“Love was the ‘big bang,'” I said to a group of seniors as they gazed back at me after a deep-dive conversation about the trinity. I noticed that they were listening to the words coming out of my mouth while I explained that Love created the world. Feverishly making fire with flint, I was totally jazzed as I notice the spark catching, simultaneously aware that pushing too hard may make it die completely.
When students look you dead in the eye during direct instruction it’s usually because a) your fly is down and they are trying desperately not to look, you know, “down there” b) because you are delivering unpleasant news and they are sending smoldering messages with their retinas c) because… minds blown.
That love existed before all of creation by way of the trinity truly is a mind-blowing concept. Continue reading “Teaching to Essence”