As Easter arrived early this year, I've needed reminders of it - which the universe has generously been providing to get me into the true spirit of Easter. These reminders have come to teach me the value of LOVE for the greater good - the message of Easter.

For quite awhile I had/have been frustrated with Christianity for worshipping Christ over God, so it seemed/seems to me. I still waffle on my stance and understanding here, as Christianity is an important community in my own life - where I have called home my whole life. The greatest attribute of the Christian community is LOVE - though sometimes tribal over universal, there is a deep bond of unconditional serving love.

It is THIS LOVE that is the gift of JESUS. I have come to realize how Christ has truly saved us. No longer something metamphysical and mystical to me it is more real, timeless, and less based on damnation but a larger picture of karma. I felt today that it was simply Jesus' existing that has saved us - his message a reminder of who we are and what we can be. At a time NOW in our history when we need this reminder more than any other, we have had it so thoroughly in our genetics both as spirits and humans that we can tap into it so easily, with gratitude and faith, to bring us to that world of love that God, Jesus, and the mystics of today all promise. We needed Jesus then for as much now as we did then.

Ignoring the details of who he really was and what really happened and focusing simply on what has carried over to affect us today. Christians give themselves peace by resting on the fact that Christ died so those individuals who accept that do not have to worry about the future of their souls. But I feel that it wasn't Jesus' sacrifice that saved us as much as it was a reminder of how much we are loved for simply being who we are.

I was also pondering what it means to sacrifice my own desires for the sake of humanity - could I bear the purpose that Jesus did, whatever it was it contained pain and rejection? Can I do this in my own life? As I've been coming to understand my plight as an EMPATH I've been resenting how it limits me and has limited me - yes I LOVE but is my faith and connection to that divine love strong enough to surrender my own desires? Right now, it's not. This itself is limiting me, but also holds value. I can remember that simply being who I am serves a greater purpose, that my pain serves myself and others as do my desires. I look forward to seeing how this pans out for myself, and how the universal community comes into its own Christ period - the age of LOVE unconditional.

So this Easter I will remember that at our core we are love and are loved, that time is relative - that NOW was considered even THEN. I begin to find my faith. ALL is GOD, ALL is LOVE - no matter how "ugly". I will choose to worship with my fellow Christians, honoring both the life of Jesus and the power of God.

Namaste and Happy Easter!