Images of the Divine

Everything that lives is an image of the divine. An expression of magnificence, and beauty.

We experience the divine on a daily basis, if our language reflects our reality. Let's look at paradigm cases of how we express our experience. Bring to mind hearing someone respond to something they see, hear, smell, taste, feel. "That's heavenly; that's divine." And guess what? "That's out of this world!" Common expressions, common experiences.

Nature offers infinite images of the divine. All plants, the earth, the air, animals, insects, birds, fish, fire, water. All of these manifestations of magnificence, of sentience, are potential portals.

Have you ever been transported by the scent of a rose, a hyacinth, narcisscus, rosemary, oregano, pine? Heavenly. Where do you go in those seconds of experiencing olfactory bliss? Do you remember being transfixed as a child watching ants work, spiders, snakes, a ladybug, a bee collecting pollen, a lightening bug at night? Amazing, yes? Where did you go?

Have you been transported by the flames of a fire to somewhere in your mind, you don't know where? Coming back to consciousness we realize that we've been somewhere else. At any moment we can go to an ocean beach and see people staring at the water. Often we hear people say, "I can sit for hours watching the ocean."

So, how do we collaborate with elements of Nature, images of the divine, in order to move into the spirit world?

c Alesia Kunz