A couple of years ago I read the book The Shack written by William Young. I was enthralled with the book. It spoke to me very deeply on a spiritual plain. The book was terribly thought provoking and sometimes so deep it took several readings of passages and time of reflection to reach an insight to the authors direction.
I was especially moved and related to the experiences that the main character encountered with Sarayu in the garden. Sarayu is the representation of the Holy Spirit with the meaning of the word meaning the wind. She is a shimmering light and her hair blew in wind even though there was no wind. She was made of an aura of colors while dressed like a gardener.
She shows Mack, the protagonist, the garden, a messy and fractal place. Rich and vibrant with flowers while others area over run with weeds. The garden is a representation of one's soul. A growing place, rich and ever changing, not perfect, needing pruning and like a garden, constant attention.
Mack states he feels strangely comfortable in the garden. Sarayu says, “And well you should, Mackenzie, because this garden is your soul—this mess is you! Together, you and I, we have been working with a purpose in your heart. And its wild and beautiful and perfectly in process. To you it seems messy, but to me, I see a perfect pattern emerging and growing and alive—a living fractal.”
A fractal is defined as a place where theory, art and math converge. How;s that for a nonbeliever, can it get more complex? Yet more more believable?
I felt such delight in reading the perfect description of my vision of the human representation of the Holy Spirit in a book!! It's totally amazing to me that the essence of the Holy Spirit and the divine nature of the Holy Spirits leadership in our everyday lives could be more simply explained than in the simple representation of the tending of our garden, our very soul. Thank you God for having the grace to give me the Holy Spirit and making my garden a beautiful place!
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