Timeless Moments

Posted on May 13, 2015 Updated on June 17, 2015

What is this yearning?  The achy desire to lie down, curl up and rest seems to be just out of my reach.  What am I seeking?  Where am I going?  I search for a place of fulfillment; a place to fill the empty spaces of my soul.

When my body craves food, I eat.  When it is thirsty, I drink water.  When I am tired, I sleep.  My physical child finds comfort and contentment in activities that fulfill the physical development and maintenance of my body.

Is that all there is?

Na-uh!  I don’t think so.  Why?  Because of the burning achiness that is ever present in the depths of my being.  It comes from nothing physical, and nothing physical can fulfill the yearning.  Sometimes it escapes in a whispered breath, “Mom.”  Sometimes it escapes in a sigh, “I want to go home.”

What is this home I seek?  Who is this one Comforter that will fill the emptiness?  Where is this place, separate from the physical world, to which I know for certain I am journeying.  Yes, it is a journey and my desire and yearning will get me there.  Meanwhile, there are stations in my life at which I see glimpses of the peace, love and comfort that awaits me; the home from which I came forth, and the home to where I am returning.

It is the spiritual stations of rest that keep me fueled on my life’s journey.  They are not always easy to find when I desperately seek them.  However, when I stop thinking, stressing, and reasoning with myself, the spiritual space surrounds me with grace and peace.  Like the time I walked to the Vatican for the first time.  It was a timeless moment.  Everything around me seemed familiar and homey.  I didn’t need to reason why, even though I had never been there before.  I WAS.

Another time I drove to Sedona, Arizona and I knew I was “there”—the perpetual space of being without the constraints of time.  The spiritual enveloped me and fueled my spirit with peace and quietness.

And the time long ago as a youth, when I walked along the beach in Hawai’i, in front of our home.  The tropical wind blew through my hair as I licked the salty sea from my lips and dragged my feet through the wet white sands making deep footprints then turned to watch the waves fill them up with sand again.  I felt the warm wrap of love as I played with the water—no matter how deep my footprints, the water filled them up with water and  more sand again and again, and they always disappeared.

These were moments when I knew I was not alone, that someone was caring for me and watching over me.  These were timeless moments and the personhood of my unseen companion was close, real and always the same.  In my contemplation of these moments I’ve concluded that I had achieved alignment with the real me, or the higher sense of my self; that it was the “me” in a timeless realm being at one with everything around me.  A spirit apart from the physical.  A spirit observing the physical.  A spirit appreciating the physical, and a physical openly embracing the reality of the spiritual.

I seek these spiritual places.  Most of the time, however, they find me.

Hello world!

Posted on May 13, 2015 Updated on May 13, 2015

Welcome to my thoughts and ideas; my experiences and stories that you may find helpful or even very similar to yours.  We are all connected, you know, and in many ways we find life’s fulfillment in living together in harmony.  The only way to achieve that goal is to get to know one another.  We are all yearning for something…for a fulfillment…whether it is for financial gain, personal achievement, academic excellence, or peace and harmony.  Let us seek together and exchange thoughts and light from our life’s lamps and perhaps we can help to make our journeys a little easier.  Forever peace.