The deeper and wider our knowledge of God
the greater our love of God
but Christians tend to limit love to humans
and not see it in other species or in the universe itself
therefore we focus on inner love and outer darkness
another classic duality/division in our thinking
true nondual language is paradoxical
like a Zen koan – “I am different from all others
yet the same as them” – this is true in life
because life itself is paradoxical
and even though Christianity stands or falls on Christology
we couldn’t handle the paradox of Christ:
both human and God – and so we spiritualized Jesus –
we couldn’t handle the humanity of Jesus
like the docetist heretics – so we made Jesus into pure God
rather than the God/human
and we made salvation totally spiritual
so that Christianity had only a limited impact on the world
and we didn’t have to change – so far
but when we divorce theology from cosmology
we get just an idea of God
rather than the living God
and there exists a tremendous gap
between the transcendent/religious dimension
and the material/science dimension of life –
life becomes divided against itself
but contemplation opens our dualistic minds
to the paradoxical Good News
of intelligent Christian spirituality:
our fulfillment/salvation is received not achieved
but we have to work out our salvation
with fear and trembling
“for it is God who works in you
both to will and to work
for God’s good pleasure”
Philippians 2: 12-13.
Intelligent Christian Spirituality 