We can make an extract from special moments of spiritual revelation by crafting a prayer phrase that can be repeated throughout the day.

Our lives resemble a field containing gold dust scattered here and there across its wide expanse of mostly ordinary minutes, hours and days. These flecks of gold represent those moments when we perceive our union with the Divine in an especially clear manner. Our task as seekers is to gather all of these moments, employ the fire of love to melt them into a single substance, and make a concentrate that can then be used to "paint" ALL of the moments of our lives with a beautiful gold leaf covering. We do this by making a practice of repeating a mantra or prayer phrase throughout the day that distills the essence of these moments into a few choice words.

Photo: Aspen leaves in the snow; Red Feather Lakes, CO; October 18, 2013

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