THE GENESIS OF MY AWARENESS 1 In the beginning, before words or memories, there was a Great Mystery: a raging wildfire of bodies burning westward, which breathed the spark of life upon my body and my mind 2 And my mind was without form and void Darkness was upon the face of my mind, and the second Great Mystery of My Awareness moved over the face of my mind 3 And My Awareness said: let there be light and some of the darkness was different 4 And I saw that this difference was light and that it was good and my mind separated the light from the darkness 5 And I called the light: certainty and the darkness I called: fear And in the evening, when the light faded I became afraid Because I did not know if the light would return And in the morning, when the light returned, I saw that my fear was the shadow of my desire for the light and it was good My first emotion on my first day 6 And I said: let there be an expanse in the midst of my mind, and let it separate my mind from my mind 7 And my mind made the expanse and separated my perceptions which were under the expanse from my imagination which was above the expanse and it was so 8 And I called my imagination: Self And when the evening came, and the light faded, I again became afraid Yet there was still light in my imagination and it was good And I called this light of my imagination: hope My second emotion on my second day 9 And I said: let my imagination be gathered together unto My Awareness and dry land appeared and it was so 10 And I called the dry land: earth and the gathering together of the waters I called: the seas and I saw that it was good 11 And I looked closer at the earth, and it had grass And closer still, I saw the herb yielding seed And closer still, I saw the fruit tree, yielding fruit after its kind, whose seed is in itself And I saw that looking closer was good And I called this third emotion: wonder 13 And the evening and the morning were the third day of my third emotion 14 And I looked closer at the sky and there were lights in the sky to divide the day from the night And I saw in them signs, and seasons, and days, and years 15 And I saw that the lights in the sky gave light upon the earth and I was filled with wonder 16 And I looked closer at the lights and there were two Great Lights: the greater light to rule the day, which I called: the sun and the lesser light to rule the night which I called: the moon And I looked closer at the night sky, and there were smaller lights, which I called: the stars And it was good 17 And I saw that the sky gave light upon the earth 18 Which ruled over the day, and over the night, and divided the light from the darkness And I became certain that the light is always with me, and my fear subsided, and it was good And I called this fourth emotion: love 19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day of my fourth emotion 20 And I looked closer at the seas, and there were abundant moving creatures that had life And looking closer at the sky, there were birds that flew above the earth in the open expanse far above 21 And I looked closer at the sea creatures and there were great whales, and fish that swim and strange creatures that move, which the waters brought forth abundantly, all after their kind And I saw that it was good 22 And I blessed them saying: be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas and let the living creatures multiply on the earth And I was filled with love for them and I desired to be good unto them and I desired to share goodness with them and it was good And I called this fifth emotion: grace 23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day of my fifth emotion 24 And I looked closer, and the earth brought forth living creatures: cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth, all after their kind And it was so 25 And I looked closer, and the beasts of the earth were made after their kind, and cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps upon the earth all after their kind and I saw that it was good 26 And I happened upon still waters, and in the reflection looked closer at my own body, and my body was made in the image of my kind, after their likeness and I realized nothing prevented my kinds' dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth 27 So was my body created in the image of the Great Mystery, and my mind in the image of the second Great Mystery of My Awareness, mother and father after their kind 28 And I blessed my reflected face and I said unto Self: be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and hold it carefully Watch over the fish of the sea, and the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth 29 And I said to Self: behold, I have seen the finding of every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed and every living creature of the sea or the earth To you it shall be to choose: sustenance or grace 30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every creature in the sea, and to every bird of the air, and to every living thing that creeps upon the earth, as all living things are nourished by life, it is for them to choose: sustenance or grace and it was so 31 And I saw all these were emanations of Great Mystery And I was filled with Great Desire to look closer, yet looking closer at Great Mystery yielded no certain form or cause or purpose And I was filled with Great Fear of not-knowing And the moon eclipsed the sun, and the darkness danced with my desire, and mystery became a mirror for forms And I was filled with Great Fear and Wonder of what-could-be and I wept and I shook and behold, it was very good and I called this emotion: mystery 32 And I was overcome by mystery and I surrendered my mind to mystery and I spoke stories unto Self, and forms and causes and purpose, which transmuted my Great Fear and it was good Thus my imagination was ready for my emotions and my perceptions of my life to come And My Awareness the gentle host of them all And the evening and the morning were the sixth day of my sixth emotion 33 And on the seventh day I ended my work which I had begun and I rested on the seventh day from all my work 34 And I blessed the seventh day, and raised it above the other days And I sat in silence and I was filled with love and wonder and grace and mystery and fear and hope And my emotions and my perceptions transformed my imagination And it was good And I called this emotion: gratitude And the evening and the morning were the seventh day of my seventh emotion
Artwork: “The Observer”, Silver Arrow Art, 2017 (source)
Artwork: “Hangmoon”, Alexander Komarov, 2016 (source)
Artwork: Zoomed selection of “The Lovers”, Remedios Varo, 1963 (source)