The Long View

I place a towel unto the surface of a deserted endless beach and am offered the symbol of what time is to eternity, of what judgment is to forgiveness, pain to peace, and condemnation to compassion. You, your brother and sister are eternal, the truth within changeless in its perfection and forever untouched by the illusion of sin. We have notice a blink in eternity’s eyes and call it time. We are the creation and extensions of God/Source/Spirit, and throughout eternity regardless of the dreams we dream this will be so. Yes, we have been gifted free will and thus we can choose to build upon that which is all, judge the sinless or try to change the changeless, it is our right to be wrong. Today we practice not trying to add to, or substrate from, or cover over the eternal in all of us. Today where we have condemned a brother or sister to a life without us, we finally realize the illusion of time by offering them the eternal in us. Today eternity awakens us to the understanding that one honest moment, one holy instant of forgiveness can end a lifetime of judgment and pain.

James Blanchard Cisneros