In the morning, while it was still very dark,
he got up and went out to a deserted place,
and there he prayed.
And Simon and his companions hunted for him.
—Mark 1.35-36
Find yours.
A dark place, a place of not seeing or knowing.
A place of solitude
free of anyone else’s voice,
no judgments, no expectations.
A place of soul-itude, where you are just your soul,
not your history or your choices,
not your personality, your values,
or even your memories.
Just your Being,
which is in God.
All those other things, release to God.
Your feelings, ideas, beliefs,
even your prayers,
leave them with God.
Allow yourself to be nothing other
than that little part of The Infinite
which is You.
In that emptiness, that deserted place,
listen. Wait. Be.
Let this mystery be enough: that you are being.
The All, the Whole, is also being, with you.
God is holding you.
Like a babe in mother’s arms, just be there.
When you’re ready for the next step,
be there for God.
On your way out you can pick up your things.
But know this: having been in God’s hands,
they will have been changed.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
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