Hymns to an Unknown God: Awakening the Spirit in Everday Life

For a contemplative meditation:

The Yearning  

In every cycle of breath, between the emptying and the inflowing, there is a moment of absolute calm, an instant when history comes to an end. Then, the yearning begins, the divine discontent, the lungs praying to be filled, the body longing to be animated by spirit. To catch the invisible wind, to map the itinerary of spirit, study the outlines of your longing. Just as an echo in a cave brings news of unfathomable depths, in our yearning is our nostalgia for the future. In the emptiness between breaths we hear a whispered promise of fulfillment, we sense the redolence of a rose now only in the bud.

Breathe through us, breath of God, fill us with life anew.

Excerpted from Hymns to an Unkown God: Awakening the Spirit in Everday Life by Sam Keen

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