Cosmopolitans

“Citizen” is possibly not the right term

Refers to one who lives in a city

and takes their identity from doing so

“Cosmopolitan” has a similar meaning

But the city is much larger and diverse

COSMOPOLITAN! A member of the Cosmos!

That’s it. I welcome you all, wherever whoever

You are into the inclusive state of cosmopolitans

As cosmopolitans, we face a bewildering large

Complex organism, machine, perpetually changing

Reality; that challenges not only our beliefs but how

Perceive, experience and process the incessant activity

Against the sheer size, magnificence and splendour

Of the Cosmos; we are in comparison kind of irrelevant

jump not to conclusions; rush not to ill-informed judgement

you will probably be wrong anyway. Time has little meaning

for the Cosmos (Or, does it? We don’t know.)

To be a cosmopolitan is to accept the limits

To our individual and collective understanding

And knowledge; to pursue vigorously the tools

To collect and process the vast sources of information

Into which we tap; a daunting task in its own right

Requires our focus, authenticity of motive, and attention

To detail. Sloppy or faulted logic will lead us astray, and into darkness

[Beware of the dark side, Luke]

In short, it is a state of being, in which we are all equal

Broken beings seeking salvation (in whatever form it comes)

Repentance (the weight of shortcomings grows excessively heavy)

And forgiveness. Who are we to individually take on the weight of the world?

Too simplistic? If you choose to think of it in those terms

A challenge? Is not life a challenge to be confronted, comprehended

And addressed? It is a state in which the individual’s strength is applied

As part of the collective response; thus being twice blessed, in the giving

And the taking (are you borrowing from Portia’s speech in The Merchant of Venice?)

Borrowing? Abstracting to a different situation, maybe. The point is the state of being

Under discussion is multi-dimensional, bordering on magical. Is it not possible

That in this dimension, we can meet, human essences devoid of history, and share

That which is uniquely ours, cannot be taken away; hour humanity

If the Cosmos is receptive to prayers; that is mine