Embodied Harmony
The twenty-first saying of the Living Christ:
Do not clean and polish the house of prayer and justice, decorating it until it is so beautiful that life cannot dwell within. If the building is beautiful, but the work done within contradicts it, it is divided against itself and cannot stand. It is the power of our relationships that makes the house beautiful. The way must be walked, not just swept and adorned to distract people from the deeds of their fellow travelers.
Do not give yourselves too much to do, my yoke is light and easy to bear. Pressure rises and falls, and the way guides you through. It does not burden you. The way does not press until you shatter. It gathers you to yourself, to one another, and to God. If the work of the way distracts you from walking the way, lay it down and walk on.
If harmony fails to incarnate, the way is far from it.
The way is beauty lived in daily life. The full heart walks through troubles and storms. It crosses the river, for it knows the stones that do not shift. It accepts the cracked stone and the uneven path, for it knows that in imperfection, there is room for the Spirit to move, encouraging growth and healing. The way does not fall apart when imperfections mark the path. Repentance and restoration exist to make amends for the way to continue.
Harmony accepts limitations. Not everyone can keep the same pace or push forward without needing to rest. It doesn’t need everything to be perfect, since only God is perfect. Compassion is the perfection of God. Harmony is tender to those who are grieving and laughs with the celebration. It sings and dances with others when the way is crowded, and takes courage from disagreements. It knows that this and that are the words of the Living God. It embodies coherence.
Harmony heals the gap between inner coherence and outward life. Harmony is repaired when it finds imperfection and remains present, anyway. It heals the soul by healing hypocrisy and fragmentation. Those who embody harmony heal and change the world.
True beauty lives wherever we are.
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