How when we consider something as sacred we value it more…

I was reading an article jdubhub wrote called The Importance of Sacred Space for Writers which can be found here http://www.xomba.com/importance_sacred_space_writers. As I was commenting on it, it triggered thoughts in me about, how when we think something as sacred we value it more in our lives. I got to thinking what is the opposite of sacredness and the word I came up with is defiled; like a glass of water that is found outside in the morning mist that an ugly slug bug has slimed.

The sacredness of things got me pondering about how I think about people that I come in contact with, whether they are relatives, friends, people in my community, or even you on the internet.

What do I think about you? Are you sacred to me or are some of you defiled in my thoughts? I got to pondering; if I think you are defiled will I be more inclined to send defiling comments to you. If I do send bad or defiling comments and you receive them as defiled will you think of me in your heart as that ugly bug and want to slime me? Or will you just send me defiling comments because I slimed you first? And if this continues to go on, will I end up just sliming everyone I come in contact with? Then will my writing start to dissolve into slimy internet garbage? Hmmm… it makes me wonder, it makes me ponder. Do I need to do some sorting and throwing out any stuff that may have accumulated in my heart, like my desk that I had to clean up; which thank you jdubhub, I got it cleaned up last night.

Now, I am not saying that I think any of you are defiled, but I figure it is also good to re-examine my heart because it tend to pick up stuff easily. I guess this is what the great concept of forgiveness is all about, cleaning our own heart of bitternesses and bad thoughts about others.

I have found that forgiveness is not about a person saying they are sorry, but about me cleansing my heart. But, I guess it would make it easier to anyone I have defiled to forgive if I said, “I’m sorry.” So, if I have defiled any of you on internet land I ask for your forgiveness. Not that forgiveness is the cure-all for me not defiling others. It has to do with changing my heart and examining my thoughts. But I have found that dirty water and dirty washrags are not the best for cleaning item for the dishes. For, how can the imperfect make itself perfect? And how can the defiled make itself holy and sacred?

But, what I have found is that life and sacredness is not about me; what I can get by loving you. It’s all about loving you with no strings attached. For how can anyone love that which is defiled to them? So, if I am having a hard time loving someone, maybe I should examine my heart and see if I think of them as defiled. Which can be the hardest with the people I once loved the most, for as intense as the passion for them for sacredness is; the intensity of the defilement towards them can become. So, maybe passion is actually what gets defiled? I build up passion, and that passion is still there it just gets turned around, and instead of blessing the person it tries to destroy them? Hmmm…. I have to ponder this some more.

Thank you for walking with me as I did some thinking on this journey. It was an honor to me to be able to converse with you, for you are sacred.

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