Apprehending the Possible

Appending the Possible

"If you escape the narrowness of dimensions

and create a space for all things

to become what they desire to be

you will see the time which is placeless

you will hear what has never been heard

and you will see what has never been seen."

   ___ Dei Hughes, "The Rose and the Atom"

     One of the disciplines used by bardic schools was to enclose the student poet in a darkened room, there to pursue a set subject through the spirals of a metaphor until a poem resulted. This custom was the last remnant of druidic meditational practice, whereby darkness became the womb of light.

     In our own spiritual practice, there must be some similar way of creating space, of allowing the unseen to be perceptible, of putting our little world into the context of the greater universe. Whatever method of meditation we employ, the results of our contemplative experience cannot be compared or shared with anyone else's. When we have stretched time, defied the boundaries of space, walked where the planet was fashioned, and heard the song the sirens sang, then have we passed beyond the limitations of everyday speech and understanding.

     We become part of the larger universe as we allow our fixed grasp to loosen. The power of imagining the possible is great, but how much greater the power of perceiving the possible unfolding in its own myriad, unimagined way! The space where this can happen exists within and around each one of us each time we enter into the discipline of spiritual attention.

"Sitting in the darkness and silence, be attentive to the mystery of the universe rather than to yourself.  Record your findings in words, music, or pictures."

[From: The Celtic Spirit by Caitlin Matthews]