The song of Easter is not a song of crucifixion but a song of love. The love that our Creator has for all of his beloved children, to send to us one of our own, as a reminder of who we truly are. So Jesus of Nazarene came to demonstrate that each of us is more than our potential, our personalities, our desires and our dreams. That what we seek we already are and that we possess so much more than we can even conceptualize. Not because we made it so, but because of the gift of love that our Creator bestowed on each of his children. Jesus took on the mantle of the Christ to exemplify for all of us the divine nature that we can possess when we embrace the love of our Creator. In coming into the loving nature of the Christ; the sick are healed because there is no longer a belief in sickness; the dead are arisen because there is no longer a belief in death; the storm calms simply because peace has been called upon; and the mountain is moved because we have the faith “of a grain of mustard seed”.
The song of Easter is not a song of crucifixion but a song of forgiveness. A song that says that we can forgive ourselves when we have come short of standing in our integrity; when we have allowed our good opinion of ourselves to judge and criticize others; when our need for the good opinion of others has led us to betray the truth of what we are, when our self-condemnation has left us in states of despair and we have become victims of our own persecution. A song of forgiveness that says that we are not alone but are indeed surrounded by our many equal brothers…brothers not as a result of birth, religious affiliation, race, culture or nationality but by the Creators’ creation of us. A song that says that in forgiving others we forgive ourselves and in forgiving ourselves we let go of the past and enter the ever- present moment of love.
The song of Easter is not a song of crucifixion but a song of Resurrection. A song that says, we can rise above any challenges or obstacles that may be currently in our path. A song when sung brings inspiration in moments of darkness. A song, whose verses repeat the refrain, “ I am greater than any of my seeming difficulties”. The words remind us that we were created in the likeness and image of our Creator and in his love there is nothing impossible to overcome. A song that says that what we give is already ours, the words that say there is no loss and a melody that reminds us that we are divine inheritors of an abundant Universe patiently waiting for us to receive its’ gifts.
The song of Easter is not a song of crucifixion but a song of Transfiguration. A song that says that not only can challenges be overcome, they can be totally transformed. Its’ melody takes us beyond our limitations into the radiance of our being which opens the doors to our self-made prison cells. The words remind us that we can only be victims of our own self-made scenarios and that if we don’t like the results…we can choose again. A song that takes the blind -fold from our eyes so that we may see the beauty of what we are, the beauty that exists in each of our brothers, the beauty that is present in all of the Creators Universes. A song that says that in the present-moment you are all things and all things are you; because you are love you can extend love to others who have forgotten love; because you are powerful you can inspire the weary, and empower the weak; because you are dynamic you can be a change agent for peace and serenity here on earth.
This Easter if you would honor the message of the Christ, then please join with me in singing and living the “Song of Easter” from this day forth.
Blessings,
Danielle Jackson MscD
www.dancethespiral.com
akesa@earthlink.net
