The All Within
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
—T.S. Eliot
Spirit is everywhere and includes All that there is. It includes, embraces and permeates all of manifestation, and yet Spirit is so much more! Spirit is ever-present, all-knowing and without a beginning or an end. Spirit is the artist that continuously moves and creates everything and It is simultaneously the canvas on which all of creation is unfolding.
Through our teachings and spiritual practices such as prayer, meditation, study and fellowship we ourselves get to experience that consciousness can touch infinity, and that from our unique focal point a total embrace of the entire cosmos can occur. Within everyone of us lies a unique seed of this cosmic consciousness, which is Spirit awakened to its own true nature, to unfold.
Through this incredible exploration and awe-inspiring journey we see and accept our uniqueness while simultaneously embodying and living our oneness with Spirit. At that stage the voice of the sage becomes our voice and the eyes of the mystic become our eyes. We speak from a place of realization with a light that does not know about day or night; and in this recognition of our own true face in the mirror of Spirit itself we find our true identity: the All.
Because Spirit is infinite, consciousness is infinite. It is everywhere, it unfolds and it increasingly awakens. Hence our inner journey and exploration of consciousness is infinite as well and our understanding of it, is like driving a train from one familiar station to another familiar station; and while we perceive that we have reached a destination, there is the next section of the unfoldment already laid out for us. Whether this is an aha-moment or an entire life-time, with each step of recognition, in a child-like manner, we know more of Spirit for the very first time.
Affirmation:
Today a new voyage of discovery begins! I am walking in answered prayer! I am not seeking new landscapes but I am looking with new eyes!
