Quotes about Connection

The Universal Christ is trying to communicate at the deepest intuitive level that there is only One Life, One Death, and One Suffering on this earth. We are all invited to ride the one wave, which is the only wave there is. Call it Reality, if you wish. But we are all in this together.

It is no longer about being correct. It is about being connected. Being in right relationship is much, much better than just trying to be "right.

Presence is experienced in a participative way, outside the mind.

Because far too many religious folks do not seriously pursue this "reverence humming within them," they do not recognize

Without the mediation of Christ, we will be tempted to overplay the distance and the distinction between God and humanity.

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Everything I see and know is indeed one "uni-verse," revolving around one coherent center. This Divine Presence seeks connection and communion, not separation or division—except for the sake of an even deeper future union.

It is impossible to make individuals feel sacred inside of a profane, empty, or accidental universe.

But God loves things by becoming them. God loves things by uniting with them, not by excluding them.

God never intended most human beings to become philosophers or theologians, but God does want all humans to represent the very Sympathy and Empathy of God.

Words and complex rituals almost get in the way at this point. All you can really do is return such Presence with your own presence.

Authentic Christianity is not so much a belief system as a life-and-death system that shows you how to give away your life, how to give away your love, and eventually how to give away your death. Basically, how to give away—and in doing so, to connect with the world, with all other creatures, and with God.