Inner Work

For the week of July 25, 2005

Dynamic Presence

Life brings endless change. Each day, each moment differs from the one before. Even if we have fixed routines, the experience always varies: the external situation changes, as do our inner state and the state of our body. Time and entropy constantly conspire in a kaleidoscopic dynamism that is our life.

Into this unfolding reality we bring our spiritual practice, uniquely tailoring our presence to every situation. Sometimes we can work more deeply, entering into the peace beyond time, and even into the sacred beyond that. At other times, we repeatedly work to bring part of our attention to our body, to the physical sensation of being in our body, to anchor us in this moment, amidst the whole complex of engagements, problems, and distractions currently calling us to lose ourselves in them. Or we practice kindness even when everything in us rebels against it. And some days we experience such mental, emotional, or physical malaise, that the most we can do is dimly and intermittently to remember the reality of the sacred spirit.

Spiritual practice, to be in any degree sustained, must be dynamic. With that ever-ready ability to enter wholly into each moment of our life without completely losing ourselves, we live with kindness, joy, and openness to the sacred.

For this week, bring more dynamism to your inner work, to match your ever-changing life.

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