God longs for God
and uses us,
rises in us ...
becomes in us.
Let us rise simply.
a quiet dough.
~ from "The Second Rising" by Gunella Norris
Everything is here for the same reason, for manifestation and celebration. But the humans articulate this. The others cannot articulate it reflectively. They can be a manifestation, but they cannot reflect on that. Humans can, therefore our role is to be spokespersons for the universe and to appreciate the universe as the context in which the Divine and human meet.