Dear Spiritual Family,
In John 8: 1-11 we find the often-told story of the “Woman Taken in Adultery.” The Mosaic Law declared that such an act should be met with the severe punishment of being stoned to death. The scribes and Pharisees in this telling saw it as the perfect opportunity to trap Jesus and provide cause for this “troublemaker” to be arrested and then, out of their lives.
Of course, our Wayshower knew it was not “his time” and through his wisdom, motivated by his compassion for the woman, he said to them, “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.” “And when they heard this, they turned and walked away.”
Unity Co-founder Charles Fillmore taught that each character in the Bible can be a representation of some part of our own makeup – a very sobering thought! We would not consciously choose to be equated with the scribes and Pharisees. And in fact, that energy of righteousness and unforgiveness is not who we are.
We can gather with others to “justify” our hurling of these stones – these insults, these justifications, this righteous indignation. After all, we are clearly right and they are clearly “wrong!”
Dr. David Hawkins in The Evolution of Consciousness: “The Course in Miracles I think is based on what we’re talking about …. in other words, to let go of a positionality, which creates a duality, which puts you in good versus evil and puts you into a polarized, dualistic belief system.”
Thus, not throwing stones at persons or situations that our ego calls “sinful’ – in need of punishment, is symbolic of our willingness to look past appearances and meet the person, the group of people, the condition or situation with love and compassion.
Each time we make a higher choice by reaching for a more right-minded thought, we, in essence, rise in consciousness; we reveal more of God’s Love in the world. And Jesus is just as present to us as he was to the woman that day, to encourage us, to guide our thinking, and to give a little “spiritual spanking” to the dualistic mind chatter of the ego.
When we release the “stones” of judgment and condemnation, we lighten up, and we open ourselves to rediscover the love that we are and have always been. We hope you enjoy the video message and find a very good use for the stones you do not throw.
We love you,
Rev. Steve and Mary