
The author dedicates his book to “the Infinite Child within us all.” For a spiritual theologian who has been trying for decades to rattle the cage of tired religious dogmas to get to what matters, I am delighted to hear not only of Ron Levy’s understanding of what a mature human being can be, but also of his practices that assist the birth of that “infinite Child” and that assist people, however deeply wounded, to heal themselves and bring that “Cosmic Christ” alive within them.There are many parallels between the truths Ron Levy has uncovered and my own work in creation spirituality. Not only that the reality of the Cosmic Christ is alive and well in all of us and in all beings but also the truth of the Original Blessing we all are and still are even if traumas and abuse have invaded our souls. The practices he proposes help liberate the Original Blessing and the Cosmic Christ or Buddha Nature we all carry within us. They also help to move us beyond mere psychological self-help to the deeper realm of our beings and possibilities which have been traditionally understood as mysticism.His language of the “True Adult” that we are all meant to be echoes the teaching that we are all mystics (lovers of life) and prophets (warriors of compassion who are to interfere with injustice and brokenness). It celebrates the “true self” that often lies hidden within us. His reminder that we are all children who constitute a community of Children (every mystic is a puer, puella or child in love with life) here to support one another is like the traditional teaching of the “communion of saints” who are, in his words, “making love with life.”His call to live in a state of “not knowing” parallels the teachings of the via negativa as expressed by Meister Eckhart who champions the “transformed knowledge” of “unkowing” that discovers anew that “unborn self” in all of us that is yearning to be released and, once touched, brings about a real rebirth.I celebrate this book and its author and t
Page Count:
334
Publication Date:
2014-04-10
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