06/01/2021
SPIRIT AS PURE GOLD
John 3:1-17
Nicodemus said to [Jesus], “How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother’s womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not be astonished that I said to you, ‘you must be born from above.’ The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
In this passage, Jesus is speaking of being born of the Spirit. The Spirit in question is the Holy Spirit. In order to be reborn, we must allow the Holy Spirit to enter our hearts. Archetypally water is often associated with spirit and the Holy Spirit is often represented by fire. So we’re talking about being shaped by these two elemental forces fire and water. In much the way that gold goes through the refinery, where through immense heat it blows apart at a molecular level, drops its impurities, and comes back together in the form that we associate with purified gold; so do many of us experience going through the refinery of life, where we too, are sort of blown apart by things, and it is only in the regrouping; the rise from hitting bottom; that really brings us together in accord with our truest Self. That core Self that I’m speaking of is literally the Self that God created of spirit. It is our endowment from the Holy Spirit. Water is itself a purifier in that is the universal solvent. It also speaks of rubbing off our sharp edges, and honing us down, once again, to be refined as our core Self. When we come back in alignment with our true being it is as if we have found home again. This is why most archetypal hero journeys’ end result is the hero returning home changed from the journey. Not simply different, but galvanized. One thing I can tell you is that as you grow spiritually, others will see you as having changed dramatically but it will not necessarily feel like that to you from the inside. From the inside, it will appear more to you as if you have grown closer and closer to being your true self, for that is in fact, what you have actually done. GO LOVE.