People of many faiths
make a physical space for the sacred, be it a temple or church or a
simple home shrine. Likewise, people of many faiths set aside time
for the sacred, in daily prayers or weekly divine services.
All places are
equally holy; no time is more or less divinely appointed than any
other. Nonetheless, the discipline of increasing conscious awareness
of the divine can be aided by these practices. If you do make use of
such practices however, remember two things.
Firstly that these
times and spaces are for your benefit, not that of the divine. They
are not offered to the divine, nor are they sanctified above other
times. Do not become bound to the time or the place, as the divine
most assuredly is not so bound.
Secondly that your
goal in so doing is to increase your awareness of the divine at all
times and in all places. There is nothing wrong with being more aware
at certain times and in certain places, provided that those times and
places grow, and with them the sense of the divine in your heart.
Written August 2016
