at the lathe or the spinney work makes the unknown the half conscious, our own yet we know not we know only form and function within a soft humility or a nagging compunction yet beyond the urge truth may emerge shining, unspoken and blow the heart wide open there is winter through the window the sky is grey-blue over the silent snow and the dawn is as endless as the night together a little whimsy would lift the melancholy into a fuller heart but afraid of the cold and the dark the dragging dark they break into a positive stride and step straight over the sweetest of pathos “I can teach you to be real if you are willing to feel.” He said. So many people I meet associate spirituality with supernatural experiences or beliefs of some kind or another. Many are then either dismissive or afraid. On the other hand they can think they know nothing if they have not had such an experience, or try to manufacture such experiences in one way or another. Some people go to dangerous extremes to try to find something, others just try to make something special out of the ordinary experiences they have.
Spirituality is not about getting a special experience its about giving. When you give freely from the heart then the heart opens and you will be open to true spiritual experience. I have been lucky. My grandmother and great-aunt were both very devoted religious people and they were just impossibly kind and patient. So this is the image I have always had of what the spiritual life is all about and I began my spiritual life with the right attitude. Now I also understand that supernatural experiences can come around very naturally to someone who leads a very pure life, but because these experiences are so natural there is no fear or confusion. I offer this for your reflection Ajahn Kalyāno http://www.openthesky.co.uk |
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