Behold!
I am creating a new heaven and a new earth.
Rejoice and be happy forever in what I am creating.
For I shall create Jerusalem as joy, and her people as delight …….Even before you pray, I will answer;
even as you ask, I will respond.——- Isaiah 65:17-24
The new heaven and new earth are simply the old heaven and the old earth seen with new eyes. Do not imagine that the world is other than it was. Rather, be aware that you are seeing it as it is for the first time.
Joy and delight rather than fear and shame are the hallmarks of the awakened soul. This is how you know that you are on the right path. If each step brings joy to you and others; if each step is a delight to self and stranger; if your every step is peaceful, gentle, just, and kind, then you are on the Path. If not, then not. Return once more.
When you awaken to God as the One Who Is all that is, you no longer imagine yourself on a spiritual quest or search. You have and are all you need. Your prayer and the answer to your prayer are one: connection to God. Your request and the answer to your request are one: alignment with God. Each step is the first step. Each step is the last step. There is nowhere to go. You have arrived without going anywhere.
