We are sleepwalking in Eden and may awaken to it. This can come as a surprise until we recall that the same has been said among us. What else is the meaning of the kingdom of heaven being within us? And of Jesus saying, according to Thomas, that the kingdom of the Father is spread upon the earth, and men do not see it? What else could William Blake have meant by his assertion " If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything will appear to man as it is, Infinite? Dostoevski said similarly : Life is Praraide, we are all in Paradise but we won't see it...we dont understand that life is Paradise, for we have only to understand it and all will be fullfilled in all its beauty. And so it was that Dietrich Bonhoeffer in prison before his murder wrote to a friend and urged us all: Make the most of the beautiful country you are in. Spread *hilaritas around you, and mind you keep it yourself!
Eden is in us and about us and in all ways, East and West, we are wandering in Eden.
quote from Michael Adams, "Wandering in Eden"
*hilaritas translates to "live Joyfully"
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