THE PURE SOURCE #147 - THE VERTICAL AXIS: AWAKENING THE DIVINE LIFE FORCE WITHIN

The vertical alignment

When we stand on the whenua here in Taitokerau, we are positioned between two great realities - the deep soil beneath our feet and the expansive heavens above. This is the vertical axis of our existence. For too long, our spiritual lives have been treated as something purely intellectual, a matter of reading books or following rigid rules. But true spiritual life is an awakening of an internal current, a sacred life force that flows directly through the centre of who we are, connecting our roots to our highest calling.

The internal fountains

Before the arrival of modern institutions, ancient cultures understood that the human body is designed to host a massive reservoir of divine presence. In the ancient books of the Ethiopian tradition, this internal awakening is described as a fountain of righteousness and wisdom that opens up within a person, overflowing to bless the entire community.