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Holy Communion Coming of Age in the Milky Way

Holy Communion Coming of Age in the Milky Way. Emerging Creation Story. galactic story cosmogenesis earth story geogenesis life story biogenesis human story noogenesis. Eros & Emerging Creation Story. Differentiation ( tangential energy ) Interiority ( radial energy ) Communion

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Holy Communion Coming of Age in the Milky Way

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  1. Holy Communion Coming of Age in theMilky Way

  2. Emerging Creation Story • galactic story • cosmogenesis • earth story • geogenesis • life story • biogenesis • human story • noogenesis

  3. Eros & Emerging Creation Story • Differentiation(tangential energy) • Interiority (radial energy) • Communion (cosmic allurement)

  4. Cosmic Allurement • God’s creative intention for communion in cosmos. • The “Drawing Power” of Love (John 12:32)

  5. Sexuality and Cosmic Allurement Human sexuality is the divine energy of creativity and love, As it is manifested in wondrously diverse forms in the cosmos, And as it becomes conscious and intentional in human relationships, For the purpose of giving life and deepening communion. • Tender Fires, 86.

  6. Whoever tells the stories, rules the people… • Navajo proverb

  7. Central Vision of Genesis • Life-Givers – Generativity and Fecundity • Genesis 1—Priestly • Lovers—Intimacy and Mutuality • Genesis 2—Yahwist

  8. In the beginning is Relationship • Generativity and Communion in the Hebrew Creation Stories.

  9. Song of Creation—Generativity in Genesis 1 • Let there be energy! • Let the waters teem! • Let the earth produce vegetation! • Be fruitful and multiply!

  10. 2nd Creation Story Yahweh God fashioned HA ADAM of dust from HA ADAMA. Then He breathed into ITS nostrils a breath of life. And thus HA ADAM became a living NEPHESH. • Genesis 2:7

  11. HA ADAM“Our theological ancestor” • Dusty earth + Divine Breath. • Sexually Undifferentiated. • In Process.

  12. It is not good for HA ADAM to be alone…(2:18) • “Alone” • Not just solitude. • Not just loneliness. • “Destructive Isolation”

  13. I will make a PARTNER… • “Every animal and bird” • Ha Adam names all creatures. • THERE WAS NOT FOUND A HELPER AS A PARTNER

  14. EzerKenegdoHelper to be a Partner • Not a subordinate. • Implies equality and mutuality. • “Like unto itself.”

  15. Tardema Experience • Initiated and shaped by God. • Mysterious and wondrous transformation.

  16. HA ADAM ISSA (Female) IS (Male)

  17. …Both NAKED, and were not ASHAMED. • What does it mean to be “naked?” • Primal vulnerability.

  18. Shame: BOSH • To Become Pale. • Rendered Insignificant. • Diminished.

  19. NAKEDNESS • Emotional • Spiritual • Psychological • Physical

  20. Purpose of Sexuality From Isolation To Relationship

  21. What goes wrong? Why is our search for love so difficult?

  22. ‘The Fall’? In search of a deeper understanding

  23. Perspectives on Human Brokenness • Literal Meaning of ‘Original Sin’ • Contextual Meaning • Evolution of Consciousness

  24. Symbols of Our ‘Love Wounds’ • Hiding • Blaming • Covering up Nakedness • Flight from vulnerability and intimacy.

  25. Between Two Gardens • Genesis—Promise & tragedy of partnership. • Song of Songs—Healed sexuality and restored partnership.

  26. Jesus and Sexuality • Primacy of Love. • Equality and mutuality between women and men. • Covenantal faithfulness.

  27. Sexuality & Mysticism:A Common Language • Yearning, longing. • Seeking, discovery. • Ecstasy and union. • Abandonment • Consummation • Surrender

  28. Dynamic Unity of LOVING • Compassion is the Fragrance. • Love is the Flower. • Sex is the Seed. --Buddhist proverb

  29. ‘What we do with our hearts affects the whole universe’.

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