Liminal Landscapes
| Meditation Practices |
| A portal for dimensional living |
Are you happy?
If the answer is no. You are the only one to blame. Regardless of what you are going through at this moment,
you have the power to take charge of your life. You have the ability to change your prospective and understand
that your life is a glorious gift.
Open your eyes to the world around you. Take in the trees, the flowers, the birds passing over, breathe deep the
scent of rain clinging to the air...and let the peace in your heart swell into joy.
Do you take time to ground and center yourself?
Being centered means remaining in your calm center amidst the busyness of everyday life. Being centered means
not allowing your inner light to be overshadowed by stressful circumstances or negative thoughts and emotions.
When you are centered, you are in a state of clarity, focus, peace, and balance. When you are not centered, you
are unclear, unfocussed, stressed, and off balance.
Here are some very easy, effective centering techniques that can be done almost anywhere so next time you are
having a stressful day at the office instead of internalizing all that stress try one of these:
Breath Awareness
While involved in whatever you are doing, bring some attention to your breathing for just a few moments... it
needn't be your full attention... just enough to bring you back to your calm center.
Let Go
This centering technique combines breath awareness with the phrase or mantra, "Let go." It is especially helpful
when you are tense and/or fixating on a stressful situation or a negative thought or emotion.
As you inhale, (silently or aloud) say, "Let". As you exhale, say "go". Now visualize whatever is bothering you
floating up and away with your exhaling breath. You can see it as a balloon floating off until you can no longer
see it.
Inner Sun
Imagine a bright sun filling your heart chakra, the energy field that permeates your chest area. Imagine that sun
gently emanating peace and joy throughout your entire being.
The practice of meditation is a large part of psychic development and magickal work. Meditation is the practice of
focusing and quieting your mind to achieve a heightened awareness of your inner spirit and release your inner
wisdom whereby you are attempting to merge the desires of the subconscious mind with the desires of the
conscious mind in order to work toward a common goal.
Being able to opening, energize and balance your chakras is key.
The word chakra is Sanskrit for wheel or disk and signifies one of seven basic energy centers in the body. Through
the practice of meditation not only can we eliminate stress but we can heal and balance our own bodies by
drawing energy to the energy center or chakra point that is not functioning to it fullest potential.
There are seven main chakras located in our body, five of which are located along the spine, the upper two on our
head. Each chakra is associated with a different energy level beginning with the lowest, the root chakra which
stands for the pure matter, to the highest, the crown chakra which represents the pure consciousness.
Energy flows through these centers and the flow of energy affects our health. Through meditation we can balance
and aligned each energy centers setting the chakra to glow and spin.
The first Chakra: Color- Red The base or root chakra located at the base of the spine. Responsible for basic
survival needs, groundedness, sexuality and strength.
Second Chakra: Color- Orange the Womb/Spleen or sacral chakra is located below the navel. Responsible for:
creativity, intimacy and warmth.
Third Chakra: Color- Yellow The Solar Plexus chakra located above the navel. Responsible for: confidence, power
and learning.
Fourth Chakra: Color- Green Heart chakra located in the middle of the chest. Responsible for: love, healing,
unity, empathy and service.
Fifth Chakra: Color- Sky Blue Throat Chakra located at the throat. Responsible for: communication, creativity and
expression.
Sixth Chakra: Color- Indigo or White Third Eye chakra located between the eyebrows just above the bridge of the
nose. Responsible for: Psychic abilities and higher consciousness.
Seventh Chakra: Color- Purple Crown chakra located at the top of the head. Responsible for: spirit and higher
self
Try this Chakra opening exercise.
To open your chakras find a comfortable place in a quiet room. Sit with your back straight. Take a series of deep
breaths and ground yourself. I like to do this in my garden where I plunge my feet into the dirt and think of them
becoming roots.
Feel the earth energy rising up through the bottom of your feet; up through your ankles and calves; earth energy
rising up through your knees and thighs; up through your pelvic area; earth energy flowing up through your
abdomen and lower back; rising up through your hands and arms.
Imagine earth energy flowing up through your chest and back; up through your shoulders and neck, chin, jaw,
face; earth energy flowing up through your scalp.
This earth energy flows up and up over the top of your head and flows back down to the earth. You have a
continuous flow of energy from the earth, flowing up through your body and up through all the layers and levels of
energy around your body and then spilling over and flowing back down to the earth in an endless loop.
Now envision this earth energy moving up along the spine from your tail bone flowing colorfully up toward the
brain, opening the chakras along the way like a flower growing towards the sun.
Here is a lovely grounding meditation to heal your aura
We ground ourselves at the base or root chakra located at the base of the spine. This is the energy center
responsible for our basic survival needs, groundedness, sexuality and strength. Through this center we can ground
and connect with earth energies and empower our beings.
An easy way to ground is with a Tree Meditation. “Tree” is a lovely grounding exercise that will neutralize
negative energy and replace it with earth energy. It is also wonderful if you have a tendency to be "spacey" by
imagining you have roots that extend down into the ground you can draw on the cool energy of the earth to
release your anxieties are draw on healing energies from the earth source.
To begin find a quiet place where you will not be interrupted.
Allow yourself fifteen to thirty minutes for this exercise. It is best to dim the lights and sit comfortably in a chair
or on the floor, keeping your spine straight.
Visualize roots slowly extending from your root charka down into the earth. ( I often visualize the roots extending
from my feet, roots that slowly travel down into soil and draw energy up through my root chakra. (This is easy if
you are outside. I like to do this exercise in my garden where I take off my shoes and plunge my toes into the
soil. But if you are inside, imagine them traveling down throughout the layers of the building, down through the
foundation and eventually into the soil.)
Imagine the feel of the cool, secure soil all around your roots, keeping you safe, taking away all negativity.
Breathe deep the smell of fresh, wholesome earth.
Imagine that you are a giant tree.
You are sturdy and confident. You are part of the earth.
Your roots go down deep into the earth and all excess nervous energy, tension, and stress flow down your roots
and seep harmlessly into the soil, where the loving earth accepts and neutralizes it. In return, the earth sends
back calming nutrients, stability, and ancient serenity.
Breathe deep as you draw this cool energy up your roots up past your feet. With each breath draw the cool earth
energy up your trunk until you have nourished each finger tip, each strand of hair, each branch extending out into
space…
You are an ancient tree; your roots go deep into the ground. You think about last spring's rain and feel your life
force recharge.
You breathe deep and feel how you heart is calm, your spirit revitalized, your energy centers full, and you are
ready for anything.
Here is wonderful charka energizing method:
In a quiet place where you will not be interrupted, ground yourself by visualizing roots slowly extending from your
feet. Slowly they travel down, down, until they meet the soil.
Imagine the feel of the cool, secure soil all around your roots, keeping you safe, taking away all negativity.
Breathe deep the smell of fresh, wholesome earth.
Visualize a lovely white light pooling around you, enveloping you. This cool, light energy trickles up your roots
glowing, filling your first chakra with a red energy. This radiating ruby red energy should be spinning, swirling in a
clockwise motions. If it is not, then place your hand over the area and visualize energy, traveling up from the
earth filling the area until the chakra is filled with radiant ruby light that slowly begins to spin like a bright jewel.
Leave your hand on the area until the chakra is activated and swirling, spinning like a fan spinning clockwise. Feel
the energy vortex swirling with bright red light. See the loop of white light moving through this chakra until it is
bright and beautiful.
Now move up to your sacral chakra, which is located close to the area of the pubic bone. Visualize the chakra as
magnificent, radiating sunset orange. If it is not spinning, then do the activation process again and watch it swirl
like a spinning fan, moving clockwise. Feel the energy vortex swirling with bright orange light. See the loop of
white light moving through this chakra.
Now bring your focus to your solar plexus chakra that is located slightly above your navel. Picture the chakra as
lovely, radiating sunshine yellow. If it’s not spinning, activate the chakra and watch it swirl like a spinning fan
moving clockwise. Feel the energy vortex swirling with bright yellow light.
Concentrate on your heart chakra located in your chest. Imagine the chakra a dazzling, glorious emerald green. If
it’s not spinning, activate the chakra and watch it swirl like a spinning fan moving clockwise. Feel the energy
vortex swirling with bright green light. See the loop of white light moving through this chakra energizing it to a
bright green spinning jewel.
Move up to your throat chakra. Imagine the luminous sky blue energy whirling and flowing. If it’s not spinning,
then activate as before until the chakra is swirling like a spinning fan moving clockwise. Feel the energy vortex
swirling with bright sky-blue light. See the loop of white light moving through this chakra.
Shift your attention to your third-eye chakra located between your eyebrows. Feel your forehead open and expand
as the intense violet light energy flows in this chakra. Activate the chakra and watch as it becomes even more
bright and glorious.
Lastly bring your focus up to your crown chakra. Feel the top of your head open and expand as the shining violet-
white light whirls in a clockwise motion. If it’s not spinning, activate it so that it swirls in a clockwise motion. See
the loop of white light moving through this chakra. Feel the energy vortex swirling with bright light. See the loop
of white light moving through this chakra.
This is where you will begin your journey into a new level of relaxation and awareness. Each meditation serves a
specific purpose, depending on what you want to achieve. Choose freely and feel free to perform more than one
meditation.
Click here for more guided meditations
You can experiment with other senses. Scent and sound are two powerful senses you can utilize.
Incorporate drumming into your meditation to employ the power of sound. Drumming is a great way to balance
and aligned each chakras. Just focus your attention on the individual chakras while drumming and visualize each
energy center becoming active.
First, select a location where you will not be interrupted. It must be a quiet space, at least for the duration of the
exercise. Allow yourself fifteen to thirty minutes for this exercise. It is best to dim the lights and sit comfortably
in a chair or on the floor, keeping your spine straight.
Next, you should smudge the space and yourself with the smoke of an herb. Smudging cleanses the mind and
environment in preparation for spiritual or inner work. The sacred smoke dispels any stagnant or unwanted
energy, opens the energy channels of your body, and raises your personal vibration.
Now calm and focus your mind. Close your eyes and focus on your breath as it enters the nose and fills your
lungs, then gently exhale any tension you might feel. Continue breathing with a series of even inhalations and
exhalations until you are calm and relaxed. Once you are fully relaxed, begin drumming a slow steady rhythm
keeping with your pulse or heartbeat. Take time to draw a deep breath and sustain this healing rhythm until the
end of the exercise.
Focus your attention on the physical location of each chakra, one at a time, beginning with your root chakra at
the base of the spine. Visualize a red disc of light spinning gathering energy until it glows. Now imagine this
energy center pulsating in sync with the heartbeat of your drum. Feel the sound of the drum vibrating at the base
of your spine. As the sound resonates though your root chakra, experience this energy center awakening,
balancing, and aligning with the other chakras.
Hold your attention on this chakra for a minute or two, and then move up to the next.
The second chakra is located about two inches below the navel and is orange in color. Focus on the sound as it
resonates though this energy center, experience this chakra glowing like an orange spinning jewel as it awakens,
balances and aligns with the other chakras.
Move up to the area above the navel in your solar plexus and focus on the third chakra, which is yellow in color.
Focus on this point and let the rhythm of the drum resonate though this point until it too awakens, glowing a
bright yellow as it balances and aligns with the other chakras.
Move up to the center of the chest and focus on your heart chakra, hold your focus until it is spinning green jewel
of energy, awakened, balanced and aligned with the other chakras.
Move up to your throat and focus on the blue of this chakra, which is blue in color. Feel the rhythm of the drum
resonate though this point until it too awakens, glowing a brilliant spinning jewel of blue and it balances and
aligns with the other chakras.
Move up to the area between and slightly above the eyebrows and focus on your brow chakra, which is indigo in
color. Let the beat of the drum awaken this energy center as it pulses through to balance and align it with the
other spinning brilliantly glowing chakra points.
Now move up to the top of your head and focus on the crown chakra, which is violet in color. Focus on this spot
letting the rhythm of the drum heal and reenergize this area. Feel this energy of this chakra grow as the drum
pulses through to balance and align it with the other spinning brilliantly glowing chakra points.
End the exercise with four strong beats.
Learn more about therapeutic drumming
Would you like to meet your spirit guides or try a past life regression? Click here to try these guided meditations.
For more exercises like this see our Visualization page.
or try this Playful Psychic page
If the answer is no. You are the only one to blame. Regardless of what you are going through at this moment,
you have the power to take charge of your life. You have the ability to change your prospective and understand
that your life is a glorious gift.
Open your eyes to the world around you. Take in the trees, the flowers, the birds passing over, breathe deep the
scent of rain clinging to the air...and let the peace in your heart swell into joy.
Do you take time to ground and center yourself?
Being centered means remaining in your calm center amidst the busyness of everyday life. Being centered means
not allowing your inner light to be overshadowed by stressful circumstances or negative thoughts and emotions.
When you are centered, you are in a state of clarity, focus, peace, and balance. When you are not centered, you
are unclear, unfocussed, stressed, and off balance.
Here are some very easy, effective centering techniques that can be done almost anywhere so next time you are
having a stressful day at the office instead of internalizing all that stress try one of these:
Breath Awareness
While involved in whatever you are doing, bring some attention to your breathing for just a few moments... it
needn't be your full attention... just enough to bring you back to your calm center.
Let Go
This centering technique combines breath awareness with the phrase or mantra, "Let go." It is especially helpful
when you are tense and/or fixating on a stressful situation or a negative thought or emotion.
As you inhale, (silently or aloud) say, "Let". As you exhale, say "go". Now visualize whatever is bothering you
floating up and away with your exhaling breath. You can see it as a balloon floating off until you can no longer
see it.
Inner Sun
Imagine a bright sun filling your heart chakra, the energy field that permeates your chest area. Imagine that sun
gently emanating peace and joy throughout your entire being.
The practice of meditation is a large part of psychic development and magickal work. Meditation is the practice of
focusing and quieting your mind to achieve a heightened awareness of your inner spirit and release your inner
wisdom whereby you are attempting to merge the desires of the subconscious mind with the desires of the
conscious mind in order to work toward a common goal.
Being able to opening, energize and balance your chakras is key.
The word chakra is Sanskrit for wheel or disk and signifies one of seven basic energy centers in the body. Through
the practice of meditation not only can we eliminate stress but we can heal and balance our own bodies by
drawing energy to the energy center or chakra point that is not functioning to it fullest potential.
There are seven main chakras located in our body, five of which are located along the spine, the upper two on our
head. Each chakra is associated with a different energy level beginning with the lowest, the root chakra which
stands for the pure matter, to the highest, the crown chakra which represents the pure consciousness.
Energy flows through these centers and the flow of energy affects our health. Through meditation we can balance
and aligned each energy centers setting the chakra to glow and spin.
The first Chakra: Color- Red The base or root chakra located at the base of the spine. Responsible for basic
survival needs, groundedness, sexuality and strength.
Second Chakra: Color- Orange the Womb/Spleen or sacral chakra is located below the navel. Responsible for:
creativity, intimacy and warmth.
Third Chakra: Color- Yellow The Solar Plexus chakra located above the navel. Responsible for: confidence, power
and learning.
Fourth Chakra: Color- Green Heart chakra located in the middle of the chest. Responsible for: love, healing,
unity, empathy and service.
Fifth Chakra: Color- Sky Blue Throat Chakra located at the throat. Responsible for: communication, creativity and
expression.
Sixth Chakra: Color- Indigo or White Third Eye chakra located between the eyebrows just above the bridge of the
nose. Responsible for: Psychic abilities and higher consciousness.
Seventh Chakra: Color- Purple Crown chakra located at the top of the head. Responsible for: spirit and higher
self
Try this Chakra opening exercise.
To open your chakras find a comfortable place in a quiet room. Sit with your back straight. Take a series of deep
breaths and ground yourself. I like to do this in my garden where I plunge my feet into the dirt and think of them
becoming roots.
Feel the earth energy rising up through the bottom of your feet; up through your ankles and calves; earth energy
rising up through your knees and thighs; up through your pelvic area; earth energy flowing up through your
abdomen and lower back; rising up through your hands and arms.
Imagine earth energy flowing up through your chest and back; up through your shoulders and neck, chin, jaw,
face; earth energy flowing up through your scalp.
This earth energy flows up and up over the top of your head and flows back down to the earth. You have a
continuous flow of energy from the earth, flowing up through your body and up through all the layers and levels of
energy around your body and then spilling over and flowing back down to the earth in an endless loop.
Now envision this earth energy moving up along the spine from your tail bone flowing colorfully up toward the
brain, opening the chakras along the way like a flower growing towards the sun.
Here is a lovely grounding meditation to heal your aura
We ground ourselves at the base or root chakra located at the base of the spine. This is the energy center
responsible for our basic survival needs, groundedness, sexuality and strength. Through this center we can ground
and connect with earth energies and empower our beings.
An easy way to ground is with a Tree Meditation. “Tree” is a lovely grounding exercise that will neutralize
negative energy and replace it with earth energy. It is also wonderful if you have a tendency to be "spacey" by
imagining you have roots that extend down into the ground you can draw on the cool energy of the earth to
release your anxieties are draw on healing energies from the earth source.
To begin find a quiet place where you will not be interrupted.
Allow yourself fifteen to thirty minutes for this exercise. It is best to dim the lights and sit comfortably in a chair
or on the floor, keeping your spine straight.
Visualize roots slowly extending from your root charka down into the earth. ( I often visualize the roots extending
from my feet, roots that slowly travel down into soil and draw energy up through my root chakra. (This is easy if
you are outside. I like to do this exercise in my garden where I take off my shoes and plunge my toes into the
soil. But if you are inside, imagine them traveling down throughout the layers of the building, down through the
foundation and eventually into the soil.)
Imagine the feel of the cool, secure soil all around your roots, keeping you safe, taking away all negativity.
Breathe deep the smell of fresh, wholesome earth.
Imagine that you are a giant tree.
You are sturdy and confident. You are part of the earth.
Your roots go down deep into the earth and all excess nervous energy, tension, and stress flow down your roots
and seep harmlessly into the soil, where the loving earth accepts and neutralizes it. In return, the earth sends
back calming nutrients, stability, and ancient serenity.
Breathe deep as you draw this cool energy up your roots up past your feet. With each breath draw the cool earth
energy up your trunk until you have nourished each finger tip, each strand of hair, each branch extending out into
space…
You are an ancient tree; your roots go deep into the ground. You think about last spring's rain and feel your life
force recharge.
You breathe deep and feel how you heart is calm, your spirit revitalized, your energy centers full, and you are
ready for anything.
Here is wonderful charka energizing method:
In a quiet place where you will not be interrupted, ground yourself by visualizing roots slowly extending from your
feet. Slowly they travel down, down, until they meet the soil.
Imagine the feel of the cool, secure soil all around your roots, keeping you safe, taking away all negativity.
Breathe deep the smell of fresh, wholesome earth.
Visualize a lovely white light pooling around you, enveloping you. This cool, light energy trickles up your roots
glowing, filling your first chakra with a red energy. This radiating ruby red energy should be spinning, swirling in a
clockwise motions. If it is not, then place your hand over the area and visualize energy, traveling up from the
earth filling the area until the chakra is filled with radiant ruby light that slowly begins to spin like a bright jewel.
Leave your hand on the area until the chakra is activated and swirling, spinning like a fan spinning clockwise. Feel
the energy vortex swirling with bright red light. See the loop of white light moving through this chakra until it is
bright and beautiful.
Now move up to your sacral chakra, which is located close to the area of the pubic bone. Visualize the chakra as
magnificent, radiating sunset orange. If it is not spinning, then do the activation process again and watch it swirl
like a spinning fan, moving clockwise. Feel the energy vortex swirling with bright orange light. See the loop of
white light moving through this chakra.
Now bring your focus to your solar plexus chakra that is located slightly above your navel. Picture the chakra as
lovely, radiating sunshine yellow. If it’s not spinning, activate the chakra and watch it swirl like a spinning fan
moving clockwise. Feel the energy vortex swirling with bright yellow light.
Concentrate on your heart chakra located in your chest. Imagine the chakra a dazzling, glorious emerald green. If
it’s not spinning, activate the chakra and watch it swirl like a spinning fan moving clockwise. Feel the energy
vortex swirling with bright green light. See the loop of white light moving through this chakra energizing it to a
bright green spinning jewel.
Move up to your throat chakra. Imagine the luminous sky blue energy whirling and flowing. If it’s not spinning,
then activate as before until the chakra is swirling like a spinning fan moving clockwise. Feel the energy vortex
swirling with bright sky-blue light. See the loop of white light moving through this chakra.
Shift your attention to your third-eye chakra located between your eyebrows. Feel your forehead open and expand
as the intense violet light energy flows in this chakra. Activate the chakra and watch as it becomes even more
bright and glorious.
Lastly bring your focus up to your crown chakra. Feel the top of your head open and expand as the shining violet-
white light whirls in a clockwise motion. If it’s not spinning, activate it so that it swirls in a clockwise motion. See
the loop of white light moving through this chakra. Feel the energy vortex swirling with bright light. See the loop
of white light moving through this chakra.
This is where you will begin your journey into a new level of relaxation and awareness. Each meditation serves a
specific purpose, depending on what you want to achieve. Choose freely and feel free to perform more than one
meditation.
Click here for more guided meditations
You can experiment with other senses. Scent and sound are two powerful senses you can utilize.
Incorporate drumming into your meditation to employ the power of sound. Drumming is a great way to balance
and aligned each chakras. Just focus your attention on the individual chakras while drumming and visualize each
energy center becoming active.
First, select a location where you will not be interrupted. It must be a quiet space, at least for the duration of the
exercise. Allow yourself fifteen to thirty minutes for this exercise. It is best to dim the lights and sit comfortably
in a chair or on the floor, keeping your spine straight.
Next, you should smudge the space and yourself with the smoke of an herb. Smudging cleanses the mind and
environment in preparation for spiritual or inner work. The sacred smoke dispels any stagnant or unwanted
energy, opens the energy channels of your body, and raises your personal vibration.
Now calm and focus your mind. Close your eyes and focus on your breath as it enters the nose and fills your
lungs, then gently exhale any tension you might feel. Continue breathing with a series of even inhalations and
exhalations until you are calm and relaxed. Once you are fully relaxed, begin drumming a slow steady rhythm
keeping with your pulse or heartbeat. Take time to draw a deep breath and sustain this healing rhythm until the
end of the exercise.
Focus your attention on the physical location of each chakra, one at a time, beginning with your root chakra at
the base of the spine. Visualize a red disc of light spinning gathering energy until it glows. Now imagine this
energy center pulsating in sync with the heartbeat of your drum. Feel the sound of the drum vibrating at the base
of your spine. As the sound resonates though your root chakra, experience this energy center awakening,
balancing, and aligning with the other chakras.
Hold your attention on this chakra for a minute or two, and then move up to the next.
The second chakra is located about two inches below the navel and is orange in color. Focus on the sound as it
resonates though this energy center, experience this chakra glowing like an orange spinning jewel as it awakens,
balances and aligns with the other chakras.
Move up to the area above the navel in your solar plexus and focus on the third chakra, which is yellow in color.
Focus on this point and let the rhythm of the drum resonate though this point until it too awakens, glowing a
bright yellow as it balances and aligns with the other chakras.
Move up to the center of the chest and focus on your heart chakra, hold your focus until it is spinning green jewel
of energy, awakened, balanced and aligned with the other chakras.
Move up to your throat and focus on the blue of this chakra, which is blue in color. Feel the rhythm of the drum
resonate though this point until it too awakens, glowing a brilliant spinning jewel of blue and it balances and
aligns with the other chakras.
Move up to the area between and slightly above the eyebrows and focus on your brow chakra, which is indigo in
color. Let the beat of the drum awaken this energy center as it pulses through to balance and align it with the
other spinning brilliantly glowing chakra points.
Now move up to the top of your head and focus on the crown chakra, which is violet in color. Focus on this spot
letting the rhythm of the drum heal and reenergize this area. Feel this energy of this chakra grow as the drum
pulses through to balance and align it with the other spinning brilliantly glowing chakra points.
End the exercise with four strong beats.
Learn more about therapeutic drumming
Would you like to meet your spirit guides or try a past life regression? Click here to try these guided meditations.
For more exercises like this see our Visualization page.
or try this Playful Psychic page
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
 | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  |
"Where shall I look for enlightenment?" the disciple asked.
"Here," the elder answered.
"When will it happen?"
"It is happening right now," the elder answered.
"Then why don't I experience it? the disciple persisted.
"Because you do not look," the elder said.
"But what should I look for?" the disciple continued.
"Nothing, just look," the elder said.
"But at what?" the disciple asked again.
"At anything you eyes alight upon," the elder answered.
"But must I look in a special kind of way?"
"No. The ordinary way will do," the elder said.
"But don't I always look the ordinary way?"
"No you don't," the elder said.
"But why ever not?" the disciple asked.
"Because to look you must be here. You're mostly
somewhere else," the elder said.
From Joan Chittister, There is a Season
"Here," the elder answered.
"When will it happen?"
"It is happening right now," the elder answered.
"Then why don't I experience it? the disciple persisted.
"Because you do not look," the elder said.
"But what should I look for?" the disciple continued.
"Nothing, just look," the elder said.
"But at what?" the disciple asked again.
"At anything you eyes alight upon," the elder answered.
"But must I look in a special kind of way?"
"No. The ordinary way will do," the elder said.
"But don't I always look the ordinary way?"
"No you don't," the elder said.
"But why ever not?" the disciple asked.
"Because to look you must be here. You're mostly
somewhere else," the elder said.
From Joan Chittister, There is a Season