Most mornings when I meditate by myself or worship with others I come to a place that that nourishes me and helps me consistently, but is difficult to describe. Never the less, I will try.
Deep inside each of us, inside you and me is a space, no a spaciousness. It is as deep and wide as the event we call the universe. It is as vast and capacious as that which we call God. It is as if heaven and earth meet there, in this boundlessness. Here all things are possible, all problems solvable; it is here where the solution to each problem, large or small can be found. This is the Holy Spirit, not a being so much as a place, a place without beginning or end. When we touch this place, the ultimate dimension and the historical become one, or rather, the door that seems to be between them opens, or the veil thins to nothing. This is the place of healing, of redemption, of forgiveness, of love beyond understanding, beyond belief. And yet it is there always. It is what, I believe Jesus was referring to when he proclaimed the Kingdom of God had was/is at hand, and when questioned about where the kingdom is, pronounced that the Kingdom of God is within you/among you.
This spaciousness is most commonly accessed in stillness; stopping to pray a silent prayer, meditating, or in Quaker meeting for worship. But it is often most easily accessed, as you are absorbed in doing something you truly enjoy; creating art, playing an instrument, dancing, fixing or repairing something... when without effort, you become wholly present to the moment, all thoughts of past or future disappear spontaneously, and you become one with what you are doing. For this time, doing and being cease to be separate, they simply are the same.
My hope and prayer is for each of us, each human being, to touch this spaciousness more frequently. Some have offered the challenge to live while praying unceasingly. Which I believe is an attempt to describe the above. Another image I have is to live with one foot in heaven and one on earth, or one foot in the ultimate dimension and the other in the historical/material dimension.
Stop Breathe Be Still Do What Brings You Joy Pray Express Gratitude As we do these every day, that boundless spaciousness will become more and more accessible to us, opening up more creative solutions to the global as well as personal problems that plague us in these times.
