Daily Meditation: Monday, July 31, 2006

A starry sky is one of the greatest marvels of nature. But …

07/31/2006

A starry sky is one of the greatest marvels of nature. But there are different ways of looking at the stars. You can use a map of the sky and a book on astronomy which set out in detail everything known on the stars and planets. All this is certainly very useful for your understanding of the universe, but what does it do for your soul and spirit? And how different it is from the experiences you can have when contemplating the starry sky with no other thought but to dissolve in this immensity! Little by little a peace comes over you and lifts you up. You have no other desire but to wrest yourself from the earth, to be carried far out into space where you can commune with the spiritual beings who manifest physically as stars. You find yourself projected into regions where you feel nothing is more important than to unite with the cosmic Spirit, to allow yourself to be penetrated by it so that you come to a true understanding of things which impregnates your every cell..