If its not blowing, its not the wind.... if its not loving is not God

Think of the rain.  We are used to saying the rain is falling.  This is quite funny, because if it’s not raining, it’s not falling, and then it’s not the rain at all… When we say the wind is blowing, it’s equally funning, because if it’s not blowing it’s not the wind…

                                                          Thich Nhat, Hanh, Reconciliation p.47

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we often talk about Sacred love

and

Christian love

This is quite funny, because if it is not active love, it is not Sacred

Oh I know, some of you will tell me of divine wrath and anger

“Is anger that another is hurting themselves not love?”

“Is wrath over systems that crush people and minimize them not love?”

And there is some truth in that

Love is nothing if not complicated

But at the heart of the heart

At the root of the root

Living as a Child of the Sacred is about love

Sacred living is about seeing the other with the eyes of love

It is about seeking to understand their pain

And out pain

And how the two intermix in the dance of hate and anger

It is about move from understanding to compassion

And from compassion

To loving action

When faith becomes hate, and fear and anger

It is no longer sacred

It no longer has anything to do with God

The is the one thing we all should know

If it is not love, it is not God (or of God)