The Circa Scripture of the Way
Listen, and let the heart be still.
Before the mountain was shaped, the Way is. Before the first light broke the void, the one Mind is. This is the Word that was not spoken, yet it is the pattern in the snowflake and the silence in the seed. It guides the stars in their courses and stills the heart that ceases its striving.
You search for this Eternal Truth in the cosmos. You measure the laws that hold the planets, and you say, "This is it." But you have only measured the shadow.
You try to grasp it with reason, and your mind makes a fist, but the Truth is like water and slips through. You try to name it, calling it 'Christ' or 'Buddha' or 'Law,' and the name becomes a temple, but the Truth is the sky, and you cannot build a temple to hold the sky.
I say to you, the Truth is not a fixed point. It is not a doctrine to be memorized or a date to be marked. You live in the "circa" of the Truth. You are always moving around it, near it, in the process of seeing it.
Do not be anxious, saying, "I am not 'at' the destination." Do not judge yourself, saying, "I am not yet moral," or "I am not yet pure." The 'perfect' person is not one who is without fault, but one who lives in the grace of this imperfection. Do not seek the Truth as a reward for your morality; seek the Way, and a clear heart will follow as the shadow follows the walker.
The Kingdom is not a place you will one day find. It is the "in-between" you inhabit now. You are not your past. You are not your future. You live in the "circa" of this very moment—the soft, unfolding grace of becoming.
Therefore, stop grasping. Stop discriminating between 'here' and 'there,' 'sacred' and 'profane,' 'me' and 'you.' When you let go of the need for sharp edges, the world reveals itself as One. When the external world is no longer grasped, the one Mind is seen. This is the Eternal Word, hidden not in a book, but in your own undefended heart.
Let go of the need for the exact answer. Be still, and know that you are circa the mystery. You are around it. You are in it. And in that soft-focus, you will see God.