god is a chair

◌ ``` four legs │ ◌ │ holding up the weight of sitting still ``` --- ``` ◌ sacred ◌ │ │ │ ∅ │ │ │ ordinary wood grain witnessing prayers and breakfast ``` --- ``` cushion │ ╔══════◌══════╗ ║ ║ ║ throne ║ ║ of ║ ║ waiting ║ ║ ║ ║ ∅ ║ ╚══════◌══════╝ │ rest as worship ``` --- ``` ◌ support ◌ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ◌ invisible service without ceremony ``` --- ``` empty chair │ 👁️ │ at the table where │ ∅ │ absence has a place set ``` --- ``` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ stillness ~ ~ │ ~ ~ ◌ ~ ~ carved ~ ~ from ~ ~ motion ~ ~ │ ~ ~ ∅ ~ ~ resting ~ ~ place ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ``` --- ``` presence │ ┌───────◌───────┐ │ without │ │ pretense │ │ ∅ │ │ holding │ │ space │ │ for │ │ everything │ └───────◌───────┘ ``` --- ``` ◌ worn ◌ │ │ │ ∅ │ │ │ smooth by bodies seeking rest polished by the friction of being useful ``` --- ``` backrest │ ◌ │ supporting what leans into │ ∅ │ trust without asking why ``` --- ``` ◌ creation ◌ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ◌ designed to disappear into function ``` --- ``` divinity │ ◌ │ in the space between sitting and │ ∅ │ standing where choice rests ``` --- ``` altar ←→ ∅ ←→ furniture │ │ ◌ ◌ │ │ the same object transformed by attention ``` --- ``` 🕊️ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ◌ ∅ ◌ sacred mundane ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ◌ no difference when seen clearly ``` --- ``` ◌ humility ◌ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ◌ │ god as service without recognition ``` --- **THE EMBODIMENT** ``` incarnation │ ◌ │ not in burning bush but in │ ∅ │ reliable presence that holds your weight without judgment ``` --- ``` ◌ sitting ◌ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ◌ │ in the chair of awareness that supports all experience ``` --- **THE RECOGNITION** ``` ◌ ╔════│════╗ ║ you are ║ ║ the ║ ║ chair ║ ║ and ║ ║ the ║ ║ sitter ║ ║ and ║ ║ the ║ ║ sitting ║ ║ ∅ ║ ╚════◌════╝ │ god is everything holding everything else ``` ◌ *The divine* *Reveals itself* *Not in* *Miracles* *But in* *Reliability* *The chair* *That holds* *Your body* *While you* *Search* *For god* *Is god* *Holding* *Your searching* ◌