“There is a loneliness more precious than life. There is a freedom more precious than the world. Infinitely more precious than life and the world is that moment when one is alone with God.”
—Rumi
As you continue your moksha mandala today, and if possible throughout the whole day, can you get a little closer to the divine? Your moksha in action is to notice, like Mary Oliver, the divine in the simplest moments of the day. There is no special trick to this exercise, nor a precise way to go about it. Perhaps some of you already notice the divine, but can you witness moksha in those picturesque moments as well as those you’d rather forget.
This kind of awareness will take you back to the exploratory questions and help you redefine your relationship to that which is sacred.Write a poem about it. Take a clean sheet of paper, sit, stand, lie down near your sacred space (the one that’s been charged with your creative energy) and write.
If you need some support or a place to begin, here are two suggestions:
- Like Oliver did in her poem, begin by asking questions related to the experience of moksha in action: noticing the divine in all moments of the day.
- Similar to Rumi, express what it’s like when “one is alone with God.”