In this World, But not of it

“I am in this world, but I am not of this world.”

This of course is one of Jesus’ most famous statements. But what did he mean? “What does it mean to be “in” the world but not “of” it? Let’s look at the first part, “In the world.” You are in the world. That’s a fact. All you have to do is look around you to know, with some certainty that you are in the world. But, as the saying goes, you are not “of” it. So you did not come from here in other words.

So...Where did you come from? You mean maybe?

Wait.


Maybe I didn’t come from what happened between my mom and dad 42 years ago or whatever?


Wow. That really changes the game doesn’t it! So where then are you from?

“Show me your original face. The face you had before your parents were born.“

Zen masters will ask their student this question (Also known as a Koan)to test their degree of enlightenment.

So where? Where is this “not of this world” place. Apparently that’s my home but I can’t remember. I cant quite recal this place, but you know something…now that you mention it, it feels as if there is a memory, ever so faint within me, of this other place. This place of wholeness. This place of spaciousness and freedom. This place of boundless expression. This place called home.

You know your Self in that moment. You realize that you are the One Cosmic Being. You are the sunrise and the sunset, or as the saying goes,

“the sun rises and sets with you.”

Or as they say in Zen, “You could drink the pacific Ocean in a single drop.”

So yes, you most certainly are in this world but in the moment of Awakening you know with Absolute Certainty that you are not of it. You know exactly What you Are of, or what you are made of, so to speak.

You know Where you came from. You know what ship you came in on. You know your original face.

Best,

Adam

www.adamsewardcounseling.net