Sacred Time, Sacred Space |
| When I use the term Ïthe union of Sacred Time and Sacred SpaceÓ
I am, in a sense, referring to that dimension from which the time-space
continuum arise. There is a connotation in the manner in which I
use the phrase, however, which permeates the phrase with the presence of
Life. The union of Sacred Time and Sacred Space is not far away or
vast. It is in the giggle of a child. ÏBe ye like children,Ó
the master said, Ïif you would enter the kingdom of Heaven.
Another way to cast some connotative light upon the phrase would be to consider the first two words of the Christian prayer, the Our Father. The first two words are ÏAwoon DwashmayaÓ. These are commonly translated as ÏOur Father who art in HeavenÓ. ÎAwoonÌ, however, in the old Aramaic (the street language in the Palestine at the time of Jesus) means more something like ÎdaddyÌ or Îo sweet papaÌ. ÎDwashmayaÌ is quite interesting. The Maya part is related to the modern words for ÎmotherÌ, ÎmaterialÌ, and the Hindu ÎMayaÌ . The ÎdwashÌ part of the word is related to our modern word for ÎawashÌ. Put it together and the phrase may perhaps more appropriately be spoken,
ÏO dear daddy, papa, you who permeate the Mother, the material universe,
every fiber of all we see and are ...Ó
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