Thursday, April 14, 2005
Expulsion from Gan Edan.. Kitties?
Finn, the kitten, for the last few days has been pulling the fabric down off the ceiling over the loft bed in the bedroom. I've asked him not to do it, he does anyway. The only choice I have left to me now is to keep the cats out of the bedroom while I'm not in there. *sigh*
Now last night after I had taken 40 minutes to get the ceiling fabric back up and I was blissing with my kitties on the futon in the living room watching watching what TIVO had waiting for me the thought came to me.
I love you Finn and I don't want you to keep getting into trouble with me, so I've removed your access from the bedroom, only allowing you access while I'm in there.
(The bedroom had been intended to give the kitties full access, I had a carpenter put a cat door in the bedroom door, and their food and drink towers are in there, plus it gives them a window onto the front deck, and has a cat hammock at the window.)
Ok, so just now while I'm in the bedroom putting the fabric back up a discussion of humans getting expelled from the Garden of Eden starts up in my head.
Here are the humans who the Divine loves, in the place that the Divine created with them in mind, having full access and lovely things for them and suddenly the humans start trashing the place. And the Divine says, whoa, what can I do? I don't want to hurt/punish the humans, I love them, but at the same time, they've already begun to trash the place, they are no longer trust worth, what else are they going to trash? So, I guess we need to expel them, because I don't want them getting into trouble with me and this is the only solution left.
This same scenario was happening when the Divine Presence was with the Jewish people in the desert. People kept dying and the Divine was saying, I am not going to be with you myself because I love you and you keep getting into trouble with me, so I'll have angel presence here instead until there is a way of having me here without you all dying.
hmm...
Now last night after I had taken 40 minutes to get the ceiling fabric back up and I was blissing with my kitties on the futon in the living room watching watching what TIVO had waiting for me the thought came to me.
I love you Finn and I don't want you to keep getting into trouble with me, so I've removed your access from the bedroom, only allowing you access while I'm in there.
(The bedroom had been intended to give the kitties full access, I had a carpenter put a cat door in the bedroom door, and their food and drink towers are in there, plus it gives them a window onto the front deck, and has a cat hammock at the window.)
Ok, so just now while I'm in the bedroom putting the fabric back up a discussion of humans getting expelled from the Garden of Eden starts up in my head.
Here are the humans who the Divine loves, in the place that the Divine created with them in mind, having full access and lovely things for them and suddenly the humans start trashing the place. And the Divine says, whoa, what can I do? I don't want to hurt/punish the humans, I love them, but at the same time, they've already begun to trash the place, they are no longer trust worth, what else are they going to trash? So, I guess we need to expel them, because I don't want them getting into trouble with me and this is the only solution left.
This same scenario was happening when the Divine Presence was with the Jewish people in the desert. People kept dying and the Divine was saying, I am not going to be with you myself because I love you and you keep getting into trouble with me, so I'll have angel presence here instead until there is a way of having me here without you all dying.
hmm...
