Manifesto of Light

[Rev. Renee Bledsoe]

I am conscious of living with the divine. I need go nowhere special to access spiritual light and wisdom, to experience eternity. Each moment of my day is alive with spiritual energy because the particles carrying that energy are present in all that lives. Whether or not I am aware of it, this truth still exists. If I wish to grow and learn spiritual lessons, I will start by paying attention to my thoughts, my feelings, my environment, the circumstances of my life and the state of my personal relationships.

My temple of worship is within me. And as I grow in this awareness, I recognize that I am surrounded by many other expressions of the divine. I realize I am not alone, have not been alone and can never be alone. And this knowledge impels me to come into holy, sacred conscious contact with my community, to celebrate the body, mind, heart and soul of humanity and this creation.

"Normal life is compatible with supreme realization and ... direct mystical contact with the Divine and can be sustained in any setting or activity. This is a revolution, for it dissolves all dogmas and hierarchies, all separations between ordinary and spiritual life, sacred and profane, humdrum and mystical. A new spiritual age has dawned for humankind, an age in which the Divine will be present intimately, normally, consciously in all things and activities."
                                                                                          ~ Andrew Harvey