September 09-B, 2022

"Thin Places" is Parker Palmer's term
for "Listening Rooms,"
physical locations that have always
been recognized as sacred areas
by people throughout the ages.

Muir Woods,
Yosemite,
Boulder Beach,
Big Creek,
False Kiva,
... the list is long,
standout for me
as holy beyond words,
places where the Numen
is "right here, right now"
for those with the least bit
of sensitivity for ineffable reality.

And it isn't just physical places,
music and art are portkeys as well,
transporting us from one world
to the other world
through the experience of wonder
in the presence of the sublime.

It is important to recognize
where and what moves us beyond ourselves,
and take ourselves there often
to reconnect with the awareness
of more than words can say,
and remind ourselves
of that which is with us always
to the close of the ages--
and live in relation to it
throughout our life.

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