Most of the discussion around spirituality seems to be centered on the explosive moments. The game changing experiences where we have a shift in consciousness. It is the result we are looking for in our meditation or the transcendent experience from a ceremony. These are all wonderful experiences stemming from a spiritual connection. God by nature is fabulous! Creation is magnificent and there is no reason to expect anything less. And yet, I find the mystery of the way God in the sustaining moments of a spiritual life. The times when showing up for the daily date with God in some quiet and focus on my breath is just there. I do not walk away feeling better or more peaceful but deep within me it touches upon my heart’s desire to connect. It is the living out of the desire that become the little aha which can be missed if I am looking for a big one. It reminds me of the writing of Thomas Merton often used as a prayer:
“My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always, though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.”
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