Inner Work

For the week of: February 10, 2003

Islands: Separation and Longing

Experiences, perhaps “accidental,” of a deeper state, and intimations that the spiritual realm actually exists, draw us forward. We see our usual mode of living and recognize its greatest shortcoming: our chronic separation from what matters most, from each other and from the Divine. We live as islands in a sea of roiling waters. At the surface our isolation appears insurmountable. Yet we need only learn to look toward the depths to realize that our own little island actually connects with all the other islands. Our separation is an illusion, since we actually arise from the same source.

An important aspect of the path consists in not closing our eyes to the fact of separation, to see full-sober how we remain cut off from what matters most. To feel this separation, in its full impact, naturally arouses our longing, even our determination to find our way to the Real, to do what’s possible toward that in this and every moment.

For this week, notice the island-like qualities of your personal world.

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