This post came out of a conversation about the Masters of the Wisdom and Avatars, and why it seems as if they all lived “back then” and there don’t seem to be as many recognized highly spiritual Beings as in previous times.

I believe they do walk among us, and appear far more ordinary than the puffed up glamorized image we have of “Masters.” Which reminds me of a song....

I used to be on the lookout for any and all versions of “Spiritual Beings,” and for many years hoped and prayed I’d meet a true living “Master” in the flesh. But everywhere I looked I found human beings who were at different levels of awareness, some very high, but still human. I also found that it didn’t matter how much spiritual knowledge someone had or how long they had been doing their spiritual practice, at the end of the day they were “just folks.

I’ve met a lot of advanced spiritual aspirants as well as gurus whose names I can’t remember and one or two that I can. Every single advanced Being I’ve met (except Ammachi) seemed to have similar problems as the rest of us have had at one point or another, and at times were as perplexed as others while dealing with their own or another’s ego delusions. I found that more than a few so-called “spiritual beings” can say things that are not true, evade hard truths staring them in the face, and have uncontrolled desires.

Of course, ignorance or being human is not an impediment to spiritual realization. Some of the highest I’ve ever known were as human as you or me, just a lot kinder and more aware than many supposedly spiritual Beings who thought themselves a cut above the rest of us. Of course, that also describes my last cat, so I’ll leave the judgment in your hands whether they’re more evolved than we are. I’ve found some animals are far more aware, kind, and compassionate than many of our human brothers and sisters.

I’ll close with offering that I learned a long time ago to look into the eyes of each I meet as though they could be the Christ. I believe if we can greet each with an open heart and an open mind, we just might find that God is one of us. And so we come to the theme of today’s post, written by Eric Bazilian and delivered in its original magnificence by Joan Osborne. Audio of the song at the link, which has its own lyrics.

"One Of Us"

If God had a name, what would it be?
And would you call it to his face,
If you were faced with Him in all His glory?
What would you ask if you had just one question?

And yeah, yeah, God is great
Yeah, yeah, God is good
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us?
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make His way home?

If God had a face, what would it look like?
And would you want to see
If seeing meant that you would have to believe
In things like Heaven and in Jesus and the saints
And all the prophets? And...

Yeah, yeah, God is great
Yeah, yeah, God is good
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

What if God was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make His way home?

(Just?) tryin' to make His way home
Back up to Heaven all alone
Nobody callin' on the phone
'Cept for the Pope, maybe, in Rome

Yeah, yeah, God is great
Yeah, yeah, God is good
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

What if God was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make His way home?

Just tryin' to make His way home
Like a holy rolling stone
Back up to Heaven all alone
Just tryin' to make His way home
Nobody callin' on the phone
'Cept for the Pope, maybe, in Rome

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