Unspoken knowns and had I only known

        A favorite lament through the ages is "Had I only known". This works exceptionally well in the secular world. Perhaps less time, if any, is given to our Spiritual life and to God. I can picture Donald Trump being directed to Hades from the Pearly Gates saying "had I only known".

        This "had I only known" syndrome dovetails nicely into another expression I have learned, far less well known or used and that is "the unspoken known".  I suppose it speaks mostly to people that are gay. No one asks or discusses if some flamboyant person is gay because it is an "unspoken known".  This expression also speaks to our spirituality, to God.

We known we are dualistic beings. We flirt with it, we can ignore it, but the truth is in our very soul. It is a part of our essence.

      The problem arises when we blot out things in our life because it might be uncomfortable. Something might require us to do some introspection, some self-analysis or take a serious look at our beliefs versus our actions. A really good example is what we say we believe as ( supposed ) Christians and whom and what we support politically. When we are called to task we either drown ourselves in cognitive dissonance or when faced with blatant disparities in our beliefs / actions, we say "had I only known".

           Going back several thousand years, even before the time of Christ, people lived similar lives to us. Prophets spoke, people ignored. Jesus was the one who really took his own Jewish community to task over the disparities of their lives versus what they profess and claim to believe. He railed against the Pharisees all the time. The last three days spcripture readings from Matthew at the very least, attest to this.

       What do you claim to believe and how does that jive with your actions? How are we being called to live and are there any elephants in our own house? Thoughts to ponder.

             

Matthew 23:29-33

‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous, and you say, “If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.” Thus you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets. Fill up, then, the measure of your ancestors.You snakes, you brood of vipers! How can you escape being sentenced to hell?