For Roman Catholics, Vatican City is the site of the Holy See.
For Moslems, the Kaaba (Arabic, ka'b, cube) is a mundane repository
of spiritual presence. The extratemporal must ground at some point
to communicate with the temporal. The Holy See (Latin, sedes,
seat), as the earthly seat or focus of heavenly will, is as much
symbolic as actual. The divine Omnipresence remains a Stranger
to the earthbound unless It somehow graces their three-dimensional
world. When the Pope issues formal decrees, he does so ex cathedra
(Greek, kathedra, seat), from out of his seat in the Church (cathedral).
The royal status of immutable truth is signified by its enthronement,
plenary power reigning, as described in Revelations, chapters
4-5. The four corners of the zodiac are corners on which the heavens
sit, or, as it were, rest. They designate the four fixed signs,
which move not.
All the foregoing illustrations designate exoteric centers of
power, foci of truth, points of manifestation, seats (as in department
chairs in a university) of knowledge. They all exemplify, in a
grand manner, what we in our modest daily lives seek to demonstrate:
a resolution, a drawing together of our energies to apply to the
task at hand; a focusing of our mental faculties on one issue
at a time; being where our body is, since our body is, in a sense,
our throne, our cathedral, our individual see from which we direct
our daily affairs and conduct the mundane business of our microcosm
in the light of the guiding Spirit.
That light shines right where we are, for where we are is right,
right for now. Our bodies may be tabernacles in the wilderness
of the physical world, our legs the staves by which the holy of
holies seems to transit from place to place. But within that dark
(to outer eyes), innermost room there is complete stillness. There
is gathered power ready for summoning; there is wisdom leaning
toward revelation; and there is chaos-dispersing light. Glory
and blessing show forth from the mercy seat, that still point
within, be the high priest of the soul present or absent.
Where we each are is where we are meant to be. Where we each are,
potential blessing waits to bless us, truth awaits our discovery
and gospeling. Our daily fiats may be a simple greeting (Awake!)
or grateful remark (Well done! Be glad!) whose homespun vesture
can't hide the light that shines forth from the spoken word, which
is a condensation of spirit, a spiritual reveille.
The mountain top, the high altar, the seat of authority, the still,
fixed point, the privileged holy place, all are always near the
prayerful mind, the offered heart, the physical body in dynamic,
recollected poise. May the below of our daily lives ever reflect
and be open to the here-hovering, divine above. And may our deeds
be an ongoing enactment of the creative command: Let there be
light. And then see how this light shines away the dark, right
where we are. Right now.
— Rays from the Rose Cross Magazine, March/April, 1996
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