Divine Humanity

The words, divine humanity, sound new age and conjure up images of self actualized individuals who where sari's or kurta's and burn incense. But I think it is something that was originally intended for mankind from creation but lost somewhere in the fall. Over time the image was tainted and corrupted till man's attempts at replicating it became poor imitations of the original.

It has gotten so bad that society has rejected its spiritual heritage. Read the quote below.

“I say that those who reject religion are right because the contemporary state of religion calls for rejection, because our religion is not what it ought to be.”

Sound like the state of affairs today? It's from a book by Vladimir Solovyov called, "Lectures on Divine Humanity." Most readers will not recognize the name, but you may recognize two people that were impacted by the author’s lectures, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. It was Tolstoy’s book, “The Kingdom of God is Within You,” that influenced Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.

The amazing thing about these lectures is that they were given in 1781. I guess there really is nothing new under the sun. Religion is going to hell in a hand basket while mankind is left in the gap and we are left picking up the pieces.

I am getting a tattoo on my right arm that says “B2W.” It stands for “between two worlds,” and displays an angelic wing on the right, a flaming wing on the left, a vision of heaven at the top and roots stretching below.

This is my life. Somewhere between good and evil, between heaven and earth, I reside. Not only human, and not fully divine, the life of a “God follower” (which is tattooed on my right arm) hangs in the balance, not between the equally opposing forces of Yin and Yang, but between the world we were created for and the world we were created in.

It is a tension that we were meant to wrestle with, immerse ourselves in and eventually embrace. All of creation hangs in this state of potential energy.

Jesus was human divinity. We are divine humanity. All man, part God, we are the mutants who are misunderstood by mankind and not fully realized in ourselves.

I am not talking about the self actualized sari clad incense burners, but those who completely surrender to God, wholly given over to His direction and acceptance of who they were created to be.

That’s the life I want. That’s the life I need. That’s the life I am risking it all for. Divine humanity. Living like eternity starts here and now. I don’t want to wait till Heaven to live in God’s presence. God created me human for a reason. Why not experience it to the fullest.