Sin, sickness and attack are seen as misperceptions calling for remedy through gentleness and love. Defenses are laid down because where there is no attack there is no need for them. Our brothers’ needs become our own, because they are taking the journey with us as we go to God. Without us they would lose their way. Without them we could never find our own.
In joy, in peace, in love
Khadijat Quadri LPC, NCC
