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sometimes i touch my own face
with my palm
to remember
that i am also soft

& Holy

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Hosanna in the highest, truest Light of Self.

"The triumph of the Light before its obscuration is an expression of the divine, royal Selfhood within each one of us, that is so powerfully obscured by mundane and conventional reality. There are times when we want so badly for that light to shine out of us, for it to be recognized by the world. When the only vehicle for expression is the ego-personality our strivings to be seen are usually in vain. Personality actually comes from the Greek “persona” meaning “mask.” While in this terrestrial incarnation, we are like the Count of Monte Cristo in The Man in the Iron Mask; our behavioral gyrations and efforts to have others recognize our light only serve to convince them that we are egotists, madmen or charlatans. Often we create a false glamour that is not our true Self; we put on an entertaining song and dance act; we live a lie and shine forth a false light: or we simply forget about our light and live our lives as if it had never been.

When we are not anxiously attempting to show forth our light, we are often acting in fear of the consequences of letting our light shine. We either turn down our light or turn it off completely, so that we might pass unseen through this world. Yet, “Within a man of light, there is light, and he lighteth up the whole word. If he does not shine, he is darkness.” This is the sham, the cover up, that we are either parading a false light or hiding our light beneath a bushel. The issues are not safety or creative self-expression, the core issues are authenticity and consciousness. We must be conscious of who we really are as spiritual beings and not let either fear or love of the world pervert or hide the authenticity of our own true Self.”

- excerpted from the Homily for Palm Sunday
by Reverend Steven Marshall, 
Ecclesia Gnostica, Gnosis.org

and regarding charity, saviorism, law, justice and martyrs:

Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest!

Blessed are they that come in the name of love and justice and in, and with repair!

We must not choose, enable or rely on the charity, philanthropy, “generosity” or Saviorism of the comfortable, the privileged, the wealthy, the powerful – the Noblesse Oblige, the political class, religious leaders, and petit bourgeoisie — and their laws, systems, institutions and dogmas – their interest is almost always temporary, transactional, seasonal or foundationally self-serving – and can be withheld, re-legislated, revoked at will or right quick/

life, built on and with cooperation, mutual aid (mutual-ism), reciprocity, respect, social-ism, commune-ism [which is community-ism], and restorative justice are the only sustainable ways forward — for every human being to have what they need to be born, to live, to thrive — or to rebuild after hard times, tragedies, natural disasters, and after inevitable human mistakes, lapses in judgment and travesties —

and to die not on the crosses constructed by men — even as martyrs

NO MORE MARTYRS!

but

to to die with dignity and grace,
and free,
without thirst, imprisonment, sacrifice or pain,

and to be held in a web of hands of love and respect to the very last moment, the very last breath and heartbeat.

This is the message of the true Christos / that we are the Light and Radiance – we need in this World – and we need infrared and ultraviolet and prismatic – it takes all kinds of Light to make this Life good and just.

Hosanna!