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imago Dei, is the foundational view held in Judaism & Christianity, that humans are made in the image of God with inherent sacredness, dignity, & value without exception. similarly, yet not the same, in Buddhism, there is the view that all sentient beings without exception have buddha-nature, an inherent, pure, unconditioned luminosity & potential to wake up. in either case, what would the world look like if we truly believed & recognized such inherent sacredness & dignity within others without exception? we don’t have to be Jewish, or Christian, or Buddhist, or any other tradition to practice such a view – a view that holds others with reverence, as inherently sacred, inherently dignified, inherently valuable without exception, for simply Being. with such a view, how could we justify placing one group of people above any another, or allowing people to be unhoused, hungry, unwelcomed, to withhold healthcare, to profit off of people’s incarceration, to disappear or abuse immigrants, to marginalize, harm or kill others, to bomb & destroy? what would happen if we extended such a view even wider to include all forms of life, nature & even the earth itself? with such a view, how would we approach stewardship of resources, consumption, living in balance & with reverence for the only place we’ve known as home? can we open our eyes & our hearts enough to see with clarity, with wisdom, & with love, imago Dei in everything around us?
may it be so & may it be now.
~j
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