Saturday, November 7, 2020

Spiritual Exchanges and Human Suits



"The spiritual life is about becoming
more at home in your own skin."
Parker J. Palmer


The life of spirit is forever gliding around us, just waiting for one of us to tune in to the available wisdom. When we are too distracted by the craziness of life, we do not hear nor understand how easily we could be uplifted.

Moments of inspiration appear unexpectedly, delivered in the strangest way.  We can see the wisdom in the behavior of an animal or hear it in the lyrics of a song.  We could be reading a passage for the 150th time, yet understand words in a new way.  We can be at our lowest emotional state of existence and be pivoted into a sense of connection by a random act of a stranger.

One of the interesting parts of adding to our spiritual life, is the element of the unknown.  Frequently the random stranger has no idea of the impact he or she just made upon a stranger.  The stranger may not realize the spiritual gift received until hours after the occurrence.  Indeed, if we would be more inviting to spiritual exchange, we would be wearing our human suits in a more flattering way.


 

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