Friday, April 11, 2014

MEDITATIONS ON CREATION

MEDITATIONS ON CREATION
BY
FRANK A VOLLMER
GENESIS


IN CREATION MYTHS
A COMMON THEME
HAS GODS
INVOLVED IN SIBLING SEX
RAPE
MURDER
TURF WARS
BUTCHERY
 STRUGGLES FOR POWER
 THE WORLD MADE
BY THEIR CHILDREN’S BODIES
OR PARTS THEREOF
A CREATION STORY
AS CONCEIVED BY MEN
BUT WHEN THE JEWISH SCRIBES
SURROUNDED
BY BABYLONIAN IDOLATRY
DROWNED IN FOREIGN GODS
TO WHICH THE JEWS
WERE SUSCEPTIBLE
REWROTE AND EDITED
THE GENESIS STORY
TO GIVE THEIR DISPLACED COUNTRYMEN
 HOPE
AND VISION
THEY INCORPORATED OF COURSE
SOME OF THE OLD BABYLONIAN TALES
SUCH AS THE FLOOD
AND THE TOWER OF BABEL
BUT WHEN IT CAME TO CREATION
THEY DID A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
NO STRUGGLE
NO CONSTANT SEX
AS THE EGYPTIANS
DID WITH THE BROTHER AND SISTER
EARTH AND SKY
GOD SIMPLY SAID
BEGIN
AND IT WAS SO
GOD SAID
IT’S GOOD
NOW WHETHER IT TOOK
AN INSTANT
OR MILLENNIUMS
FOR FRUITION
IT DOESN’T MATTER
GOD SAID BEGIN
AND IT WAS
OUT OF NOTHING
IT WAS
BUT WHEN IT CAME TO MAN
THE SPIRIT THAT BROODED OVER THE ABYSS
BREATHED INTO HIM A SOUL
 MADE HIM THE CAPSTONE OF HIS CREATION
GOD SAID
THAT’S GOOD
 THE JEWS KNEW THAT MAN WAS SPECIAL
MADE
NOT FROM THE SWEAT OF BATTLE
THE BLOOD DROPS OF WAR
 THE SEMEN OF SEX
GOD SAID BEGIN
AND IT WAS
GOD SAID
LET US MAKE MAN
AND IT WAS SO
AND IT WAS GOOD
NO STRUGGLE
OH GOD TOLD A FISHERMAN’S JOKE
WHEN HE ASKED JOB
IF HE COULD CATCH A WHALE ON A HOOK
BUT THE JEWS KNEW
EVEN THOUGH
THEY WERE FOREIGNERS
IN A FOREIGN LAND
THAT THEY
AND EVERY MAN WAS SPECIAL
NOT MADE BY ACCIDENT
BUT A DELIBERATE CREATION
THAT GOD
THEN
NOW
AND ALWAYS
WOULD HOLD THEM IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND
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HOUSE ON STILTS
DOWN THE SHORE WHERE I LIVE
THEY BUILD HOUSES ON STILTS
IT LOOKS ODD
AS IF THEY BUILT IT
FROM THE ROOF DOWN
AND FORGOT THE CELLAR
IT’S TO ALLOW THE OCCASIONAL
HIGH TIDE
OR STORM SURGE
TO PASS UNDER THE HOUSE
PROTECTING IT AND ITS CONTENTS
HOW LIKE A MAN
TO COME TO A OCEAN’S EDGE
BUILD ABOVE IT
OR OVER IT
A MORTAL’S WAY
OF WALKING ON WATER
HOW LIKE A MAN
TO COME TO THE ENVELOPS EDGE
AND PUSH IT OUT
AND THIS WAS A TRAIT
THE CREATOR FATHER GAVE MAN
TO QUESTION
TO SEEK ANSWERS
IT’S THE REASON
MAN HAS DONE GLORIOUS THINGS
IT’S THE REASON
MAN HAS DONE UN-GLORIOUS THINGS
NO TELLING WILL TEACH HIM
HE HAS TO LEARN BY HIMSELF
THE STOVE IS HOT
WE’VE HAD FOR TOO LONG
A SPIRITUALITY
THAT DEHUMANIZES MAN
WOULD TURN US ALL
TO THE DESERT FATHERS
BUT MAN’S GREATEST GIFT TO GOD
IS MAN FULLY ALIVE
AS ST IRENAEUS SAID
SO MAN CAN PLUMB THE DEPTHS OF SPACE
THE DEPTHS OF HIS SOUL
THE DEPTH OF DEPRAVITY
BUT COME
BE THE MAN I CREATED
COME AND BE THE WONDER OF MY WORKS
FOR MY WORD IS TRUE
AND WILL COME TO FRUITION
IT NEEDS YOU
YOU
YOU AND YOU
TO BUILD A HOUSE ABOVE THE STORM
ABOVE THE RAGING SEA
WHERE MEN WILL BE MEN
IN THE HOUSE THAT WE SHALL BUILD
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MYTHS
I’VE BEEN READING A LOT
OF THE CREATION/DELUGE STORIES
COMMON TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN AREA
GEOLOGISTS ARE SAYING
THAT WITHIN HISTORY’S MEMORY
THE MEDITERRANEAN
BLACK
CASPIAN SEAS
WERE FORMED
OR DEFORMED
THE FOLK MEMORY
OF THESE EVENTS WAS SO STRONG
THEY CREATED A GENRE OF DELUGE STORIES
OF WHICH GENESIS IS ONE
IN PRIMITIVE THINKING
THE FLOOD WAS THE GODS ANGER
AT MAN’S SIN
OR BY THE NOISE HE MADE
DISTURBING THEM
EITHER WAY GOD RUED HIS CREATION
LIKE DISGRUNTLED TRADESMEN
THEY WANTED TO DESTROY WHAT THEY HAD MADE
 START ANEW
AFTER THE FLOOD
WHAT THEY ENDED UP WITH
PEOPLE LIKE NOAH AND HIS SONS
NO BETTER THAN THE ONES WHO WENT BEFORE
US
A SINFUL PEOPLE
THE GODS DECIDED
FURTHER INTERFERENCE
WOULD NOT PRODUCE BETTER RESULTS

UNLIKE THE JEWISH BIBLE
THERE WAS NO SENSE OF SIN
AND REDEMPTION
BUT ANNOYED GODS
HAVING A HISSY FIT
WHILE THE ROOTS OF GENESIS
MAY BE BORROWED
THE UNIQUENESS OF GENESIS
SHOWS A GOD
WHO MADE MAN
BECAUSE HE WANTED TOO
KNOWING FULL WELL
HIS CREATION WOULD GO ASTRAY
HE MADE US ANYWAY
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HE REMEMBERS
I EXIST BECAUSE GOD REMEMBERS ME
IF HE DIDN’T
I WOULDN’T EVEN BE A PILE OF DUST
GOD LOVES
AND LIVES IN HIS CREATION
THE WORLD CANNOT HOLD HIM
YET HE DWELLS IN A GRAIN OF SAND
ALL THAT IS CREATED BY HIM
IS SACRED
AND SHOULD BE HONORED
THE EARTH SHOULD BE HONORED
BY TENDER CARE
ITS YIELD SHOULD BE SHARED BY ALL
ALL LIVING THINGS SHOULD BE HONORED
AGAIN
THEIR YIELD SHOULD BE SHARED BY ALL
AND MAN SHOULD BE HONORED
THE TOP OF CREATION
THERE SHOULD BE NO KILLING
ON GOD’S HOLY MOUNTAIN
NO MAN SHOULD BE
HUNGRY
NAKED
OR POOR
NO MAN SHOULD BEG FOR WATER
BECAUSE WE ARE GOD’S CHILDREN
WE ARE A SWIM WITH GOD
IN HIM WE LIVE
MOVE
HAVE OUR BEING
EACH OF US COULD WEAR A SIGN
SAYING
I AM GOD’S FAVORITE
HE REMEMBERS
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WRITINGS ON A WALL


IN A KINGDOM FAR AWAY           
WHERE MEN GO TO PONDER AND PRAY
THERE’S A SIGN ON THE WALL
THAT SAYS
PAIN IN A HUMAN IS AN INSULT TO GOD
PAIN IN A HUMAN THWARTS GOD’S PLAN
IT’S A WALL BEFORE WHICH
SEEKERS SIT PONDERING
WHAT ARE ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR ME
DOES IT HAVE IMPLICATIONS BEYOND ME
CAN I IGNORE IT OR SHOULD I
WE’RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SELF INFLICTED PAIN
LIKE WORK
EXERCISE
PLAY
GIVING BIRTH
BUT PAIN INFLICTED BY OTHERS
WITH NO CONCERN
FOR THEIR VICTIMS
OR WORSE
ENJOYING IT
GOD WANTED WHAT WAS BEST FOR HIS CREATION
INFLICTED PAIN
GOES COUNTER TO HIS DREAM
FOR HIS CREATION
SO A COMMON CONSENT
OF THOSE STUDYING THE WALL WAS
HOW DOES MY CONDUCT AFFECT OTHERS
IF MY CONDUCT AFFECTS GOD’S PLAN
WHAT DROSS WILL I GAIN
TO HURT GOD’S PLAN
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THE LAKE

 THE SPIRIT MOVED OVER THE WATER
CALLING THE SUN FROM ITS HIDING PLACE
WHETHER CLOUDY OR CLEAR
THE SUN SHONE
FAITHFUL TO ITS TASK
FAITHFUL TO THE JOURNEY
STEADFAST TO ITS COURSE
UNTIL LULLED TO SLEEP IN THE EVENING
AS THE SPIRIT WHISPERED LULLABIES
OVER THE WATER
SINGING THIS DAY IS GOOD
THIS JOURNEY OF A DAY
OR A SEASON
OR A YEAR
WHETHER THE LAKE IS FROZEN
ROUGH
OR MIRROR FLAT
THIS DAY IS GOOD

THE SPIRIT MOVES OVER THE WATER
TELLING THE WORLD OF GOD'S PURPOSE
AND DREAMS FOR HIS CREATION
WRITING ON THE WATER
THE RIPPLES OF A BREEZE
SENDING OUT THE MESSAGE
TO LAP UPON THE SHORES
NO MATTER HOW REMOTE
THE MESSAGE GOD IS
HE LOVES
HE CARES


THE SPIRIT MOVES OVER THE WATER
EVEN IN THE DARK
EVEN IN THE DARK
THE WIND WHISPERS
PREPARE
PREPARE FOR THE COMING OF THE SUN
PREPARE TO HEAR THE MESSAGE
GOD IS
HE LOVES
HE CARES

THE SPIRIT MOVES ABOVE THE WATER
AND CREATION IS RENEWED IN HIS PASSING
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THE POTTER
THE POTTER LOOKED AT THE WORK OF HIS HANDS
AND LOVED HIS CREATION
I SHALL CALL YOU
BELOVED OF MY HEART
SPOUSE …PARENT... FRIEND
YOU SHALL HOLD ALL THAT IS PRECIOUS TO ME
AND WHEN AS TIME WILL
THE VESSEL BREAKS
I SHALL CLAIM THE CONTENTS
AS MY OWN
EVEN THAT
WHICH YOU GAVE AWAY
AS SPOUSE …PARENT... FRIEND
INVESTING THE TALENTS I FILLED YOU WITH
AND YOU USED
HONORING MY NAME
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