For me the indelible image of Easter is a violent earthquake rolling back the stone sealing the
tomb containing Jesus’ body after he was crucified. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came
to visit the tomb in the morning but found it empty. An angel assured them and said, “Do not
be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has
risen, just as he said.” (based on Matthew 28:1-6, NIV)
Many of us find ourselves enclosed within a tomb that prevents us from bringing our whole
Self, our authentic Self, to share with the world. Our tombs are constructed of our fears, which
may be fear of what others may think, fear of rejection or opposition, fear of trying something
new, or fear of not being good enough. We may seal any cracks in our fear with shame, blame
and guilt.
In his book This Thing Called You, p. 4, Ernest Holmes writes, “There is something within you
beyond all doubt and fear, something which has never been limited by your acts or destroyed
by your feeling. This is the only something that can make you whole.” Our authentic Self is a
doorway through which the Infinite Invisible expresses Itself as us. Wholeness is the
fundamental nature of our authentic Self, our Self that is always seeking to express the nature
of the Divine through us and as us.
When we allow ourselves to be vulnerable and trust in the Infinite Invisible and the wholeness
of our authentic Self, the stone sealing our tomb of fear and uncertainty is rolled back. We rise
anew as we embrace all the parts of ourselves as part of that wholeness, all the parts of
ourselves that we love, all the parts of ourselves that we would rather disown, and all the lovely
messiness in between. As we let go and trust “the only something that can make us whole,” we
let in all the Divine qualities that are the fundamental building blocks of our being: Love, Joy,
Peace, Wisdom, and Beauty. We rise in Wholeness and Love.
Love and light,
Rev. Pam
