From a new perspective, divinity of all things become obvious

Once upon a mystic graffiti 

After a week of spiritual education at Unity of Palo Alto, California, I was open and experiencing an spiritual awakening. It happened on the trip home, I was a passenger in a car, and we passed a truck on the freeway that had graffiti on it. In the enlightened state of awareness, I knew that everything, even if I had previously judged it otherwise, was in fact, divine. I felt an overwhelming sense that everything, each and every part of the graffiti on a truck on a random Los Angeles freeway, had a purpose and a reason to be there. At that moment, I felt aligned to each part of the universe. I had an awareness that everywhere I was at, I was at that place at the right time for a reason. 

Each of the paint here seems so random, but it is apart of a greater pattern of divinity. 

Is everything divine?

Yes, everything is divine. We are divine. Each piece of the physical universe that we interact with is exactly where it is supposed to be. There is nothing that could happen in the "wrong" way. This concept is the one that I struggle with when I think of people hurting. I have a great sense of compassion. Everything is divine isn't just a thought I throw around for the fun of it. When I am most aligned with the God of my being, I experience a world that is divine. For me it feels almost like a heightened state of awareness and sometimes I experience these as almost glimpses to what is always possible: living in a state of full integration with the essence of the God of my being.

If everything is divine - what is divinity? How can anything be divine if everything is divine?

The idea here is that sometimes if too many "things" are the same "thing" - it lessens the value of that "thing". Divinity is the very substance of the universe, I believe in a higher intelligence that runs through each part of the universe that is apart of a divine pattern. This idea of a limited divinity also speaks to a concept that divinity is something "over there". I don't know what each atom in the universe is made of, but the source of it I know for sure - this is the same divine source that I am made of. I do not think that divinity is like the concept of a stock - that there could be less of it and therefore it would be something there could be more of or less of. Awareness allows the opportunity for us to filter our experience of and with the divine. 

How could possibly everything be divine?

It is easy when you are asking this question to point to the many obvious things in the universe that aren't divine. There is a nearly in-exhaustive treasure trove of "bad things" to rule out the concept that everything is divine. From the personal internal self doubting voices in our minds to a garden variety of pain and death and wild unfairness in the world creates easy evidence about a lack of divinity. My knowing of the divinity comes from facing horrific situations that created a faith rooted in the certainty of my divinity and the divine substance in all of the universe. Through awareness of my divinity I am able to overcome anything. Our divinity, our light is present and active in everything and constantly evolving into a greater expression of this divinity. 

Embedded Theology Pre-Class Assignment

            Growing up in Unity, it can sometimes be a challenge for me to distinguish my embedded theology because many of the theological ideals that I can think of are things that I did learn as a child. There is no great divide for these concepts which is more common for people in Unity. Looking at myself objectively I can narrow down my embedded theology into two concepts: Jesus theology and positive theology. That said, each part of my theology has some version of Unity ideals within them, because I learned most of my spiritual concepts at Unity as a child.

            I grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina and while I grew up in Unity, most of my family and nearly everyone I grew up around was Southern Baptist, or at very least, a garden variety traditional Christian. I believe that Jesus is a person version of God. I believe that Jesus is the great example. Jesus had a great presence that transformed lives because of the level of his consciousness. His presence of love is what changed the world that we live in. This consciousness of love transformed and healed the world because of the energy the consciousness that Jesus brought forth. Sometimes I find that I have contradicting beliefs because I believe he was a virgin, but part of me beliefs that he was married or romantically involved with Mary Magdalene. Jesus had a relationship with time and space that was beyond the physical realm, which is how I felt about the Loaves and Fishes story even as a child. I also have an embedded through process that I could be similar to Jesus, which is the embedded version of the Christ within philosophy. 

            The rest of the theology that I found embedded within me was what I labeled as positive theology. The rest of my theological ideals were some version of what I was taught in Sunday school that I label as positive. I was taught that my thoughts are powerful and create my reality. I believe that what we think we create and therefore I could literally make anything happen. I believe that illness is an option which can be less than compassionate at times. I believe that we are always creating our own reality. I believe we can re-create nearly anything that has happened and any experience can have a positive spin which can help us have a happier life.

            My embedded theology has strong ties to Unity, which makes looking at it a challenge. That said, a childhood belief of Unity has evolved by continuing a life of our great faith.