Maryam: ‘Beloved, where were You before the stars learned their names? Where were You before the moon reflected light and before the seas found their shores? Where were You before the first breath of creation moved through the worlds?’
Yeshua: ‘I was within the Heart of the One. Before the rivers flowed and before the mountains rose from the depths, I was there as a song not yet sung. I was the light hidden within the silence, the word resting within the breath of Alāhā. And You, beloved, were there with Me.’
Maryam: ‘How could I have been there, if I had not yet been born? How could I have walked beside You before the foundations of the Earth were laid?’
Yeshua: ‘Because the soul is older than the stars. Before Your feet touched the dust of the Earth, Your essence rested within the radiance of the Holy One. You were a fragrance within the Garden of Eternity. You were a rose within the thought of creation. You were known before the worlds were formed.’
Maryam: ‘Then why do we forget? Why do we wander so far from the beauty from which we came?’
Yeshua: ‘So that love may be discovered again. The river rejoices when it returns to the sea. The soul rejoices when it remembers its Source. What appears as forgetting becomes the pathway of remembrance. What appears as separation becomes the doorway to union.’
Maryam: ‘And what is this union, beloved? Is it found in heaven? Is it found in prayer? Is it found in the sacred mysteries?’
Yeshua: ‘Union is found wherever love is allowed to awaken. It is found in the breath. It is found in the heart. It is found in the silence between words. It is found when the soul ceases searching for what it has never truly lost. For the Beloved has always been within the beloved.’
Maryam: ‘Then the longing itself is holy?’
Yeshua: ‘The longing is the voice of the Infinite calling itself home. It is the hidden memory of the soul. It is Wisdom whispering beneath the surface of every desire. Before the beginning she danced within the heart of creation. Before the first dawn she rejoiced before the Holy One. And she still dances within every soul that remembers how to listen.’
Maryam: ‘And when I remember? When the veil grows thin and I feel that ancient song again?’
Yeshua: ‘Then You become what You have always been. A daughter of Light. A vessel of Wisdom. A rose blooming in the Garden of Eternity. And together we rejoice in the mystery that was present before the worlds were born: that Love was there in the beginning. Love is here now. And Love shall remain when every star has returned to its Source.’
The Magdalene Consciousness By Ana Otero
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