The Kingdom Within
Jesus says, “I lay my commandment upon you: Love one another as I have loved you.” Somebody without a self was saying that. Somebody who never took a “me day!” My Guru used to talk about Jesus constantly. He’d say, “Jesus gave everything away, even His body.”
Jesus says, “Be of good cheer. I have overcome the world.” I just wonder whether it is natural for us to take for granted something like, “I have overcome the world.” Jesus also says, “Be in the world but not of the world.”
That’s very nice, poetic stuff, but then do we ever actually sit for an hour puzzled by the question, “What world am I of?” What does He mean? Is it just flowery words, some abstract concept? Or could it possibly be literally, not metaphorically, not symbolically, but literally true that right now, today, Sunday May 21st, 2006, you and I have within us literally a power, a glory, a kingdom of heaven? His disciples said, “Tell us more about this kingdom of heaven Lord,” and he said, “Well, don’t get the wrong idea. It’s not out there, up there, over there, this kingdom I’m trying to describe to you is within you, and it’s not later, it’s at hand.” Think about that: He said, “It’s within you and it’s at hand.” Do we settle for too little, you and I? ~ Bo Lozoff
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