A temptation that comes from societal life - especially for those of us who are trying to develop our own business - is to orient ourselves around what others think of us and our creations. Keeping close track of Facebook "Likes" and comments and the number of people who visit our site is a symptom of this attitude, which easily develops into an obsession. However, while on my Friday retreat last week in the mountains, I was reminded that SOLITUDE is the ultimate reality. For each of us, our lives exist in the relational space between God - the Ultimate Mystery, the Great Beyond, "Father Sky" - and the Goddess - Sophia, the Web of Life, "Mother Earth" - each of whom is emptied in bliss into that central space which we inhabit. It is this "between" place that is the great solitude lying at the heart of all things. At their core, all people are simply echoes of that primal and mutual bliss, accessed through silence. When I keep this truth in mind, all is right in my life. When I forget, things get confusing. I pray that each of us might cultivate that reservoir of solitude, and offer our gifts to the world from that sacred place.
Photo: This Englemann Spruce is an outlier tree right at treeline. In the distance is the sign at the top of Montgomery Pass; Medicine Bow Mountains, CO; March 2, 2013
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