Every swept floor invites another sweep. Each child washed invites another bathing. Every lawn mowed demands another mowing. Each breath taken requires another breath.

The sun rises each morning and sets every evening. The moon shines each night. Tides ebb and flow every day. Birds sing wonderful songs today and sing them again tomorrow.

Oysters open their shells when the moon is high in the sky. The chambered nautilus forms a new chamber in its spiraled shell every lunar month.

When we breathe, we do not stop inhaling because we have taken in all of the oxygen we will ever need. We stop because we have all the oxygen we need for that particular inhalation.

When we breathe out we stop exhaling so we can prepare for the next breath. We will need to breathe again, however, no matter how perfectly we have inhaled and exhaled.

What these scenarios are telling us is what is completed means completing again.

So what do we do after we become enlightened? We become more enlightened. Once we are consciously one with the Infinite Isness there is a tendency to think we are finished, that we are complete, that we have reached the pinnacle of our perfection.

But nothing could be further from the truth. There is a Zen saying which goes like this: Before enlightenment, mountains are mountains and rivers are rivers. At the moment one is enlightened, mountains are no longer mountains and rivers are no longer rivers. After enlightenment, mountains are again mountains and rivers are again rivers.

A current version of this Zen saying comes from Unity minister, Jim Rosemergy who has this to say: "Mystics do not turn from the world because they turn to God. They remain in the world but not of the world. Even mystics have bills to pay.".

Once we are enlightened, that is, once we positively, absolutely, without a doubt realize we are God expressing as us, we stay in the world, but not of the world to show others the way to enlightenment.

That is our Great Commission: to fully demonstrate our Christ potential and help others to do the same. It is the same commission shared in Matthew 28:19-20.

We will share the New Revised Standard Version and then sprinkle an ontological interpretation from the New Metaphysical Version of Matthew to add spiritual depth.

After His resurrection Jesus announced to His disciples in verse 19:

"Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit."

Metaphysically Jesus was referring to three specific nations: our body, mind, and soul. Baptizing the nations means purifying our body, mind, and soul from unhealthy sense attachments.

We are to do this 'in the 'name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.' Name means 'in the nature of.' And, ontologically speaking Father, Son, and Holy Spirit refer to the three aspects of Divine Order (Mind, Idea, Expression).

So, we are to purify our body, mind, and soul by becoming one with the nature of the Christ Presence within us so we can divinely orchestrate our experience.

Matt. 20 asserts in the New Revised Standard Version: "Teach them to obey everything I have commanded you, remembering that I am with you always, even to the end of the world.""

Ontologically 'teach them' means to exemplify our talk with integrity. 'I am with you always' means we have an indivisible, unshakable, eternal connection with Spirit. To the 'end of the world' means moving from one level of consciousness to another.

Matthew 20 means we are to walk our talk by letting our Christ Light shine as we move from one level of enlightenment, one level of completion, to another.

So, what will we do after we are enlightened?

We remain in the world but not of the world. We live as monks and mystics in cities, towns, and communities. We light up the world with our example. Like the enlightened beings who became enlightened before us we will teach others how to teach others.

We will appear as typical men and women, but our values and the manner in which we live, move, and have our being will show our acceptance of our higher calling.

We will have human challenges, but we will not be subdued by them. We may wear glasses or contacts, hearing aids or pace makers, but we will not be limited by them.

We may take medications or require hospital stays, but we will not be imprisoned by them. We may find ourselves in a world that is imperfect, but we will not be limited by that imperfection.

We will be in the finishing and refinishing business. We will pot and repot ourselves every day. We will renew and continue to renew ourselves. We will tool and re-tool ourselves constantly.

We will continue to work toward our enlightenment because enlightenment is a verb, not a noun. It is a process, an unfolding, a journey from one exhilarating cusp of consciousness to another.