THE SPIRIT OF THE MYSTICS–THE ESSENCE OF TRADITION 12-25-2015

The Christian Native American storyteller Dayton Edmonds tells the story of an axe passed down to him from his great-great-great uncle. He received the axe as a gift on his birthday. It came to him as a family heirloom, with much fanfare. He was overjoyed. It meant the world to him to have an axe passed down through so many generations.

After the excitement waned, Dayton took his mother aside and began to inquire about the axe. “Is this really my great-great-great uncle’s axe?” “Yes it is,” his mother replied. “This is the actual handle and head that my great-great-great uncle wielded generations ago?” Dayton excitedly inquired. “Oh no,” said his mother. “The handle has been replaced several times and I think the head was replaced once too, but it’s the same axe!”

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If we seek the mystical essence of Jesus, Jesus will in turn seek us out through a word, through a practice, through a teacher, through a book. Even though seeking requires effort on our part, we remind ourselves it’s God who brings all forms of authentic teaching to us.