The Path of Light

Mary said to some women, “If you know the path of the moon, you will know the path of the sun. With this knowledge and understanding, follow the path of Light, which is beyond the sun or moon. This is the path of the cross.” 

This verse from the *Secret Gospel of Mary* reminds me that when we’re walking as Followers of the Way there is no outside or inside, no night or day, no separation between who we are at work and who we are at home or in spiritual practice -- because we know there is no part of our life that is devoid of the Living Presence. But this ideal isn’t so much something we have to achieve as it is a natural byproduct or outgrowth of cleaving to Our Mother through whom all becomes possible.

There’s a special meaning here, I think, when we look at the cycles of the sun and moon. As much as the sun’s path represents the outer rites of our tradition’s solar feasts and the moon’s path represents the inner rites, their true power become actualized when they are joined together on the vertical / horizontal axis of the Cross of Light. On the cross, the outer and the inner may unite as one. When our outer and inner practices become something we do with conscious intention to uplift others or humanity then they take on special talismanic properties of tikkune and renewal. At some point after that, when we are no longer the do-er, we can no longer distinguish the inner from the outer because through Spirit-infused “practice” or “ritual” there is no distinction -- as they have become the skillful and now blessed means by which we unite heaven and earth for the sake of the Human One.

But this may be grounded and brought even closer to cyclic human experience. A great example of this is the female’s natural monthly cycle wherein a woman may view any menstrual discomfort as taking on the pain of the world, thereby viewing her very own body as a vessel or grail for holding the world’s suffering. Her loss of blood symbolizes the purification through which the world is cleansed and healing becomes fully possible. So, at the same time she is receiving the world’s pain, through a conscious, prayerful, and meditative acceptance of her own body as a form of the holy grail, she is also imparting tikkune and Light through purification. Through this example we have a very real, incredibly profound example of how individuals can have an opportunity through the Light Power to become talismanic for the world’s suffering, similar to what Lady Mary was when she met Lord Yeshua. In these moments we can be co-creators / co-healers with HaShem. This is a humbling, beautiful, and merciful example of God’s love. I’m thinking that anytime we can behold our own suffering as talismanic -- easier said than done with ordinary human effort, but very possible by a letting go of name and form to offer ourselves up in service and love -- then we become a way for the Holy Spirit to touch and heal humanity.

Our Mother, we pray with all humility that we may learn to see you in Everything and we may become conscious vessels for receiving and imparting your love and understanding.