Friday, November 9, 2012

Get Outside And Dance



It can be quite uncomfortable to live in two worlds at the same time.

The culture tends to pull everything a part and divide things into different compartments:

Sacred - Secular
Light - Shadow
Good - Evil
Acceptable - Unacceptable
Holy - Profane
Adult - Child
Head - Heart
Work - Play
Spirit - Body

In contrast, the spiritual path is about putting everything back together. Rumi said, “somewhere beyond good and evil there is a field ... I will meet you there.” The Psalmist said, “to God, night and day are both alike.” Jesus prayed, “ may my disciples learn to live into the one.” The mystics call this the undivided life.

I some times tire of of trying to live the undivided life in the midst of all the division. Then I hear Hafiz remind me to just, “get outside and dance!”

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