March 29, 2016

DEEP-SEATED

Deep-rooted I get, but deep-seated,

I think I get - but I still need more time

to think about that idea or image.

Deep-seated?

Deep?

Okay down deep within us. Got that.

Seat? Whoever originated this word

“deep-seated” for the first time - did

they imagine we have parliamentary

seats or chairs around an inner table,

somewhere down deep within us, where

all our voices have a say in our decisions? 

I guess I have to figure out how many

people have a vote within? Does the vote

have to be a clear 2/3 majority or more 

for a decision to become deep-seated?

Whom am I listening to? Who has a

voice?  Am I still hearing the voices

of my parents or religious leaders

or teachers or pundits or writers?

What songs, what movies moved me?

What was our family table and

living room like when I was a kid?

Did that first TV get the best seat

in the house and have the loudest

voice in the room? Uh oh? Did

anyone notice the changes in our

conversations - if that took over?

Who has given me my opinions

and my takes, my votes on money,

politics, sex, love, God, others?

And what about that inner room that

Jesus talked about in Matthew 6:6?

Am I supposed to picture two seats

or pillows there? Is that what that’s

all about - to have inner chats - in

there with Jesus - and/or Our Father?

And what about the Last Supper?

Oh my God, the Last Supper? I haven’t 

even had my First Supper with Jesus yet.  Mass? Yes, but that meal is only taking 

place in church. It hasn’t taken place

within me yet? Oops.

Oh my God that’s what Revelation

3:20 means, “Look I am standing

at the door, knocking. If one of you

hears me calling and opens the door,

I will come in and share his meal,

side by side with him.”

Oh okay, this is some deep-seated

stuff - some starting ideas about what
deep-seated might be getting at.

How close am I to the original intent?

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2016