Inner
Work
For the week of: June 2, 2003
Hidden
Treasure
Treasure hunters use every clue they can find to guide them toward their
goal. Maps, the last known whereabouts of the treasure-laden vessel, and the
testimony of witnesses together form a puzzle that the treasure seeker attempts
to decipher. Some maps and testimonies may be reliable, while others offer only
partial truths or even whole-cloth fabrications.
Our spiritual pursuit also has it maps and witnesses. The great religions
and paths each include maps, simple and elaborate, of the spiritual realms.
Saints and seers throughout the ages leave behind descriptions, direct and
allegorical, of the sacred landscape. Nevertheless, we experience great
difficulty attempting to decipher all this guidance, because it speaks in terms
so alien to our everyday reality. One fact shines through clearly, though: the
spiritual treasure exists and can be found by human beings.
Like the seeker of buried treasure, the spiritual seeker must work with
diligence and perseverance, with intelligence and determination, through all
kinds of inner and outer weather. Yet the goal of liberation and love, the
sacred and Divine, draws us forward, to the extent that we can keep our sights
fixed on it.
For this week, remember the spiritual treasure more often. Let the
reality of it, though unseen, touch your heart and enliven your practice.
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