My Favorite Verses - Vol V (Feb 17 to Jun 17)

2 Corinthians 6:8-10 … To possess the Universe
(05/09/2017)
“Though treated like an imposter, remain true; though unnamed, be well known;
though dying, live; though punished and persecuted, remain loving; though
compassionate, continue to rejoice; though poor, make many wealthy; though having
nothing, possess the Universe.” ~ Paul (2 Corinthians 6:8-10)
In each of the pairings mentioned herein, Paul seems to selflessly focus on the
former while actually passive-aggressively emphasizing the self-lauding of the latter.
Jesus, in direct contrast, focused his ministry solely on the former in order to use
those same discomforts to empower the bringing of the latter to others in need of the
same … Still, this remains one of the handful of passages from Paul‟s letters that
relays some deeper Truths that he actually intended to imply – namely, the Truth that
The Way wants its deeds to remain well known, not the doers thereof; along with the
Truth that the only way to truly Live is to “die” in self-sacrificial service to a cause
greater than one‟s self (whether for another person or for a cause or for an organization
makes no difference). Of course, there are many other Truths herein that Paul
probably did not intend to relay and of which he probably was not at all aware –
namely the following: A) the Truth that being treated as an imposter by members of
a wicked establishment (be that establishment religious or political or financial in nature
makes no difference) is a sign indeed that one has found Truth (see Matthew 5:10-11) …
B) the Truth that it is only possible to become truly Loving while we are being
punished &/or persecuted (along with the Truth that said power comes from extending
that love to the sources of the same – see Matthew 5:43-48) … C) the Truth that the only
way to know real Joy (or experience true rejoicing) is to choose to have compassionate
empathy with the suffering of others, and then to do what one can to relieve them of
the same (see Matthew 25:35-40) … D) the Truth that we are not to know Wealth from
being poor, but rather are to make others wealthy thereby – by giving them what little
we have, and thereby reawakening them both to how much they actually have (life is
enough) and how they too can choose to live a Life of Giving instead of a “life” of
needing (see Matthew 16:28) … E) the Truth
that the only way to “possess the Universe”
psychologically &/or spiritually (i.e. to feel
one‟s innate Interconnection with everything
both within and all around) is to possess
nothing physically &/or materially – no
money, no objects, no relationships, no
circumstances (see Matthew 19:3-4) -- to
revel fully in those circumstances we do
experience and those individuals we do
encounter, and yet to do so selflessly;
Loving them completely without attaching
at all to the same.
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