The Map of God
October 2, 2009 by Ed Conley
Filed under What I learned today
We are always in a map that is larger than we think. We open our map of reality with our mind and zoom right in on what delights or pains us. We see the streets next to us as threatening and in general we are confused about where we actually are. We never think to hit the zoom out button to see the grander scale.
Zooming out is like asking directions, and we don’t ask directions because of our investment in being right, in knowing where we are. Not knowing is admitting to a loss of control and the possible invasion of chaos. Not knowing is the whole region outside our little neighborhood map. Knowing is the wall that keeps us enclosed in the ghetto of our limited and small mind. Knowing is also fear of not knowing.
Not knowing and knowing make up our whole map, our entire universe and the infinite reaches of space beyond. Not knowing and knowing when put together map the face of God. Keep zooming out until you kiss.
