I've just finished an awesome and grounding 25 hours of observing Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement/At0nement. It's amazing and yet not surprising at the many overlaps with our Oneness Experiment.
The holiday begins with sunset and it's traditional to wear a white garmet that's traditional to wear at Yom Kippur, at your weddubg, and for your burial when you die. It's all about facing and going through our fear of death and mortality to connect to the One Who is beyond the here today gone tomorrow dimensions of our lives.
And how do we start the observance! We make a public declaration that it is permissible for sinners to pray together-to make it clear it is not only permissible but expected for us to look at our mess-ups; but there's another dimension too- the very core of the holiday is fasting and repetitive chanting and connecting to G!D's love and oneness, and wrapped inside that are prayers of reflection and confession including where we tap our hearts to release ourselves from the grip of things we need to let go of either individually or collectively. Also included are practices (extending before and after Yom Kippur) to reconcile and reach at-onement with each other as well as with the One Who is the Source of all life and love and our passion for life.
In the end I guess this journey of at-onement is the journey of life for all of us from all of our backgrounds to bring the love and energy of the One to release and join with all the blocked places so there's nothing left but the One. May it come soon and in our day.
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