Divine

I have believed all my life that there is a necessary interaction that occurs between a person and the divine. This interaction does not come only to prophets, bodhisattvas and other great spiritual masters, it also comes to us – ordinary people in our ordinary lives.

It is part of our natural human capacity to call out one of the thousand names of “God”, and our capacity to perceive and interpret the response. We know there is power in spirit but we put off our willingness to entertain spiritual transformation day by day.

Sometimes, I think of the connection to spirit as being like a phone line. The connection is always open – its our half of the relationship to stay available for incoming calls. Sometimes, I turn the ringer off. Sometimes, I ignore the ringing. Sometimes, I pick up the phone with suspicion. Sometimes, I hang up in anger. Sometimes, I get impatient at the interruption. Sometimes, I have no idea how to respond. The problem is not in sending. Its in receiving.

And unlike a lot of other calls, the one from the spirit is the one we are hoping to receive. If everyday the divine is attempting to communicate its larger wisdom, then one of the most important things we can do is find a way to listen to spirit; maintain peace of mind; move at the pace of guidance; practice certainity of purpose; surrender to surprise; ask for what you need and offer what you can; love the folks in front of you; return to the world.


PS : This was written in July 2004 ( 4 yrs back)