Sample open inquire within
While driving to workout early one morning, I drove by an apartment complex on Woodland Avenue. In the inky darkness a white sign in front of the complex caught me.
Standing out in bold relief were four words written in crimson red:
SAMPLE OPEN
INQUIRE WITHIN
Standing out in bold relief were four words written in crimson red:
SAMPLE OPEN
INQUIRE WITHIN
My early morning sojourns to the gym provide the precise “ingredients” for my “reflection cocktail:” quiet, solitude and a period of free and unfettered mental association.
Because of this “perfect storm” for meditation, my mind was immediately directed to think of how every waking moment you have the opportunity to explore the sample of the eternal world to come if you only bother to inquire within.
For me, it means shutting off all the weapons of mass distraction that the world foists upon us all with reckless abandon. What “nquiring within” means is delving deep into your heart and soul and getting in touch with God. On those times when I do it seems like a whole world of order, tranquility and beauty opens up to me. Thus, a sample of what awaits.
Perhaps because I have always been pre-disposed to this kind of introspective mindset (and even more so as I grow older), even seemingly innocuous signs meant for a different, literal interpretation take on a whole new meaning for me.
In the whirlwind of this onrushing world, both with its vexing and pervasive negativity to discourage us juxtaposed with enticing allurements to tempt and distract us, there seems to be scarce time to withdraw and enter the deep and vibrant interior life that waits within.
Yet, your discipline is richly rewarded when you abandon the maddening merry-go-round of this life and take the time, even if but for fifteen precious minutes a day, to explore the breath-taking terrain that adorns the landscape of your soul.
Because of this “perfect storm” for meditation, my mind was immediately directed to think of how every waking moment you have the opportunity to explore the sample of the eternal world to come if you only bother to inquire within.
For me, it means shutting off all the weapons of mass distraction that the world foists upon us all with reckless abandon. What “nquiring within” means is delving deep into your heart and soul and getting in touch with God. On those times when I do it seems like a whole world of order, tranquility and beauty opens up to me. Thus, a sample of what awaits.
Perhaps because I have always been pre-disposed to this kind of introspective mindset (and even more so as I grow older), even seemingly innocuous signs meant for a different, literal interpretation take on a whole new meaning for me.
In the whirlwind of this onrushing world, both with its vexing and pervasive negativity to discourage us juxtaposed with enticing allurements to tempt and distract us, there seems to be scarce time to withdraw and enter the deep and vibrant interior life that waits within.
Yet, your discipline is richly rewarded when you abandon the maddening merry-go-round of this life and take the time, even if but for fifteen precious minutes a day, to explore the breath-taking terrain that adorns the landscape of your soul.
Take a moment to adjust your spiritual vision. If you do you will begin to see the "signs" are all around you, like the “Sample Open Inquire Within” experience I had the other morning in what many might feel was a period of blank 5 a.m. darkness and desolation.
When you change your perspective you will decipher things in a whole different manner. In doing so you will find yourself directed to a fuller and more robust enjoyment of this life on a spiritual level while understanding the serenity of the one that awaits to a more profound degree.
When you change your perspective you will decipher things in a whole different manner. In doing so you will find yourself directed to a fuller and more robust enjoyment of this life on a spiritual level while understanding the serenity of the one that awaits to a more profound degree.
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