E.M. Forster famously wrote that we had to "only connect". Not only can we connect both the divine and the temporal, we are the connection of the divine and the temporal. We stand, as it were, with a leg in each camp, listing one way and then the other, experiencing our inner and outer senses.
There is all the difference in the world. When we lean towards the world, sooner or later, a feeling of chaos ensues. When we lean towards the divine, sooner or later, bliss surrounds, like a benign fog.
There remains a place for chaos. From the perspective of the divine, even the chaos is not chaos, just a point in time. For while the temporal, confusing drama, is so noisily passing, the consciousness of the divine quietly suffuses. As gently as you like.
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I like this idea of Divine Chaos. I certainly recognise it. I work with a 7 level model of consciousness which at some point indicates that one may finally transcend the chaos and come to rest in a higher state of consciouness, let's say the highestest state of consciousness - unified consciousness, or enlightenment. Sometimes I wonder, is enlightenment possible in this this lifetime. Why not? I guess, it has to happen in some lifetime, why not now? Sarah x
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