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All in Soul Talk
There is a beautiful ancient prayer recorded in scripture that says may you be “filled with all the fullness of God.” These words confounded me for years.
Dust. The unadorned essence of all earthy substance, becomes the dwelling place of God.
What kind of vessel would you choose to represent your life these days?
You are God’s workmanship. A fine creation, a poetic expression, a sacred song.
We exist within a given time and place as we enter into the history of the world, within a certain culture that shapes our world view. These circumstances, as well as our physical being, can change our emotions and our experiences. Life is like the weather around the mountain that constantly changes. The weather is not the mountain, but the mountain bears witness to it.
I’ve long felt that our cultural insistence of measuring our accomplishments, our levels of productivity, stature, or growth is a silent trauma to the soul that we have come to accept as the norm of our existence.
Taking selfies. It’s an iconic image that seems to define a culture bent on finding themselves, seeing themselves, perceiving themselves as others do. And it captures the metaphor of our longing for identity.
The question of who am I is never fully answered in this life. It asks for a continued pondering, presence, and practice in paying attention to the soul.
The soul speaks. You’ve likely heard it in a moment when an inner voice tells you to pay attention to something, a change, an invitation, a restlessness within. Or times when a quandary suddenly crystalizes into an awakening. But we spend little time practicing the art of listening to our own soul talk
