Often, all it takes is a little while to see what one is looking for, to see the universe in a grain of sand, for the moment to become the eternal now. In my younger days, one of the thoughts that held me enthralled for a long time is this: it is when I am most individual that I am most universal. I hold within me the the truths and realities of the entire cosmos, having been born out of stardust.
Life is such a simple yet complex experience. Life, simply, is. It is meant to be lived one day at a time and it simply unfolds as the days pass by. My reason and intellect help me understand this gradual unfolding. And yet, life is very complex. As it unfolds, my imagination opens all sorts of possibilities for me. In my imagination, I can conjure colors and smells for which I have no words to describe them with. And my feelings are so wide ranging that their gamut seems infinite, which it might indeed be.
Because life is so infinitely rich, it beggars our human capacity to express it. Words are inadequate to fully describe what life truly is. And Christ, who came that we might have life and have it to the full, often seemed to speak in contradictions. His final words to his disciples at his last supper were so full of love yet also so mysterious, so mystical, almost esoteric.
When I am silent, when I stop using words and just stay with my feelings and imagination; that is when true encounter with God happens. Is this the truth or is this just my imagination?
Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, “Are you discussing among yourselves what I meant when I said, ‘A little while, and you will no longer see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’? Very truly, I tell you, you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice; you will have pain, but your pain will turn into joy.”
John 16:16-20