Last Lines of a Conversation

[qos]

I was fortunate again today to have some free time at work for journaling. Late in the afternoon I fell into a written dialogue with an inner wisdom figure. We were discussing my recent ongoing issue of archetype and my role/vocation. These were his last words:

Choose the Light, Sabrina.

Be aware of all the opportunities to choose every day, and choose again and again and again.

And then help others to see, and to choose.

Comments

[toesontheground.livejournal.com]

That sounds very positive advice!

One of the ways I understand Jesus' message about redemption is that every moment we live is an opportunity to make a good choice, to choose God - in your words, to choose the light. I believe it's a profoundly hopeful and empowering way to conceptualise life.

[qos.livejournal.com]

I like the term "Light" because it is so inclusive, but - in case it's not clear - I consider God to be implicit in Light.

The idea of the importance of choosing Light is also very Swedenborgian. He wrote that we are constantly besieged by Heavenly and Hellish influences, and that part of our essential humanity is the freedom to choose. It's not original or unique to him, of course, but it's one of the things that I like about his thought and theology.