Invoking “The More”

“…the finitude of mundane existence cannot satisfy the human heart completely. Built into the human makeup is a longing for a ‘more’ that the world of everyday experience cannot requite. This outreach strongly suggests the existence of the something that life reaches for in the way that the wings of birds point to the reality of air.” – Huston Smith, Why Religion Matters: The Fate of the Human Spirit in an Age of Disbelief

If you don’t have Faith in It

and don’t want to

there’s nothing to be said.

But most us have some kind of Faith
whether or not we like to put words to It.

So the Question becomes
not whether It exists
but how to invoke Its presence, or
how to become more intimate with It, or
how to share It with others.

Here’s a few ways:

Demonstrate pure, undefended Love.
Spontaneously enact something joyful or kind
that wells up from your chest
for no good reason.
Reveal yourself to be foolish with Love,
setting stones upright
in secret
or scribbling poetry to yourself
in the middle of the night
or giving a stranger
an intimate smile
just at the moment they need it.

Embody pure, undefended Devotion.
Work your fingers to the bone,
show up day after day,
keep the dream alive,
or manifest infinite patience.
Remain foolishly resolute
because there is something in your heart
that is worth more than life itself.

Make space for pure, undefended Silence.
Let that which cannot be said
coalesce thick and tangible
between people.
Let the miracle of the universe be heard
by letting go of any commentary at all.
In time with your breathing
It becomes fully present.
Shhh…