- Heart Wisdom

The Finely Crafted Spirit

RolfandKarina 70There was a time when I could stare endlessly into the night, and find myself lost within the stars.  There was a curiosity then, of what this black canvas with cascading lights signified for my life.  How small we are in comparison, how petty our affairs, and yet, how immensely important our thoughts and actions are.  For even the smallest gear in a finely crafted timepiece can and will affect the whole.

We are seeking with our minds, an identity; a role in which to play upon this stage of life, and we call this act of seeking, Spirituality.  We believe some specific element of our Being, maybe a soul, a thought, a specific cultivation of energy, might manifest the entirety of our purpose.

Yet, the essence of spirituality does not lay in some fraction of our Being; it resides in the intricate connections of all our parts.  Just like the finely crafted timepiece, every element is important, and the most significant is in how they connect.  It is not the objects that count, but the bonds between them.

When you begin to see the universe as a single song, connected infinitely through harmonious bonds, then the practice of spirituality is in the awareness that the whole of things is not a static identification of relationships, but is instead the fluid interweaving of several ripples of expressions.

These expressions, every object, person, and even thought is like a droplet in the ocean.  They are indistinguishable from the whole and there is no comparision between them; they have no conflict.  Instead, they flow together, move together, and function seamlessly together. When you give them the idea of separation, then perspective acting like tiny bubbles surrounding their surface begins to interrupt the single unity that was once the infinite ocean.

And so I ask the question, why when seeking Spirituality does one look externally to the expressions that may come and go like the waves crashing upon the shore?  Would the heart of spirituality not lie within the connection of those expressions, rather than in the changing character and form?

There are many practices and rituals with which we seek, all with their due purpose.  Each is an expression of one multifaceted reality that is dynamically flowing into balance moment by moment.  Will you surrender into this moment and allow its expression to fully engulf you?  And will you just as easily let it go, so that you may welcome and accept the next expression given to you? Every expression is a moment of connection.  Herein lies the significance of life.

Can you feel it, the connection that is ever present, like a shining light whose brilliance intermingles in your eyes?

I look up at night toward the ocean of distant stars and I realize that even at their great distance, I am touched by their light.  I am connected. Just as the vibration of a voice singing softly reaches my ears, so than the vibration of every expression is always touching, tingling, and yearning to be recognized.  Our awareness of this eternal dialogue of connection is how I define Spirituality.

The actuation of spirit, to be in spirit, to be inspired, here our heart begins to beat.  Although we cannot see our hearts, we feel its rhythmic beating sustaining life.  We are aware that it is but one part to the whole of our being.  And with every pulse that conveys connection through the highways of our veins, we feel alive, we feel connected, we feel whole.

It is to breath in and breath out.  It is to embrace and surrender.  The manuscripts and scrolls of ancient times are not definitions but rather signposts to the actuality of Spirit.  The present moment and all its expressions is Spirituality.  For only in the present moment can you become aware of all your connections.  Only in the present moment can you recognize the vibrations you are sending and the vibrations you are receiving.

Spirituality is the finely crafted timepiece that is always presently and fully aware of this moment and all of its connections.