Human beings seek the Light — the Peace and the Divine. They practice various spiritual exercises and take arduous journeys to find the Light that can extinguish all the sadness and darkness of human life.
The Quaker mystic Thomas Kelly (1893–1941) tells us where we can find the Divine Light: Deep within us all there is an amazing inner sanctuary of the soul, a holy place, a Divine Center, a speaking Voice, to which we may continually return. Eternity is at our hearts, pressing upon our time-torn lives, warming us with intimations of an astounding destiny, calling us home unto Itself. Yielding to these persuasions, gladly committing ourselves in body and soul, utterly and completely, to the Light Within[1], is the beginning of true life. It is a dynamic center, a creative Life that presses to birth within us. It is a Light Within that illumines the face of God and casts new shadows and new glories upon the human face. It is a seed stirring to life if we do not choke it. It is the Shekinah[2] of the soul, the Presence in the midst.
Often God is found where we do not want to see God or least expect God to be found. God is present everywhere yet God can be most profoundly experienced at the core of our being. The gloominess and frustrations that we encounter due to our failures, wrongs done to us by others, and simply because of our finite human nature can tell us that it is all dark and that there is no Light. However baffling and shattering our painful experiences might be yet the Light Within does not die out.
The Light Within is there — always — perhaps covered with dust and as a tiny spark. We can always return to our inner sanctuary and find this Spark. When we can access the Light Within then we can witness that this Spark grows into a powerful Ocean of Light permeating all of ourselves, including our deep and hidden, dark, and painful areas. When we allow, the Light Within begins to cast off all our darkness and gloominess that seemed stubborn and lasting.
Thus, a genuine transformation begins from the inside out. Gradually but certainly, we find ourselves back Home, within the Light Within.
[2] Shekhinah: English transliteration of a Hebrew word meaning "dwelling" or "settling" and denotes the presence of God, as it were, in a place
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