Luke 6:20-26…
20 Looking at his disciples, he said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. 21 Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. 22 Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. 23 “Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.
24 “But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort. 25 Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will go hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep. 26 Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.
In Luke’s recounting of The Sermon On The Mount, I think Jesus is saying,
“If you think you’re poor, hungry, weeping, or rejected, I’ve got news for you: you will find that you’re not. Just wait. You’ll see.
And if you think you’re rich, full, laughing and universally liked, I’ve got news for you: you will find that you’re not. Just wait. You’ll see.
This is because life is neither poor nor rich, hungry nor full, laughing nor mourning, accepted nor rejected, good nor bad: it is WHOLE.
We are all ONE thing, inextricably joined in the paradise of our common wholeness. Different “people” and “states of being” are an imaginary separation of this wholeness. Heaven is perfect oneness with what is, where poverty and wealth (or any opposites of any kind) have no meaning. They do not actually exist.
So if you’re innocently thinking you are above or below, in front of or behind, to the left or right of this divine wholeness, I’ve got news for you: You’re not.
Just wait.
You’ll see.”