Everyday Mysticism

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" It is not to be learned by world flight, running away from things, turning solitary and going apart from the world. Rather, one must learn an inner solitude, wherever or with whomsoever he may be."- Meister Eckhart

I had a religion professor in college who was well known among the students for his seemingly lax requirements for subject matter of essays. One could write about anything so long as it was personal experience that tied in with spirituality. One day, one of my fellow students quipped, "that one could write about walking to the liquor store to get a pint, and if you could somehow tie it in with a spiritual topic, he'd accept it."

That professor wasn't overly lax, in my opinion, he had a deep understanding of spirituality. As I quoted above from Meister Eckhart, a very famous mystic, we don't have to go to extraordinary places. To the contrary, mystics are often stunned to find that they don't ascend to an unity or super-special place. It's just that one's relation to the world shift, and the barriers between knower and known dissolve in ecstasy.

And we can carry this spirituality throughout our day to day experiences. If we are tuned into our True Selves, every experience is a spiritual experience. This is spirituality in everyday life.

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Robyn R. Polanco said…
I may be about to go back into corp life and it almost seems like the same as if I was returning to high school at this current age.......what an advantage.
June 27, 2008 at 8:02 PM
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