The Mystery of the Suffering
Many know that today, Good Friday, is the observance of Jesus’ death. This dark and solemn remembrance illuminates human frailty and betrayal of someone who ultimately accepted his fate for humanity’s well-being. This day represents what the whole of Christianity is based upon. This day reminds us to sit with the humility, the shame, the dread and the loss. This blog post illustrates this day quite well.
Obviously my religious affiliation is primarily with the Christian faith, but there’s so much to one’s spirituality that it’s unfair to restrain it to one order. I love Buddhist meditation and awareness, Muslim prayer times and pilgrimmages, Jewish observance and debates over the Torah, Hindu imagery, Native American ties to Nature . . . and that’s just a surface level list of appreciation.
What I wonder, though, is if in all these traditions there is a similar time to reflect, a time to realize our failures as humanity. I’m sure there are. Along our spiritual journeys we all have those long dark nights of the soul. Without the dark, can we truly appreciate the coming Light, the Renewal? If you can stand to be with yourself, stripped of ego long enough to feel the present moment, Easter tidings, no matter what your faith, bring glory to your Soul.
Have a blessed weekend.
