The many faces of god

Monks each see a different face of god. It is still god they are describing -- but the deeper they are in their practice, the more clear and distinct their vision becomes.

Jim McCarthy and Michele McCarthy are like this, as is -- in a completely different way -- Jim Rapson. They can all see the divine face of human potential.

"So, what's the path?" I asked one day. "You must become the Messiah," Jim said. "You must do your Work," said Michele. Jim Rapson would say, "You must await the Mystery." All three would say, "Persist."

They mean the same thing. Jim's a golden-flames-of-glory guy, Michele's a here's-how-you-build-a-temple gal, Jim's a respect-the-space mystic. They're all great at it, and they're all right. Sometimes it's the glory that inspires me, sometimes it's the concrete that shows me the way, sometimes it's the glimpse of the Unknowable that dissolves and reforms me.

It was the same at the Odin, a company of deep shared vision. You could ask anyone there the question, and they'd answer in their own words -- and it would all match.

I have a similar experience in Diva Team. When we're hot, Kris can see the future, Radmila can see the power, and I can see the unsaid & the dark. Three faces of the divine.