Wait For It... Pansacramentalism...

  "All things sacramentally exist in the sacred, and the sacred sacramentally exists in all things." -- Hans Gustafson


The worldview that lives and promotes the conviction of all things as possessing the potential and the capacity to serve as mediators of the sacred, the Cosmic Consciousness, is perhaps the most important building-block for a sacred life... All things in the Divine and the Divine in all things is the manifestation of the on-going Jesus rEvolution... If the goal is both personal and global transformation, the lens through which we identify and interpret reality is of profound importance!

Regardless of religion, the fundamentalist always promotes a very small (and usually warped) worldview. No doubt, you have already figured that out! Only the expansion of consciousness, through a practiced and vital mysticism, is one made ready for seeing the connections and changing the likely outcomes... When belief is exchanged for experience, the hidden wholeness is found... and the variety of ways of implementation become obvious... the student becomes the sage through loving-in-action...

Touchstones that are the sagely guides into the practicalities of pansacramentalism are personalism: caring, cooperation, compassion, nonviolence, and the daily reference of everything to its underlying Oneness... Evidence of these practicalities are the heart and essence of the Beatitude Way of Jesus... The best source-book for a study of the Beatitudes is Prayers of the Cosmos (Reflections on the Original Meaning of Jesus's Words) by Neil Douglas-Klotz. Joanna Macy had this to say about this book: "For the many of us who want to peel away centuries of dualistic, patriarchal forms and recover the life-affirming beauty of our Christian roots, nothing could be more welcome than this exquisite little volumn."

Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault, in her book The Wisdom Jesus, also renders Jesus the sage and transformation master that quickly went out of style in the long-ago formation of the "princely" church and its strategy of accomodation to empire, greed, violence, and the marginalization of women and the divine feminine. Continuing the strategy of accomodation to empire might facilitate the power-building of fundamentalism, whether new or of ancient heritage, but it will never serve either our transformation or the regeneration of Planet Earth...

​Pansacramentalism, while an unusual and uncommon word, is the word for re-training our eyes, ears, hands, hearts, and minds: everything that we do can be made a conscious instrument of Beatitude... everything that surrounds, penetrates, and otherwise serves our well-being is wholly holy-ground... with this breath, I will become an instrument of peace... with this breath, I will kiss my lover with lips and soul... with this breath I will work in the garden... wash the dishes... scrub the toilet, organize for justice, demonstrate for equality, and dedicate my heart and life to building a brand new Beatitude Culture...