At Home in Our Own Space

Harmony prevails when we feel at home in our own space, when our minds are clear and our hearts are pure. In light of this pervasive harmony, clarity of mind and serenity of heart are both requisite conditions for and beneficial consequences of this wonderful harmony. In light of this pervasive harmony, we might well ask: who can take issue with those who live religiously and spiritually, who stay true to themselves in the face of adversity, in the light of prosperity, and who continue to follow their bliss, in peace, with grace, for the sake of love and joy, and do so with compassion?

This question points directly to the ultimate standard of personal, evolutionary conduct with respect to the blooms of consciousness and culture, assuming vast intelligence beyond what any one of us can presently imagine in our current forms. When we cultivate space to align our conduct with this vast intelligence, when we cultivate space to discern its movements within us from those of our fears and habits, when we cultivate space to commit our best, most inspired contributions to the evolution of body, mind, heart, soul, and spirit, harmony with this standard is a matter of course.

At home in our own space, we can live, love, learn, and laugh in harmony with this standard.

Ekos Sacred: Ownership

When I intend sanctity through divinity, my sense of the sacred extends into space, so that my sacred space comes inward and goes outward.

Through contact with divine presence, I clear a space inside the heart of my soul to confer the objects of my thought with a sense of the sacred so that I might also clear a space through my eyes to confer the objects of my sight with a sense of the sacred.

Here, where two spaces conjoin, I reside at the heart of matter, and bring a sense of promise to light, and when I hold and keep this juncture in sacred space, I generate and renew my sense of purpose and progress in the light of this sense of promise.

This space, this is where I stake my claim for ownership of Ekos Sacred, through this juncture in sacred space.

Such a claim appeals especially to those who dwell in the depths of encounter through sacred intent, and to those who rise to the peaks of experience through divine presence. Such a claim is ideally suited for intimate, introspective, intuitive persons.

Ekos Sacred as Primary

Ekos Sacred, quite simply, means a sacred place, or a sacred space in a place that holds promise, or a sacred space that brings a sense of promise, or a sacred space by which Eros can be expressed through a sense of purpose and progress from this sense of promise.

Everyone, no matter who they are, no matter where they might be, requires a space in a place that holds promise, or brings a sense of promise.

Whether you make this space a sacred space depends, not so much on how much promise it holds, or on how much it brings a sense of promise, but on how much sanctity your intentions contain. Do you hold your space sacred and do you keep your space sacred?

When I hold and keep my space sacred, I cannot help but cultivate a sacred space in a place that holds promise, or brings a sense of promise.

The center of my world, my sacred space, is where I do my best work, and I permit no one to enter here without reason. Here, I meditate and dwell in silence, read and contemplate in peace, listen to sound and music divine, and follow my flow when I think or feel, watch and learn, speak or write.

Here, I rest and relax and refresh to restore my sense of promise between Ekos and Eros.

First, Ekos, and then, Eros

When I move primarily and conservatively from Ekos to Eros, and when the movement of Ekos to Eros is the dominant theme of my life, then, by implication, my sense of place takes precedence over my sense of promise, purpose, and progress.

In other words, the satisfaction of my needs takes precedence over the fulfillment of my desires.

What do I need? What must I do? More precisely, what do I need to satisfy soul? What must I do to satisfy soul?

First, I need a home. I need a place to eat, a place to wash, a place to sleep. I need a place to feel warm, physically and psychologically, and I need a place to feel safe and secure. But more than this, I need a place where I can satisfy my needs so that I might fulfill my desires.

Ekos, however, does not exist in isolation from Eros.

My sense of place requires, if not a sense of purpose or progress, then at least some sense of promise.

This is where Eros meets Ekos.

A sense of promise requires value, through quality, with interest in what is past, from awareness of depth.

For example, I know that productive, creative work is central to my life, and so I would do well to seek, or make, or keep a space in a place where I can do my best work. I arrange objects of value in my space so that I might cultivate quality. My sense of promise evolves from my sense of place.

And vice versa.

You might say that my sense of place and promise arise from this one statement: this is where I do my best work.

And with a sense of place and promise, can my sense of purpose and progress be that far behind?

With a sense of place and promise, purpose and progress, my sense of being in-place is complete.

Do you feel complete?

Ekos to Eros or Eros to Ekos?

Soul contains a sacred sense of place and a sacred sense of being in-place to cultivate quality with sacred intent. Spirit carries a divine sense of promise, purpose, and progress to celebrate vitality with divine intent. But which of these take precedence in your life?

Soul or spirit?

Which of these have priority for you: Sacred intent or divine intent? Cultivate quality or celebrate vitality? A sense of place or a sense of purpose? Ekos Sacred or Eros Divine? The satisfaction of need or the fulfillment of desire? Pure ekotic satisfaction or pure erotic fulfillment?

Do you move from Ekos to Eros or do you move from Eros to Ekos? Do you establish a sense of place to satisfy your needs before you seek to fulfill your desires? Or do you seek to fulfill your desires before you establish a sense of place by which to satisfy your needs?

One might ask: which draws you more closely or strongly: a sense of mystery or a sense of mastery?

A religious relationship with the mystery of life will move us to cultivate a sense of place and a sense of being in-place. A spiritual relationship with the mastery of mind will move us to celebrate a sense of promise, purpose, and progress.

Moving from Ekos to Eros, the fulfillment of desire depends on having a secure sense of place and a secure sense of being in-place. When I feel safe in my place, when I feel comfortable where I am, when I feel like I belong, I know my needs are met and the fulfillment of desire is possible through my needs.

Moving from Eros to Ekos, the satisfaction of need depends on having a vibrant sense of promise, purpose, and progress. When I feel alive to the promise of life, when I feel a strong sense of purpose in my life, and when I make meaningful progress with my life, I know that my desires are met and that the satisfaction of need is possible through my desires.

Do you move from Ekos to Eros? Or do you move from Eros to Ekos? Do you make one or the other of these movements exclusive as a dominant theme in your life? Do you allow one and then the other to come and go in your life as you please?

Or, do you strike the balance between Ekos and Eros with every choice you make and with every action you take?

Erotic Elaborations

At the extremes of Eros, I can want it all or I can want nothing at all.

From a more enlightened perspective, I can allow myself to have it all or I can allow myself to have nothing at all. Subjectively, having it all might mean having all that I need or it might mean having all that I desire. Or both. Objectively, having it all can only mean having all that anyone could ever need and desire.

Having all that I need is pure ekotic satisfaction. Having all that I desire is pure erotic fulfillment. This is a crucial distinction.

When I cultivate quality, my motive is pure ekotic satisfaction, and I find such satisfaction in the homes I make, or help to make, for myself. When I celebrate vitality, my motive is pure erotic fulfillment, and I find such fulfillment through the actions I take.

What do I need? I need pure ekotic satisfaction. What do I want? I want pure erotic fulfillment.

The homes I make - in a building, a vehicle, an office - are representations of quality, indicators of value, demonstrations of worth.

My sense of place and my sense of being in-place require objects of quality that have value and demonstrate worth. Having all that I need for my sense of place and my sense of being in-place brings me pure ekotic satisfaction.

The actions I take through the choices I make - in relation to self, others, and the world - require a sense of place and a sense of being in-place. My place in space serves a vital function: to generate interest in my relations so that I might seek and meet desirable outcomes.

Much of what I seek comes through my encounters and relations with culture, technology, and community: more skill, more money, more pleasure, more fun. In my perception of having all that I desire lies my experience of pure erotic fulfillment.

But which comes first? Pure ekotic satisfaction or pure erotic fulfillment?

The Extremes of Eros

At the extremes of Eros, I can settle or demand, stop or go, wait or move. At the extremes of Eros, I can want it all or nothing at all.

Before I elaborate on this, consider the following:

Evolutionary enlightenment is the evolution of culture out of consciousness, evolving from a contemplation of religious mystery toward a spiritual realization of mastery, evolving through a balance that would cultivate soul and celebrate spirit, through sacred encounter with quality through acceptance of what is and through divine experience with vitality through assurance of what can be. By this definition, there are no mysterious depths we cannot plumb, no masterly heights we cannot climb. If and when we find and keep this balance between soul and spirit, individually and collectively, and if and when we find and keep a balance that would have us express and impress, cultivate and celebrate, then all will be well with us and the world.