Title: elder Blair
Existence: Logan
City: Oxford, OH
Year: 2026
I wasn't going to open the door,
Knock knock
I wasn't going to open the door,
Knock knock
Knock knock
I opened the door,
What part of me?
And there you were, and I said:
"You're inviting me to church like this? In a formal suit?"
I looked at myself, "Don't you realize we're completely different?"
Listening to myself was a total shock.
I talk a lot about diversity, about interspecies connections, and there I was, feeling uncomfortable around someone who wasn't like me.
I can say that the trauma I experienced with the missionaries was what made me not want to open the door, and yet, at the same time what make me open it
I opened the door to go out and heal
(then I understand)
We talked for about 30 minutes, and without thinking, I gave him my testimony. I was completely honest with him about what I saw as inconsistent in the missionary community.
To my surprise, he listened. I felt it in his expression, his gesture; he was present, completely attentive.
We came to the realization that God plants a unique and incomparable seed among others, which enables us to have an equally unique range of vision, perception, and expression. And that if we share this inner experience with the outside world, we become God, we are God.
To share, we have to make space for the other person to express themselves; we have to make space for ourselves, and others have to make space for us.
The other day we shared:
Silence
Place
Mirror
(español)
No te iba a abrir la puerte,
Toc toc
No te iba a abrir la puerta
Toc toc
Toc toc
Abrí la puerta,
¿Qué parte de mí?
Y allí estabas y te dije
“me invitas a la iglesia así? Con un traje todo formal”
Me miré “no te das cuenta que somos completamente diferentes?”
Escucharme fue de total impacto
Hablo mucho de diversidad, de vínculos interespecies y allí estaba yo sintiéndome incómoda por alguien no igual
Puedo decir que el trauma que tuve con los misioneros fue el que me hizo no querer abrir la puerta y a su vez abrirla
Querer sanar este rechazo
Abrí la puerta para salir a sanar,
Luego lo noticié
Charlamos como 30 minutos y sin pensarlo le di testimonio,
Le fui completamente sincera con aquello que veía incoherente en la comunidad misionera
Para mi sorpresa escuchó, lo sentí en su gesto, estaba presente, completamente atento
Llegamos a la reflexión de que Dios coloca una semilla única e inigualable a otras, que nos habilitan un rango de visión, percepción y manifestación igual de único. Y que si compartimos esta experiencia interna con el exterior hacemos Dios, somos.
Para compartir hay que dejar espacio para manifestar al otro, me tengo que hacer un espacio a mí y me tienen que dejar un espacio
El otro día compartimos
Silencio
Lugar
Espejo