Crisis Contemplation
Friday, September 21,
2018
many people naturally grow into nondual consciousness through great suffering or great love
Barbara Holmes suggests that “crisis contemplation” arose out of
“Middle Passage”
and slavery
The air must have been thick with fear and prayer as the slaving ships pulled out of Gorée and other West African ports laden with human cargo.
It was a community
each person lay in their own chrysalis
strangers to each other
by virtue of language, culture, and tribe
Although the names of their deities differed, they shared a common belief in the seen and unseen
a rite of passage
stripped captives of their personal control over the situation and forced them to turn to the spirit realm for relief
contemplation presses beyond the constraints of religious expectations...
... expectations to reach the potential for
spiritual centering in the midst of danger.
Centering moments
spiritual centering in the midst of danger.
Centering moments
crisis contemplation
became a refuge, a
wellspring of discernment in a suddenly disordered life space/a geospiritual forging of a new identity. This definition of contemplation is dynamic and situational. . . .
contemplative moment can be found at the very center of such ontological crises . .
Each event is experienced
by individuals stunned
into multiple realities. by shock,
journey, and.
displacement.
Howard Thurman“when all hope for release in the world[is]unrealistic & groundless, the heart turns to a way of escape beyond present order.”
no safety except
in common cause and the development of internal and spiritual fortitude. . . .
in common cause and the development of internal and spiritual fortitude. . . .
Moans flowed
through each wracked body and drew each soul toward the center of contemplation. . .
through each wracked body and drew each soul toward the center of contemplation. . .
the moan stitches horror
and survival instincts into creation narrative
and survival instincts into creation narrative
the moan became the language
of stolen strangers,
the sound of unspeakable fears...
The moan is the birthing sound
the first movement toward a creative response to oppression
the first movement toward a creative response to oppression
the entry into the heart of contemplation through the crucible of crisis...
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