| BkI:17.IV.3 | The love that Christ is inhabits all hearts, not only yours, and not only in what you call humanity. Christ is present in everything that exists. You have heard this many times. You know about God's immanent presence in all things. However—and in this lies the revelation of this work—dwelling does not mean to manifest. Christ dwells in everything, but manifests his glory only in the docile hearts that welcome him, in the humble hearts that are carried away by love, in the hearts of lovers of truth. Christ is the pure potential of the self that is love. Love is also his expression. In a sense we can say that love is like a seed planted in the Garden of Eden that is your heart and from where all creative potential can manifest in holiness. There is no abode for Christ other than yourself, for Christ and yourself are one, just as it is in us. The Second Coming is the actual expression within form of the fullness of the living Christ. If you realize this truth here and now, you are yourself the Second Coming—the living Christ. You are love. |