Christmas letter for..... "Aisling on Earth".......... 2025.
I have always loved that word, Aisling. In the dark centuries, when The Penal Laws were being enforced in Ireland, Aisling Poetry was the means by which the poets were able to write about their native home. They were not able to use Ireland, Why ? because within nook and cranny of their beloved homeland, the rights to real freedom of expression, was denied. So the innate creativity of the poets lead them to still write about "the fair land of Erin". They instead, placed her as a dream figure ,Aisling, in their poetry. Then they were free to dream for her, and all who embrace dreams of ultimate freedom. In the depths of the Aisling Poetry was preserved thoughts of real, at that time, unattainable freedom. But the desire, the commitment, to The Aisling eventually found ground in the Insurrection of 1916. The struggle for inherent freedom, a human right, demanded a, price. Look at the price that is being paid, in our country, and other victimized countries, and peoples. The seeds of Aisling, within the being of this man, born in County Cork, Ireland are working there, mysteriousness. " Every blessing is a curse, every curse is a blessing."
With the help of Lisa Amato, we succeeded in naming the embryonic blog, "Aisling on Earth". ( on the web you will find it at....aislingonearth.com ) We have been on a slow challenging hike into that Who Is beyond what we see. This nonbinary journey leads to The Mysterious Reality, immersed deep within, The Ineffable Being, within we all " live and move and have our, being." We have to respond to the invitation to enter, what may be, to the unawakened, An Aisling, but is in reality, the deepest, of all our realities. In the mysteriousness of silence, emptiness, and apparent nothingness, we are encountered by, Endless Reality. In this endlessness, infiniteness of ----- we are slowly awakened to, The Originator of the dream, and the dreams ultimate, Destiny. We are struggling to accept, the awareness, that challenges all that is comfy and so soothingly non challengingly. The destructiveness of the status quo, is safe from any challenge. That was until, "Freedom was made, flesh," ( Gutierez), destined for excruciating suffering, so The Cosmic Christ may become, the transforming, and transformational Power of those immersed in powerlessness.
When we respond to the invitation to enter, the beyond, of what we now know, we are drawn ever deeper into our mystical understanding of the crib, its inhabitants, and where it is situated. We will be led into a deepening understanding of The Mystery of The Incarnation, and how all of what we see, and know, is to be found within our depths. The depths of The Mystery is allowed to bubble up, so we begin to live out The Mystery of The Incarnation, not just on Dec. 25, but in every now moment of the life we are called to live, deeply. This our unique, personal, call is eternal. So are we challenged because of our encounter with The Eternal, in time, to evolve into a living, walking, crib. We live out Incarnational Challenge, living one moment at a time, in the existential Bethlehem of today's America. We are called to use our, non binary, lenses, so as to respond to the challenging, life transforming invitation, to be The Living, the life liberating power that is within our depths. Depth, had a dream, and we are the result of that mysterious dream. SO ??????
We are so familiar with the crib scene, it does not make us stop, and accept the challenge revealed in what we see. We are challenged to let go of the certainty of the familiar, to be drawn into the treathening world of the unfamiliar, mystery. Yes, are called to the nonbinary world. We are to live behind the constraints of the binary, either/or, into the mystically freeing, and very challenging, both/and. This new Betlehem, in which we are challenged to live in, and journey through, is not just a word we meet, as we read the Bible, or discover, as a place, in a map.
Bethlehem, and the crib it houses must be allowed to come to life, and be recognized as a vivifying loving, mercy-full force. A gift beyond all understanding. Yet, our given reality is solely based on the deep inner desire to return to the original home, where there is universal acceptance. There are no strangers to be found, or beings imprisoned, denied freedom because they are being judged by merciless, binary lenses. We have been called, and given life to be prophetic voices, shouting out the truth. A truth that challenges the lie. Truth, is, always in an endless war with the lie, and the liar. Those who are victims of the lie, survive, not LIVE ,in a hellish life of victimhood and exploitation.
We, who have been chosen to be, constructive contributors, to, the cosmic consciousness must meet the challenge of " singing a new song". The old refrains lack the inherent power, to power the transformational, challenges today's Bethlehem demands of us. How are the life-threatening challenges our sisters and brothers face becoming the challenges we are personally challenged to meet. Not, with temporary, band-aid solutions for OUR poor, marginalized, homeless, uninsured, especially the immigrant, and the field workers. To day we are bombarded by accounts of cutbacks, cutbacks, and eventual eliminations of monies that "will feed the poor", house the homeless, provide health and sustenance, to mothers and children. Is anything more reprehensible than denying, milk, food and shelter to, today's , CHRIST CHILD. Yes The Christ Child is in the sufferings of the so called "least". The Christ child was born into " the least", as the scriptures uncomfortable teaches. Not, just, for our information , but for our transformation into action. Actions that will cost, if they are to be truly meaning-full.
It is late, in my Bethlehem. Healthy spirituality demands I take care of big, Joe, and little ,Joe. They have been neglected for many years, because of I living out of the binary disfunction. Nonbinary lenses opens horizons, never before even dreamed of. Nonbinary vision challenges me to see and respond to all that Incarnational Spirituality is awakening me to. This awakening challenges Joe, to challenge other Josephines, and Joes, to awake. Awake to all the inherent dignity of all chosen to take their crib and its inhabitants out into the Bethlehem of their lived reality.
May The Gracious Spirit lead you on a road, from your Betlehem to places, as. yet unknown. Rest assured the Immigrant Family is awaiting you. With them you will find real family hospitality. May the spirituality of The Mystery, today celebrated, energize you into the challenges of nonbinary seeing. It will not be about the seeing, left in its death dealing aloneness, but in actions taken to contribute to the alleviation of the sufferings of today Christ Child, and His Family.
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