No Small Gods

"Our whole unconscious is in an uproar from the God who wants to know and to be known."

Edward F. Edinger, The Creation of Consciousness: Jung's Myths for Modern Man, 86.

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there is nothing wrong

with a little dis-ease

divine discontent is rarely fun

but is the ‘ants in the pants of faith” (Beuchner)

may I not be satisfied, O Sacred One

with my small self

that one who is complacent  and limited

nor with a small God

who is contained and controlled

let my God be wild, unrestrained

a little

scary

One who knows my inmost being

And can wake me up

from my slumber

and thrust me

(sometimes cursing)

into the bright light

of

awareness

raw and searching

growing

knowing