Rhema (ρημα) Greek ; an utterance (indiv., collect. or spec.); by implication a matter or 'topic' (esp. of narration, command or dispute). From the primary verb Rheo (ρηω) to flow or run , as water; and the suffix ma(μα) , a finite dispensation or portion (eg. "charis", grace ; but "charisma", a portion of grace, (spiritual) gift, etc.


This evening, in a reverie of faith and flowing language, these word-symbols poured forth:

RHEMA, RHYTHM, RHYME. Is there a relationship here? Does it matter? What is our theme here? Rhema: the divine and ever-evolving word intutively delivered to the perceptions by our indwelling and guiding spirits. We are forever grasping at the yarrow stalks of the Infinite Spirit. Our assumptions rest upon these marvelous intuitions, imaginings. WE are synergistic. When we de-center and pay attention to the rhema of the spirit, we are motivated into some new perpetual motion working within the fetters time and space. We are free from selfishness. We are simply free. The word has always been FREE. It's so great to understand the ETERNALITY OF THE LOGOS and the TEMPORALITY OF THE RHEMA. A little bit of grace, just at the right moment, can inspire the miraculous.

When you believe in an underlying oneness, fiction and non-fiction become a lot more blurred. I feel that I have learned more from novel than text-books. Rhema speaks through all the objects of a faithful one's experience. And who's to say that THE MIND IS A UNIT?? I believe THE MIND IS A RELATIONSHIP, a synergistic relationship between the rhema and the word designed for uplifting we thinking beings...

Couldn't the rhema be projected by any book, any word, experience, or any thing? When you allow the will of God to dictate your ACTION, all things attest to the eternal truth. It is man who must adjust himself, his own mind, to the LOGOS...the LOGOS doesn't change. Couldn't a negative image or word impart the rhema as well? And then something shifts for the positive, and off we go!! The levels are endless, the growth unending, the ETERNAL is also a word for the INFINITE. Way beyond the finite...this word has a beginning but no end. This is how we can change the world with words. The universe is a growing and dynamic experiment of the eternal spirits. The word is alive and moving and reacting to itself. The universe responds, personally, relentlessly, eternally. A lot of words for ONE LOVE.

Yet, I'm still dwelling on fundamental relationship of rhema to rhythm, music, dance, and rhyme -- and HARMONY as the language of HEAVEN. There is a great flow of beauty and goodness through the cosmos. The beautiful word IS the true word. The vital spark. A different music. A cosmic jitterbug. The free-jazz flow of far-flung nebulae. We live in an elegant and sacred cosmos. The LIVING truth is larger than all of us. We don't have to learn so much a way of speaking, as we need to learn a way of listening. Our tongues can bring a lot more trouble into the world than our ears. May you find an ear to hear...just listen, my friends.


Listen.


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