pantoum's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RADICAL INCLUSION, AKA CONSCIOUSNESS BEYOND ARCHETYPE Just read a piece by a Unitarian Universalist minister who talks about her "shared commitment to radical inclusion." I like that. This also makes sense: For me, a former Baptist trained to go directly to the source, I have never believed that Jesus died for me or for you. As a child the source was God; now it is our shared ground of being, consciousness beyond archetype, where I unburden my heart: hurts, shortcomings, vulnerabilities, deepest yearnings and questions. I still do not believe that Jesus died for me. And yet I have seen that deep change—change of the heart—usually happens because someone is suffering: When we realize that we have hurt those we love, our heart breaks open to their suffering and we are able to see beyond our individual walls. • Several friends sent nice notes after I wrote that I hate myself. Thanks and appreciated. I'm fine, really, just mad at and disappointed in myself because I put some mighty big walls up around myself these last couple of weeks and am being self-protective to the point of not letting anyone anywhere near me. Am feeling pretty raw right now (which is a big reason I didn't have sex with Red this past weekend, despite her sexy flirting—I think climaxing would have just made me cry). Got my metaphoric arms held firmly across my chest . . . and it's self-defeating. I've never had an easy time trusting people, but am having a particularly hard time in that area right now.
I miss connection and intimacy with someone at the same confounding time though, damn it all. 3:04 p.m. - 2005-03-22 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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