What’s Your Preference?

dvetter · #1 (**permalink**) 11-20-2009, 02:27 PM

The Gates of Heaven

"All I know is the gate of heaven is everywhere."

Thomas Merton

"Everything I see, hear, touch, feel, taste, speak, think, imagine, is completing a perfect circle God has drawn. Nothing and no one is left out of that circle; everything belongs. Heaven is here."

Meister Eckhar

Jesus said " the kingdom is here and it’s not here". The gate of heaven is everywhere and nowhere.

I find myself still processing what they said. The gate of heaven is absolutely everywhere – and nowhere, because it doesn’t exist. This seems like a contradiction, I know, but let’s call it a paradox. To really sit down and study these statements is to make your head spin – and that is just the point. These paradoxical statements are like Zen koans, meant to awaken us from our comfortable assumptions about reality. As the giant gate of heaven opens light from the very presence of God floods through and illuminates the path through the 200 foot thick jasper wall. It's a beautiful reminder of what some on earth call "the light at the end of the tunnel"!

bascott · #2 (**permalink**) 11-20-2009, 02:30 PM

Excellent picture, the composition and the stream of light coming through. Very nicely done!!

dionzero · #3 (**permalink**) 11-20-2009, 03:21 PM

Beautiful!!!! Truely amazing view!!!TFS

plangereis · #4 (**permalink**) 11-20-2009, 03:27 PM

Beautiful shot, Duane. I think the solar flare really heps this shot and is well suited to the passages you have selected to accompany this shot. You are doing some great things these days, and it is always a pleasure to check your stuff out! Cheers.

Spinnerette · #5 (**permalink**) 11-20-2009, 03:34 PM

oh my god, that water is just amazing.

vimalkv · #6 (**permalink**) 11-20-2009, 04:06 PM

Beautiful Shot Duane...Love the sun Rays falling on the water.....Thnx for sharing

Tenzin'sMom · #7 (**permalink**) 11-20-2009, 04:13 PM

Beautiful photo, and I appreciate the quotes you've chosen to accompany it, along with your thoughtful comments. The sum of all three has quite an impact!