It is too little, the Lord says, 
for you to be my servant, 
… I will make you a light to the nations, 
that my salvation may reach to the end 
of the earth.
– Isaiah 49: 6
 
Beloved: The grace of God has appeared, 
saving all and training us … so that 
we may be justified by his grace 
and become heirs in hope
 of eternal life.
– Titus 2: 11-12; 3: 7

What if there were another way of considering “eternal life” other than the common notion of an infinite duration of passing time — the possibility of higher dimensions in this earthly life?  That it is not necessary to wait for death to experience the eternal? Rather, time and eternity are on different levels on the “scale of reality.” Further, that not only is this a possibility, but there is some urgency to know and act of this reality in order to experience the fullness of this life. That, in fact, eternal life means, first of all, the completing of oneself in this life, increasing consciousness to the extent we live at whole new level of reality, in a sense of completeness or wholeness for which we were created.

From The World of the Week 2019.

Sunday January 13:  A Light in The World. Contemplative Outreach.