This is the launching triad from which all the other triads in every field point back to. It is how I will be able to articulate the Is-Ought-Value distinction, to start with… or perhaps something in the field of logic (I feel that is out of my depth at this time, but it keeps resurfacing).
To me, the Gospels are familiar, yet they exist within a vast unknown. When you venture beyond what you know and embark on a search, you encounter other ‘bubbles’ that bear resemblance to the Gospels, albeit with different cultural settings. Gradually, you begin to realise that they all form part of a pattern within our experience of space and time. However, beyond our ‘bubble’, there is merely mystery.
Rather than giving myself a name within my Christian ‘bubble’, I am drawn by the cosmic dimensions of the Aramaic language said to have been spoken by Jesus, and to the broader meaning of the Greek. The Gospels are like pointers, asking me to conceive of my experience as something words struggle to contain.
In fact, words are probably the worst way of trying to understand this. It is by following Jesus to our neighbours and even our enemies, and discovering the transcendental nature of truth, unity, beauty and goodness, and how these attributes become relational through love, that we become devotional. Connecting with compassion makes us realise that some people do and some people don’t realise this.
Some are Christians, some are Jews, some are Muslims, some are Hindus and some follow other traditions. However, not all traditions guarantee this experience. Once you realise the transcendent unity we are all part of, you realise that you are no better than anyone else; you simply feel as though you have gained entrance in a way you don’t understand. This is why you can’t make it easy for others to enter. You can only love them and hope that this inspires them
