I had a wonderful epiphany today. It was one of those times when everything just fell into place and I felt like God was watching over me. I wrote yesterday about how I wanted to find out purple and orange went together. What I really meant was I wanted to understand how to spiritual and physical went together. I have learned that in ancient teachings the physical body is a representation of the universe and the divine. And suddenly today as I considered that idea, I realized how true it was.
When we look at a human being or any living organism, we are naturally drawn to symmetry. At least, I am. There’s a symmetry to the human body that I find pleasing. It is comforting that the human face can be divided almost exactly down the middle and create a mirror image. However, from what I know about human anatomy that isn’t the case for our insides. The human heart, the organ, isn’t symmetrical at all. If you cut open a person’s torso and look inside the organs aren’t placed in symmetry. The organs are placed where they need to be. And then, you think about people who are born with what I hate to call “disfigurements”. Their bodies aren’t like ours for a number of reasons. I was told not to stare at these people, but why? They are beautiful examples of what a human is. I believe they are more beautiful than any super model ever could be.
My point is this: God transcends the dualities, and our own physical bodies give that hidden mystery away. We are drawn to the beauty of symmetry, but within our own bodies theirs is asymmetry. Even the most beautiful symmetrical model of a body has the organs placed inside of that body in an asymmetrical pattern. Our own bodies reveal to us the secrets of the universe and of our own deity. There is no duality for God. We transcend. We can be made perfect imperfect. Our bodies can be symmetrical and asymmetrical at the same time. God can know all the days of my life and yet I still have my own free will. All paradoxes can make sense because with God all things are possible.
My faith saved me. May God’s peace reside in all of our hearts.
