I have been watching videos of the first ChristPath Conference in San Diego (http://www.christpathseminar.org/). Matthew Fox is the principal convener of this exciting new spiritual endeavor which will feature a series of live conferences with attendant web casts. The conference will be held in different cities across the nation. Matthew Fox, Andrew Harvey, and Joanna Macy address the significance of the Cosmic Christ in the first conference. Having listened to about six lectures, what follows from Joanna Macy speaks to me about the Cosmic Christ—the Risen Cosmic Christ present in and through creation. We need to overcome our addiction to transcendence and live the reality of the Cosmic Christ. It has huge significance for us, our planet, and indeed the entire Cosmos as it flares forth from the Love of the Trinity.

We Awaken in Christ’s Body

Symeon the Theologian (948-1032)

We awaken in Christ’s body

as Christ awakens our bodies,

and my poor hand is Christ, He enters

my foot, and is infinitely me.

I move my hand, and wonderfully

my hand becomes Christ, becomes all of Him

(for God is indivisibly

whole, seamless in His Godhood).

I move my foot, and at once

He appears like a flash of lightning.

Do my words seem blasphemous? — Then

open your heart to Him

and let yourself receive the one

who is opening to you so deeply.

For if we genuinely love Him,

we wake up inside Christ’s body

where all our body, all over,

every most hidden part of it,

is realized in joy as Him,

and He makes us, utterly, real,

and everything that is hurt, everything

that seemed to us dark, harsh, shameful,

maimed, ugly, irreparably

damaged, is in Him transformed

and recognized as whole, as lovely,

and radiant in His light

he awakens as the Beloved

in every last part of our body.

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 We Awaken in Earth’s Body

Joanna Macy (1929 –  )

We awaken in Earth’s body

as Earth awakens our bodies,

and my poor hand is Earth, She enters
my foot, and is infinitely me.

I move my hand, and wonderfully
my hand becomes Earth becomes all of Her

(for Earth is indivisibly
whole, seamless in Her Planethood).

I move my foot, and at once
She appears like a flash of lightning.
Do my words seem blasphemous? — Then
open your heart to Her
and let yourself receive the one
who is opening to you so deeply.
For if we genuinely love Her,
we wake up inside Earth’s body

where all our body, all over,
every most hidden part of it,
is realized in joy as Her,
and She makes us, utterly, real,

and everything that is hurt, everything
that seemed to us dark, harsh, shameful,
maimed, ugly, irreparably
damaged, is in Her transformed

and recognized as whole, as lovely,
and radiant in Her light
She awakens as the Beloved
in every last part of our body.

Wow!!!!!